Building Update

Cold and rainy and blustery October day - can April be far behind?

Cynthia and Jose arranged a walking tour for a number of us today.  Today was my first walking tour of the new digs since last December, around the time we signed the lease.

Lots of progress - a LONG way to go.  But that’s how these things work. The infrastructure of the building takes a lot of time and seems a long way from habitation - but the surfaces are a lot simpler.

First off, it was good that my initial impression of the building as a cool space to work was validated.  At 5 pm on a dark and rainy day, it was bright and bathed in natural light.  Almost any where you sit, you are surrounded by huge windows on either side of you and have an epic New York view.

I grew up in the suburbs of Chicago and lived in LA for a long time - both great places in their own way, but there’s something special about being in New York and being part of the Greatest City in the World.  The light, the energy, the history - New York is the center of so many things… Compared to World Wide Plaza, you feel much more a part of New York.  While we were walking around, one of the huge cruise liners undocked and set sail.  The Intrepid is back in in port with a sign saying it opens November 6th (though wandering across a carrier deck in the middle of the Hudson on November 6th may make you the more intrepid one.)

Anyway, walking through, you really feel the epic-ness of the project and what you bite off when you bite off 600,000 square feet.  I snapped these pix with my camera phone.

The elevator that takes you to the 11th floor - one of two creative floors in the building.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Intrepid, from the elevator.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The elevator shafts.  Er, sans elevator.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

From the 11th floor, a view of the 2nd floor garden space.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Parts.

 

 

 

 

 

Should we leave the center columns unfinished…or paint ‘em white? Register and comment. 

 

Lots of natural light.  Great views.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Load Out.  (Apologies to Jackson Browne, Running on Empty.)

Every floor has lots of windows and lots of light.  I like that.

 

 

 

 

This is the view of midtown when you get off the elevators on the 11th floor.  A fabulous space for art.

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is the second floor.  High ceilings and floor-to-ceiling windows (almost).  I was actually a bit worried that the lower floors wouldn’t be as cool as the higher floors (I’ve been in NY too long?) But the ceilings on One and Two are actually significantly higher than the rest of the building (which are quite high.)  I think the second floor is going to be
very dramatic and impressive.  And though it doesn’t have the soaring ”skyline” views of the higher floor, it still feels very New York, very
cool.

The 2nd floor terrace viewed from the second floor, north wing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At Ogilvy, there are no politics, right?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The boutique Vue Hotel , nearing completion across the street.  Note the fantastic roof restaurant and garden under construction.

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