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Why There Are No Megatall Skyscrapers in New York
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3 жыл бұрынOnly four buildings in the world have ever exceeded 600 metres in height, but none of them are in New York City - here's why. For more by The B1M subscribe now - ow.ly/GxW7y
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@craigmeeker4932 3 жыл бұрын
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@garyruss3529 3 жыл бұрын
@@steveburrington4288 I actually was able to read that in his voice. LOL
@jeanhubsch4757 3 жыл бұрын
Even more reason why ”Highest Occupieable Floor” should be used as the measurement for height and not these spires that literally add nothing to the building yet seems to be 25% or more of the building’s height.
@MatthewStinar 3 жыл бұрын
It's like including the height of your stilettos in your dating profile. It's entirely dishonest.
@smallworld707 3 жыл бұрын
Push-up bra of sky scrapers
@Kuddi11 3 жыл бұрын
Absolutely, one of the best examples is the Shanghai World financial Center, total height is 492m and the highest floor is at 474m, now that’s a good skyscraper.
@OpenRoader 3 жыл бұрын
Absolutely, always felt like that was cheating.
@scottblair3719 3 жыл бұрын
Totally agree. I hate the inclusion of useless vanity spires just to grab height records. One WTC’s "spire" looks more like an antenna, which are never counted in official heights. The Central Park Tower, 111 W57th St, and 432 Park Ave all have higher roof heights than One WTC. It’s a totally sham record.
@jorboii 3 жыл бұрын
I don't think it will matter how tall the buildings get in New York in the future, the Empire State and Chrysler Buildings will always be the two most iconic buildings in the city.
@user-mo6iw3yz7x 3 жыл бұрын
Chrysler is definitely my favorite of all time
@zrob8 3 жыл бұрын
Thats what happens when the two tallest buildings in the world are built within a year of each other, 40 years before anything else could stack up against them. To me, the ESB, chrysler, and world trade center(twin towers), were the Big 3 that will never be outdone
@th1std5t45 3 жыл бұрын
Don't forget the 2 biggest buildings in New York at one point the world trade center or the 911 attacks .New York isn't the same without them.
@collan580 2 жыл бұрын
@@zrob8 I think they will kinda fade, just because more and more buildings reach that height
@zrob8 2 жыл бұрын
@@collan580 even as buildings reach that height, having two buildings over 1,000 feet 40 years before almost anything else, they will always be that iconic. Just like in sports. People will begin to outscore people like Michael Jordan, but he will ALWAYS be that legend
@JBguitar-cj8pc 3 жыл бұрын
I went to NYC for the first time last week. It was midnight when I arrived. Was totally mesmerized at how huge and beautiful it was 😵😵 it’s like looking through a kaleidoscope. Unlike any other city I’ve been in.
@user-rm8by9fm 3 жыл бұрын
I'd go there if it weren't for the gun crime and crime in general
@krtotherob 3 жыл бұрын
@@user-rm8by9fm that's only bronx and brooklyn but poor deluded areas
@nikoanton8533 3 жыл бұрын
@@user-rm8by9fm there’s like no crime in most areas
@user-rm8by9fm 3 жыл бұрын
@@jacktracy9915 I live in a quiet village in the uk with a low crime rate and I can actually outrun someone with a knife whereas I cant outrun someone with a f*cking gun
@jacktracy9915 3 жыл бұрын
@@user-rm8by9fm well now i see why u wouldn’t go to new york, it’s a huge change from the Uk
@nickharmon2157 2 жыл бұрын
Basically you just said those other cities are overcompensating and New York already has confidence so they don’t need one and I’m loving the idea of New York judging these other cities 😂
@ajgerbi 2 жыл бұрын
Basically. Why would cities like L.A., France, London, NYC, and Tokyo need mega tall skyscrapers when they already have elite status?
@blast4me754 Жыл бұрын
@@ajgerbi It's time for other major cities in the US to build mega-tall buildings like Houston, Dallas, Atlanta, Seattle, Charlotte, Philly, San Francisco and I would say Miami but I heard it's sinking...
@AsiaMinor12 Жыл бұрын
@@blast4me754 lol all those southern cities are sad jokes and they need to worry about urban sprawl instead on building nonsense skyscrapers. Houston and Atlanta are monstrosities of automobile sprawl.
