100 Reasons to be Psyched about 2008

[tone99loc]

A collaborative exercise! I will get the ball rolling:


1. The Bank of America bldg will be completed and ready for occupancy - IMO, until the top is finished, the final verdict is still out on this building, but we'll have a much better idea in a few weeks.

[Alonzo-ny]

2. WTC towers growing above street level.

[BigMac]

3. Completion of the TKTS booth at Duffy Square.

[ramvid01]

4. Construction beginning on Richard Roger's designed Silvercup Studio.

[Alonzo-ny]

5 Beekman getting underway! Maybe even a rendering!

[tone99loc]

6. First of the 340 new Kawasaki-built PATH cars go in service!

[BrooklynRider]

7. Joe Sitt doesn't get to destroy Coney Island forever.

[DarrylStrawberry]

8. Bye bye W.

[Tectonic]

8. Bye bye W.

LOL!! and 9. Hello Madam................












eeehm sorry Miss Brooklyn?

[arcman210]

10. Goldman Sachs world headquarters topping out... and I would assume the glass makes it almost all the way up if not all the way by the end of 2008

[Alonzo-ny]

11 Deutshe Bank finally getting levelled

[NYatKNIGHT]

12. Enjoying new segments of Hudson River Park and Riverside Park South.

[Alonzo-ny]

13 Highline getting somewhere.

[Peteynyc1]

14. That horrible white New York Dept of Labor building being razed (54th St between 8th and Broadway)

[NYguy]

15. 80 South Street gets underway. (nobody said we couldn't dream)

[NoyokA]

16. 400 Park Avenue South starts construction.

17. One year closer to the MOMA Spire starting construction.

[posterboy]

18. Survivor staircase gets shipped off to Neverneverland

[DarrylStrawberry]

19. Brooklyn Bridge Park.

[arcman210]

20. New Yankee Stadium nears completion.

21. Citi Field nears completion.

[BrooklynRider]

22. One million new trees!!!

[nycla3]

23. WilliamBeaver completed, construction workers vamoose, streets repaired, traffic relieved (if slightly)

[Alonzo-ny]

24. 50 West gets underway.

[pianoman11686]

25. Columbia University begins its expansion.

[infoshare]

26. The construction (and possible completion (http://wirednewyork.com/forum/showthread.php?t=13300)) of 100 11th (http://wirednewyork.com/forum/showpost.php?p=187158&postcount=70).

[Alonzo-ny]

27 Shigeru Ban Condo

[TREPYE]

24. 50 West gets underway....and the demolision of another charming old New York building.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2109/1521722220_eb86009526_o.jpg
Not much to look forward to. Specially knowing that there are some eyesore garages near there that are much more worthy of destruction.

[Alonzo-ny]

Lets keep this thread on track, theres a thread for the 50 west discussion.

[tone99loc]

28. Completion of 785 8th Ave - and we'll get to see what's done with the windowless North facade

[lbjefferies]

29. Completion of 200 11th Avenue:


http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/507/200eleventhzi8.jpg



As long as they don't skimp on materials, this could be a real stunner

[LeCom]

30. Announcement of the Hudson Yards bid winner

[BrooklynRider]

31. Downtown Brooklyn Grows Up

[NYatKNIGHT]

32. Intrepid returns to Pier 86.

[Eugenius]

33. More clarity (hopefully) into the fate of the new Penn Station

34. Work gets underway for the 7 Train expansion and the 2nd Avenue subway.

[tone99loc]

35. Completion of 20 Pine residential conversion, downtown (can anyone confirm?)

36. Completion of "The District" on Fulton St, Manhattan

[TREPYE]

37. Freedom Tower spire redesign...hopefully:o

[tone99loc]

38. Fiterman Hall gets demolished

[NYatKNIGHT]

Here we are at the end of 2008. Time to evaluate our predictions.

[NoyokA]

lol both my-things to be excited about didn't come true. Unfortunately I don't think things look much better for 2009. Atleast only 20 more days of W!

[Johnnyboy]

Wow so quick. I could have sworn this thread was for 2009 instead of 2008.

[tone99loc]

lol - well at least the intrepid came back

[dtolman]

Is there a 2009 version of this thread?

So far all I can think of looking forward to is the continuation of #'s 20 & 21 from 2008:

Opening of New Yankee Stadium
&
Opening of Citi Field

WTC won't start making real above-ground headway until 2010, and BoA and Goldman Sachs buildings are both turds - so who cares if they get completed next year?

[NYC4Life]

2009 will be the year of the dead projects.

[BrooklynLove]

I'm a bit more optimistic. I think that we'll see financing start flowing again b/c Obama is going to be the balls to the wall with stimulus which I think will eventually include govt buying CMBS - this should really start moving construction financing again.

[Sherpa]

# 39. Fulton Transit Center plans are announced, along with renderings.

[BrooklynRider]

Ladies & Gentlemen,

Here are the prediction results for 2008...