@VEE3RDEYE 3 жыл бұрын
They should build down, make an anti-sky scraper 500m underground
@RealmDesigner 3 жыл бұрын
The subway system goes like 200m down at it's deepest. Just 300 more to go! :D
@oyvey764 3 жыл бұрын
a groundscraper? lol
@stijn4771 3 жыл бұрын
@@RealmDesigner whait wat, thats immensly deep. Is this for real? Cant even image going down by elevator to the station
@konrad6995 3 жыл бұрын
As a B1M subscriber you should know that it would be called a groundscraper
@bruno84 3 жыл бұрын
@@stijn4771 actually, the deepest station in the NYC Subway is 53m below the surface. So not even close to those 200m Alex said. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/191st_Street_station
@zacharyjensen7661 3 жыл бұрын
Seems like the best way to build higher than a 1776 foot skyscraper is to build a 1776 metre skyscraper.
@PersonManManManMan 3 жыл бұрын
Ideal way to solve the problem
@BLWard-ht3qw 3 жыл бұрын
"Bah...we're not gonna use some foreign unit of measuring to build an Murican building. Imperial system til death do us part!" ~American exceptionalism mentality (probably) Otherwise, your clever point stands. Lol.
@meowthindegame8127 3 жыл бұрын
that's going to happen when the US is going to transition to the metric system
@milesanderson8088 3 жыл бұрын
@@BLWard-ht3qw yeah I wish we used the metric system, it’s so much easier. But we would use yards, which Is bigger then a meter, but it would be over kill
@LatinPlayer10 3 жыл бұрын
1776 yards*
@piusx8317 3 жыл бұрын
New York City has nothing to prove. You are the best of the best with history behind it's historic buildings
@markgriffin2087 2 жыл бұрын
Especially with the twin towers
@DealwithitHand 3 жыл бұрын
New York already has the best PR in the world, his name's Spider-Man.
@kevinbergin9971 3 жыл бұрын
And the worst PR in the world, his name's King Kong.
@piccoloatburgerking 3 жыл бұрын
@@kevinbergin9971 Big Monke best PR, what you mean?
@LemonInYourEyes 3 жыл бұрын
Let's be real - Spider-Man would almost immediately turn to being a construction contractor and make the big real estate bucks pulling heavy shit into the sky.
@williamserna1803 2 жыл бұрын
@@LemonInYourEyes King Kong would be better
@Liffey_Brown 2 жыл бұрын
He might put some dirt in your eye.
@brianxyz 3 жыл бұрын
If Chicago built a megatall NYC would quickly approve any proposal to beat what Chicago had done.
@luuchoo93 3 жыл бұрын
And that’s the great side of capitalism that produces wealth: competition
@jackhansell4025 3 жыл бұрын
@Thermoplasmatales picrophilus It's all about balance. The most important thing for economic growth isn't even "capitalism" or "socialism", it is open and free trade routes. Why did the world economy explode through the 1950's? Cheap and efficient cargo ships went mainstream and you could trade with anyone across the world for pocket change. All we really need is good trading policies and we will be fine.
@KanyeTheGayFish69 3 жыл бұрын
Thermoplasmatales picrophilus just shut up
@HAA0603 3 жыл бұрын
Is it cause Chicago and New York City are crazy rivals?
@mattg0469 3 жыл бұрын
@Thermoplasmatales picrophilus No, not at all.
@DarkNaomi 3 жыл бұрын
If NYC ever built a megatall skyscraper, it has to be in the Art Deco style
@kaylin3180 2 жыл бұрын
no
@tallyn2903 2 жыл бұрын
Yes
@thegorn 2 жыл бұрын
Maybe
@denverdubois5835 2 жыл бұрын
I agree. A Gotham City thing. Similarly, if Seattle ever did, it should have a kind of Space Age look so it doesn't clash with their famous Space Needle.
@jefffinkbonner9551 2 жыл бұрын
That would look amazing.
@duthegee 2 жыл бұрын
New York already has the status as the world city. The ESB, WTC, Chrysler Building, Manhattan Bridge, even the Statue of Liberty etc... these are iconic modern places that most people on the planet recognize and creating something that can compete with these would need something more than just the height but a symbolism.
@userofthetube2701 3 жыл бұрын
Apparently the main purpose of building a megatall skyscraper in a desert is to increase the value of the land around it that the developers also own. The tower itself does not really need to be profitable as long as it's eye catching. Even if the same effect on land value existed in New York (where prices are already high), the benefits would fall to the owners of neighboring properties taking away a major rationale for such buildings.
@lemondude6174 3 жыл бұрын
Great point!
@mehrcat1 3 жыл бұрын
I think building mega tall skyscrapers is a dick measuring contest among megalomaniacs.
@jackhansell4025 3 жыл бұрын
Well Dubai has been working out really well for the UAE so your point is pretty accurate. Dubai does hold a lot of debt (at least 50 billion dollars atm) but that is surely better than not building anything at all and for the UAE to be more like Oman rather than Qatar. It obviously wouldn't work everywhere because labor is stupidly cheap in Dubai but I'm happy that the country found a niche way to be successful.
@userofthetube2701 3 жыл бұрын
@@mehrcat1 It can be both that and a rational economic decision. After all many people find it really interesting to go see who has the biggest. Tower I mean.
@rothvonhoyte 3 жыл бұрын
@@jackhansell4025 Slavery is cheap
@kshitijbhalsane3509 3 жыл бұрын
Avengers would destroy them while saving the city that's why
@TheB1M 3 жыл бұрын
Good point.
@TIMBOWERMAN 3 жыл бұрын
Steed and Peel?
@eustache_dauger 3 жыл бұрын
All the attacks from King Kong, Independence Day aliens to Chitauris. Nobody wanna build tall buildings anymore.
@Aviraj 3 жыл бұрын
THIS IS AN AVENGERS LEVEL THREAT😀
@nathancommissariat3518 3 жыл бұрын
@@Aviraj Gotta get Fury here ASAP
@mckenziecolson7461 2 жыл бұрын
I think one of the biggest reasons is because new York also knows what it's like for those buildings to come down in a worst case scenario situation
@Aetherzic 2 жыл бұрын
Hopefully it never happens again, but sadly with so many evil people in this world, it is almost inevitable it will
@mckenziecolson7461 2 жыл бұрын
@@Aetherzic I agree, but also part of me feels like a giant tragedy of this magnitude is what it would take to bring the US back together again. That's the one thing I miss is strangers holding each other up, nowadays we make up excuses just to be horrible to each other. We are more divided than ever.
@Dip..0110 2 жыл бұрын
@@mckenziecolson7461 yes, it's because of people's victimhood mentality and blaming others for their own fault, which is connected to liberal woke ideas.
@marcelohendrix6139 2 жыл бұрын
@@mckenziecolson7461 bring people together? ask muslims how miserable their lives were during that time
@MikMoen 3 жыл бұрын
Those pencil towers are frightening just to look at. I've had dreams of those, where the higher you climbed them the more they wobbled like you were going to fall over.
@flowerfaerie8931 2 жыл бұрын
Technically they’re supposed to wobble as it makes them less likely to collapse, but you could not pay me enough to live in one.
@ericdudley4169 3 жыл бұрын
The wondrous little boy in me who loves skyscrapers, and in particular New York City skyscrapers, will always go on dreaming about a megatall being somewhere in the middle of Midtown Manhattan. It’s the same reason this wondrous little boy loves this wonderful channel. Thank you for your work!
@criticalhard 3 жыл бұрын
It'll happen sooner or later
@armandomeza6387 3 жыл бұрын
Yep. My fascination with skyscrapers started with the Chrysler building. And then I just couldn’t get enough of skyscrapers. I would build little replicas or skyscrapers as a kid with cereal boxes tape and scissors.
@WitchKing-Of-Angmar 3 жыл бұрын
I lost fascination after 1989 with skyscrapers. One extra being 1997 Petronas Tower. After that, all terrible and these supertalls don't add anything but a breakup in a city, making it resemble something unattural and not logical in the format of a pleasant city. New York needs to stop...they have too many buildings already, anymore and the city will start to come unloose and not resemble something you can look at and be proud of, see the history in each and every crevice of it. A city should be a place were you see all the evolution, and not in wow factor..but in seeing every building that has been put up, every special building from the 1780s to the 2000s. Manhattan needs to stop this, it'll be underwater soon as well if this wasn't shocking enough
@daveyparks3872 3 жыл бұрын
As much as I’d love that, logistically it’s be impossible to do so without demolishing a lot of historical sites in that area of Manhattan.