20 Predictions were correct
13 Predictions were incorrect
4 could not be given definitive answers

THE PREDICTIONS & STATUS

1. The Bank of America bldg will be completed and ready for occupancy.

NOPE

2. WTC towers growing above street level.

Only WTC Tower #1 (Freedom Tower)

3. Completion of the TKTS booth at Duffy Square.

YES!

4. Construction beginning on Richard Roger's designed Silvercup Studio.

NOPE

5. Beekman getting underway! Maybe even a rendering!

YES!

6. First of the 340 new Kawasaki-built PATH cars go in service!

?????

7. Joe Sitt doesn't get to destroy Coney Island forever.

He destroyed it for now - we'll see if it lasts forever.

8. Bye bye W.

NOPE He's here until January 20th, 2009.

9. Hello Madam................eeehm sorry Miss Brooklyn?

NOPE

10. Goldman Sachs world headquarters topping out...and I would assume the glass makes it almost all the way up if not all the way by the end of 2008.

YES! and NOPE

11. Deutshe Bank finally getting levelled

NOPE - Not by a long shot.

12. Enjoying new segments of Hudson River Park and Riverside Park South.

YES!

13. Highline getting somewhere.

YES!

14. That horrible white New York Dept of Labor building being razed (54th St between 8th and Broadway)

?????

15. 80 South Street gets underway.

NOPE

16. 400 Park Avenue South starts construction.

NOPE

17. One year closer to the MOMA Spire starting construction.

NOPE

18. Survivor staircase gets shipped off to Neverneverland

NOPE

19. Brooklyn Bridge Park.

YES! Underway - a teaser portion was open this past summer.

20. New Yankee Stadium nears completion.

YES!

21. Citi Field nears completion.

YES!

22. One million new trees!!!

NOPE

23. WilliamBeaver completed, construction workers vamoose, streets repaired, traffic relieved

YES!

24. 50 West gets underway.

YES! - but it wasn't for long.

25. Columbia University begins its expansion.

YES! (as if it had ever come to a halt)

26. The construction (and possible completion) of 100 11th (Vision Machine).

YES! Topped out, construction still underway.

27. Shigeru Ban Condo

YES! construction underway

28. Completion of 785 8th Ave - and we'll get to see what's done with the windowless North facade

YES! and the wall was painted

29. Completion of 200 11th Avenue

NOPE - still under construction

30. Announcement of the Hudson Yards bid winner

YES!

31. Downtown Brooklyn Grows Up

YES! Oro, Bridge Tower, Toren, Sheraton, 100 Lawrence, CityPoint

32. Intrepid returns to Pier 86.

YES!

33. More clarity (hopefully) into the fate of the new Penn Station

NOPE

34. Work gets underway for the 7 Train expansion and the 2nd Avenue subway.

YES!

35. Completion of 20 Pine residential conversion, downtown

YES!

36. Completion of "The District" on Fulton St, Manhattan

YES!

37. Freedom Tower spire redesign

YES!

38. Fiterman Hall gets demolished

NOPE

[antinimby]

I'm going to get the predictions for 2009 going...

1) The Tower Verre gets approved and after a few months of little news, the developer surprises with an announcement that construction will begin. Says that because of the length of construction, by the time the tower is completed, the real estate market would have recovered, thus timing it just right.

[Sherpa]

#39 ??

[TREPYE]

Ladies & Gentlemen,

Here are the prediction results for 2008...


37. Freedom Tower spire redesign

YES!

Its actually NOPE

The redesign already took place by the time I made the resquest (http://wirednewyork.com/~edward/forum/showpost.php?p=185220&postcount=4359), it didnt happen in 2008, it happened in 2007. I wanted a redesign of the redesign.

I was hoping it was more of a design commemorating, you know, the statue of liberty torch like it was supposed to.

Not a commemoration to an animated cartoons limb used for balance and thermal control:
http://www.canaltcm.com/myfiles/ap/ratatouille-foto2.jpg

Just wanted to clarify.

[Tectonic]

I'm going to get the predictions for 2009 going...

1) The Tower Verre gets approved and after a few months of little news, the developer surprises with an announcement that construction will begin. Says that because of the length of construction, by the time the tower is completed, the real estate market would have recovered, thus timing it just right.

Dream on.:o

[BrooklynRider]

I'm going to get the predictions for 2009 going...

1) The Tower Verre gets approved and after a few months of little news, the developer surprises with an announcement that construction will begin. Says that because of the length of construction, by the time the tower is completed, the real estate market would have recovered, thus timing it just right.

Maybe you could start a new thread for 2009...

[BrooklynLove]

One year closer to the Brooklyn Nets and the exhaustion of all anti-AY litigation

[yankees12]

One year closer to the Brooklyn Nets and the exhaustion of all anti-AY litigation

I hope so. I'm still not confident in Ratner's ability to pull this one off.