@vuphuongtrinh8875 3 жыл бұрын
This guy could narrate a video about socks and I'd still give it a thumbs up
@ADI-112 3 жыл бұрын
This is probably one of the best informative channels on youtube
@TheB1M 3 жыл бұрын
Ah wow!! Thank you so much!
@skyak4493 3 жыл бұрын
@@rdecredico It is pro building project but you just need to know it is one side of the story. No need to be nasty.
@pavelow235 3 жыл бұрын
vsauce?
@Tzar1 3 жыл бұрын
@@rdecredico Only wealthy people can afford a lot of the topics this channel covers. In most cases, poor people don't fund things like sky scrapers, wood cities, mega projects, and dams
@ThatGuyInPhilly Жыл бұрын
Always wondered this also. The NYC skyline has dramatically changed still after heading up there yesterday...at least since I was there last in 2005. Nothing "mega," these stick skyscrapers appear to dominate uptown (like you see at 3:45). I did see this new tower in Brooklyn...it's pretty hard to miss. I had no idea this existed until yesterday - called "Brooklyn Tower" (1073 ft), it APPEARS taller than Empire State Bldg. but no...about 200ft shorter. I think it appears that way since it's so thin, plus no other towering skyscrapers near this in Brooklyn. As for the WTC site, Freedom Tower (WTC1) is beautiful in my opinion, I admit I didn't quite like it when the final design was approved. I loved the original plans / ideas way back in 2002, 03. That site is STILL unfinished, 2 World Trade Center ...where is this?! 21 yrs since that horrible day and a little over 20 years since the debris was cleared & we can't get this completed. That is just sad.
@rexology1431 3 жыл бұрын
As a New Yorker, I always wondered why the freedom tower was the only tallest building and why nobody bothered to build higher. I don’t mind since the skyline looks beautiful with the freedom tower in downtown facing the Statue of Liberty. A true American city 🥰
@blast4me754 Жыл бұрын
But now when you compare NYC to cities in China NYC is starting to looks a little dull...
@timg2727 3 жыл бұрын
I wish they had designed One WTC with a 1776' roof instead of a spire.
@definitely_notme4112 3 жыл бұрын
Well my idea would be have the top floor at 1776’ feet but above that still a spire, as I think it looks nice
@timg2727 3 жыл бұрын
@beaver feaver I'm aware. It still irritates me to no end that the tallest building in North America is only able to achieve that title via a spire. It's cheating in my view.
@carbon5362 3 жыл бұрын
@@timg2727 Well have you seen the spire on almost every other supertall skyscraper. The Burj Khalifa is a quarter spire and the Burj Al Arab is even worse. At least the roof of the One World means something as does the spire height.
@Chris6d 3 жыл бұрын
They should’ve made the roof height 1,776’ and the spire reach to 2,001’ feet
@tilted4fun805 3 жыл бұрын
same, but the symbolism of the roof height of 1wtc is that it was the same as the north tower of the twin towers.
@Codraroll 3 жыл бұрын
Hardly anybody wants to build Megatalls anywhere at the moment. I've counted about three dozen Megatall proposals since the mid-2000s, and all but four have stranded (six if you count observation towers). An additional two made it past the construction stage but were shortened due to flight ceilings. The rest all ran into serious issues when the question "wait, who's going to pay for this, and how will they make their money back?" was asked. Compared to their height, Megatalls don't have that much space to lease compared to lower buildings. Beyond a certain point, adding another floor to a building will cost more than you could hope to earn back in a reasonable time frame. It simply isn't economic to build that tall.
@BUPSEY_WORLD 3 жыл бұрын
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@jackhansell4025 3 жыл бұрын
It isn't economic to build that tall at all but I imagine more will come up in the future. It is good to remember that it has been an extremely short amount of time in human history where humans have built skyscrapers. With a surge of people soon to join the middle class in Africa, South America and Asia, don't be surprised to see a bunch of new proposals in the future.
@bobbob-kc9wd 3 жыл бұрын
Do you think that eventually it will become economical to build megatalls more
@jackhansell4025 3 жыл бұрын
I don't believe mega tall structures are going to be built in North America or Europe simply due to the cost and lack of density/desire in Western cities. I would assume the hot spots for larger buildings are either in vanity cities like Dubai or massive and emerging markets such as Indonesia, India, Malaysia, China, etc. But that's just my 2 cents.
@josephscott7239 3 жыл бұрын
It's not economic to build that tall with current technology, materials and construction techniques. However I think this will very likely change in the years and decades ahead.
@1998232v6 2 жыл бұрын
I saw an artists rendering of what twin One World Trade Centers would have looked like. It was pretty cool. I wish they would have done that instead of the one giant building and several smaller buildings.
@kevindavis8500 2 жыл бұрын
Me too I wish they would have built two towers.
@videowilliams 2 жыл бұрын
That's beautiful, man. Damn near cried at the end.
@WayPastCrazy2525 3 жыл бұрын
Bet Chicago would LOVE to reclaim the "tallest in the U.S." over NY
@visionist7 3 жыл бұрын
It's funny how more megatalls have been proposed for Chicago (2) than New York (1)
@timmmahhhh 3 жыл бұрын
Would be cool but Chicago wouldn't want the added traffic. It would be bad enough in Manhattan but at least New York has an amazing subway system to get people around. Chicago's El is great but doesn't have nearly the coverage. It is what I call loop-centric, or that it really only serves people coming to and from the Loop and doesn't cover the entire city like New York's system. The six-story basement foundation for the abandoned Chicago Spire project is still in place if any developer wants to finish building Calatrava's design.
@zachc8190 3 жыл бұрын
Yes
@muhammadalifazrainorizan5488 3 жыл бұрын
Well reclaim it from Kuala Lumpur first... 😂😂😂😂😂. We defeated Chicago by 33 feet difference
@theas2627 3 жыл бұрын
@@muhammadalifazrainorizan5488 but since when kuala lumpur is in US ? 🙄
@caesar7734 3 жыл бұрын
New York should build a new megatall Art Deco skyscraper. In my opinion the new glass skyscrapers are very boring and older limestone Art Deco buildings stand out more and are more iconic.
@NugsSlugsBugs 3 жыл бұрын
or futurist
@abelzatyko1513 3 жыл бұрын
Would the limestone be able to withstand that? Maybe use the design of the top of the Chryler building, with the metal panels and gargoyles. It would still maintain the style, but would allow more playroom with he structure.
@mickanvonfootscraymarket5520 3 жыл бұрын
@@abelzatyko1513 Robert Stern's office could make it work.
@SomewhatSummarized 3 жыл бұрын
Apes, together strong
@alexcadream3097 3 жыл бұрын
Not even a megatall, but just some new Art Deco towers, mb in some modern way idk
@Bg12789 3 жыл бұрын
No other city can be like New York, I don't care how tall you build , you Will never be like New York City never ever.
@justsomeguywithoutamustach9072 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah you’re right,I’ve never seen a city with so many damn people and rats,felt dystopian,pizza was nice tho
@great-mighty9603 3 жыл бұрын
@@justsomeguywithoutamustach9072 not sure if that’s an insult or compliment. Not that I’m offended or anything.
@maxlainchbury4967 2 жыл бұрын
Ive been there it is the best place ever
@beatmueller6490 2 жыл бұрын
Love your "down to earth" non-hyper lnguage & descriptions. Well done! :)
@joshjamesmoule 3 жыл бұрын
Me, a brit who's not really used to skyscrapers in general, seeing the title and going whaaaaat, NY towers pretty damn tall.
@doomstadt2371 3 жыл бұрын
Hey now, I've been to the Shard, it's pretty cool lol
@champkind6877 3 жыл бұрын
@@doomstadt2371 The Shard is one of Europe's biggest architectural eye sores.
@tornadochaser7226 2 жыл бұрын
Tallest thing I’ve ever seen in person is the London eye no joke
@missq4724 2 жыл бұрын
I am British and American, and I thought exactly the same thing. In fact, some time back, New York was knows as "the City of Skyscrapers"....and as I asked above, is the One World Trade Center not considered a mega-skyscraper then? I know it's thanks to a long spire, but in any case, some sites I have read are saying it's the tallest building in the Western hemisphere...
@missq4724 2 жыл бұрын
@@champkind6877 🤣🤣 True, the Shard is hardly the most attractive feature of the London skyline...
@SFBikerMike 3 жыл бұрын
The only US city where I think a megatall building might work is Las Vegas. And it would take a huge rebound in tourism first.
@azulaquaza4916 3 жыл бұрын
A mega tall in Vegas would stick out more than that awful black building in Paris. Vegas actually has a lot of skyscrapers they are just short and wide. Chicago would benefit best.
@ven1939 3 жыл бұрын
Vegas can't have mega tall building only because where airport is & to many flight path areas.
@jmchez 3 жыл бұрын
@@azulaquaza4916 You are right about that. It's weird to look at hotels on the strip and realize that they are forty stories tall. They don't look it because they are really set far from the street and because, as you said, they are really wide. You can only do that when you have so much land on either side of that road.
@TasX 3 жыл бұрын
I feel like Huston or some other rapidly growing city in the midwest would be best due for a megatall.
@Steve-zc9ht 3 жыл бұрын
@@TasX I think chicago has the best shot because right now chicago is steady in population growth chicago still hasn't reached its full potential unlike new York chicago will be the city benefited the most
@kc_1018 3 жыл бұрын
I would love for Dallas to build a couple of new skyscrapers. Our last tallest building was built in 1985 and most of the buildings that are currently under construction are between 100 to 200 meters and they are residentials.
@mml1426 2 жыл бұрын
Dallas has so much potential to be the city of the future in the USA. I would start by turning the Trinity River in a big park like central park, improve public transportation all around the city connecting Plano, Denton, Fort Worth and Arlington. Dallas can continue to expand unlike NYC, Chicago, Los Angeles or Houston. So much potential to do new stuff in Dallas that would bring tourism, and would make the city so competitive.
@b_rah 2 жыл бұрын
I feel like San Diego would look amazing with a few supertalls. Sadly, due to the airport being close to downtown, it might not be possible.
@JerryRigEverything 3 жыл бұрын
Love your videos!
@terr1x-161 3 жыл бұрын
Glass is glass and glass breaks
@deanchur 3 жыл бұрын
Hi Seth, you were great in One Punch Man.
@ctgez7927 3 жыл бұрын
Ok
@thebananarepublic7255 3 жыл бұрын
Don't tell me ur durability testing a tower.
@erichwashausen4602 3 жыл бұрын
I imagine he already does love his own videos.
@osiris_blanche 3 жыл бұрын
"Why There Are No Megatall Skyscrapers in New York?" Answer: HAVE YOU BEEN IN NYC?? THEY NEED TO FINISH THE ON-GOING Construction as is!
@roccoborghetti4693 3 жыл бұрын
As someone who works for Local 1 in the boroughs I can definitely agree😂😂
@sneakyninjastreef3549 3 жыл бұрын
Fr 😂 just visited there a couple months ago and there's construction going on everywhere lmao
@great-mighty9603 3 жыл бұрын
@@sneakyninjastreef3549 it’s basically always in construction which isn’t really a surprise considering it’s one of the most populated cities on the globe but at the same is a bit annoying especially when driving.
@gingerbreadman6415 2 жыл бұрын
@@sneakyninjastreef3549 same! I saw scaffolding everywhere
@kevmagill5163 2 жыл бұрын
After living in NYC, I relate to the idea that building higher than the Freedom Tower is just not cool..hearing it said here in this video I realized it's a real thing amongst all New Yorkers and it's leadership...Another engrossing video from the B1M.
@chadbailey30 3 жыл бұрын
I didn't realize how much taller the "Mega Tall" skyscrapers were than regular skyscrapers.. That shit is silly
@Rserpe 3 жыл бұрын
On behalf of every former New Yorker with a piece of their heart and soul in this great city. Thank you.
@theDronalist 3 жыл бұрын
If they build it, I will drone it.
@TheB1M 3 жыл бұрын
YASS!!!! ✊✊✊
@norfolx 3 жыл бұрын
A pleasant surprise to see the Dronalist contribute to another skyscraper covering channel!
@anurag.thakur 3 жыл бұрын
Whoa u got this pinned,congrats
@zakiducky 3 жыл бұрын
How do you get permission to fly a drone in NYC? As I understand, it’s illegal to fly there across most of the city.
@tescomealdeals4613 3 жыл бұрын
at first I though you meant you would drone strike it, I'm not too familiar with your channel lmao
@Monkemonkemonkemonkemonkee 2 жыл бұрын
I saw the Freedom tower 2 days ago, absolutely beautiful skyscraper.
@magnvss 3 жыл бұрын
The Mecca's "Big Ben Hotel" is of such an out of place and style building it's an inspiration. And inspiration to oppose such monstrosities anywhere in the world. Don't build up, built better, prettier and urban friendly.
@boygenius538_8 3 жыл бұрын
It looks tacky to me. I’m a Muslim most Muslims don’t like the excessive construction in Mecca. It detracts from the simple beauty of the city.
@user-ci7vu7eo9w 3 жыл бұрын
@@boygenius538_8 money over religion it seems
@Samuel_J1 3 жыл бұрын
Nice video! NYC doesn't need a mega tall - the city already had so many world's tallest building. Great to understand these reasons why!
@konrad6995 3 жыл бұрын
I wonder when we will have a video about the new B1M headquarters in London, design by Norman Foster :D
@TheB1M 3 жыл бұрын
Hahaha, we'd LOVE that!! He may need to design and build it for free... 😬
@sethdrake7551 3 жыл бұрын
SpaceX Starship 2 be like: "yeah so what if we launched a supertall skyscraper into orbit"
@mariokingtana6399 3 жыл бұрын
Isn’t it kinda ironic that nyc limits itself and how big their buildings can get in the name of a building called the freedom tower? “This building stands for freedom so therefore none of your buildings can dare be taller than mines”
@davidpark761 3 жыл бұрын
It's because it's seen as disrespectful to overshadow a tower that is seen as a monument to post 9/11 resiliency of New Yorkers and victims of 9/11
@shawtop 3 жыл бұрын
Mate you explain the facts so good and simple even a child could understand it. Killed it once again b1m
@LecturePal 3 жыл бұрын
I have been through a minute only but I have to comment on the incredible quality of the intro. Extremely professional.
@drakehater 3 жыл бұрын
I was thinking about making a 9/11 joke but never mind
@Steve-zc9ht 3 жыл бұрын
Someone already made one saying there afraid of my pilot skill lmao 😂
@sebastianrosa7935 3 жыл бұрын
Trust me, New Yorkers would rather keep the sentimentality of the Freedom Tower being the tallest in the city then building its own megatower. Also nobody wants to wait 150 years for the thing to actually get built.
@cromugnon8381 3 жыл бұрын
Without the twin towers, there's something missing from New York's skyline
@bent8085 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah it feels empty even tough it is only missing two towers. The Twin Towers were iconic.
@BabySonicGT 3 жыл бұрын
yea
@WorldSoldier017 3 жыл бұрын
no shit
@KDH-br6hy 3 жыл бұрын
@@WorldSoldier017 lol
@donkeykong4983 3 жыл бұрын
R.I.P ✝️.
@MRRookie232 3 жыл бұрын
Still yet to watch this but I have already liked - that’s the level of confidence I have in the B1M lol
@TheB1M 3 жыл бұрын
Wow, thank you so much!!
@georgealexander141 3 жыл бұрын
New York is like “Been there. Done that“.
@kingslayerx1716 3 жыл бұрын
Bruh
@guymandude9054 3 жыл бұрын
in miami, they were gonna make a 900 meter skyscraper, but that got cancelled for many reason, it was called the Miapolis, B1M should make a video about the cancelled project of Miapolis
@darkfox172 3 жыл бұрын
Thx for keeping us sane B1M 👍🏽
@x1achilles99 3 жыл бұрын
As expected, The B1M comes through with a beautiful production. Well done.
@valt1337 3 жыл бұрын
short story.. because: - legislation (strict regulations: floor area ratio equation) - costs too high - low availability of land to build on - NY is one of the most expensive cities to build in (several hundreds of $ per square feet built than middle east) - no demand there.. saved you 6 mins
@Andrew-bj5kx 3 жыл бұрын
Those supertalls in NYC were also killing people. Last winter around Christmas (before the pandemic), ice kept forming on the tops of the construction and then blowing off and skewering people on 59th St. adjacent to Central Park. They had to block the streets and pedestrians had to stay away from one side of the street. It was wet, and that's where the death ice was falling. It was kind of a creepy no-man's zone. Very unsettling walking through.
@titanicman9329 3 жыл бұрын
Let's be frank, the only super tall structure anyone would tolerate in New York is one that follows classic designs anymore.
@BUPSEY_WORLD 3 жыл бұрын
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@davidtuttle7556 3 жыл бұрын
Let's also be honest. NY'rs and Americans in general miss the Twins terribly. To build higher would for some feel like erasing the memories of that day.
@joshuamarshall1718 3 жыл бұрын
@@davidtuttle7556 but at some point it counter intuitive. Vying for the good old days isn't progressing it's the antithesis of progression. I get the symbolic gesture of not beating past them but at some point you have to keep going.
@davidtuttle7556 3 жыл бұрын
@@joshuamarshall1718 if building higher can be done profitably, then yes. But most of the supertall skyscrapers such as the Khalifa have been absolute financial boondoggles.
@joshuamarshall1718 3 жыл бұрын
@@davidtuttle7556 oh you'd have to make sure the roi is good enough to justify it I agree. In most places it does in leases, real estate, and tourism which is why New York is endless cityscape it's works but at what point is emotions worth more than developing further? I guess would be my question. *Edit* I'm Canadian maybe it's cause I don't carry the same sentiment despite me remembering that day vividly, it shook us too. Maybe because I'm not a New Yorker I couldn't understand, however I was in a building when it fell down in 2012 and the city still left the space open in memoriam but to me that empty lot hurts more to look at then if a new commercial property took it's place.
@Alex-pk5rm 3 жыл бұрын
This channel just doesn't seem to miss! Thanks as always B1M
@emmanuelsamuels2470 3 жыл бұрын
They scared of my pilot skills
@g.w.f.212 3 жыл бұрын
ALLAHU AKBAR
@Steve-zc9ht 3 жыл бұрын
LMAOOOO 😂
@someguitardude8462 2 жыл бұрын
Simple. Megatall Skyscrapers are a vanity project. Often times the last 300 meters of the tower are barely usable. New York's buildings need to use every inch of space available, so building *tall enough* is better than building tallest
@midgetwars1 3 жыл бұрын
lol, imagine if USA used metric. One World Tower to reach almost 2km tall.
@magnushmann 3 жыл бұрын
Sounds way more impressive But to be fair, they do kind of use it, even if they don't realise it. All US customary units are entirely defined by metric units.
@renegaderaida526 3 жыл бұрын
How would it? It's 500M tall. 1km is 1000M
@taleseduardolima 3 жыл бұрын
@@renegaderaida526 To commemorate the year of independence, it would have to be 1776 m tall instead of only 1776 ft.
@renegaderaida526 3 жыл бұрын
@@taleseduardolima yes i'm not the one who doesn't know this.
@renegaderaida526 3 жыл бұрын
@@taleseduardolima 1776m = 5800ft
@makomerlin4250 3 жыл бұрын
As a New Yorker my reasons are 1: Space. they require a lot of floor space which NY does not have 2: No demand. were happy with one world trade its tall enough. We have plenty of famous building as it is 3: we've already passed our prime. most of NYC's skyscrapers (or at least the famous ones) were built over 60 years ago. most of the countries that are building these Mega Skyscrapers have recently had economic booms such as Dubai. which was a desert until only a few decades ago. same goes for a lot of asian countries that have had booms recently. back when the Empire State Building and the Chrysler Building were built they were the tallest made made structures ever made. It also happen to be Before/during the worst depression in US history. Its a two sided coin. I just wonder what's the bad side of the coin in these countries that are doing so well now
@AfsanaAmerica 2 жыл бұрын
There are some skyscrapers around the world that are taller than the ones in New York but the skyscrapers in New York are most loved. I think as the tall buildings get bigger it gets made into several separate buildings. The real height of empire state building is enormous if it was all stacked up.
@Funny_hampter1 Жыл бұрын
after 9/11 i would not wanna have a tall skyscraper anywhere anymore since i have PTSD watching those towers and people fall to the ground and i wouldnt want that to happen anywhere else. rest in peace to the people who died in 9/11, this is why we cant have nice things :(
@oyvey764 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for quality work B1M! It always makes my day when I see the notification for 1 of your videos. :-)
@deepspacejazz 3 жыл бұрын
could be just me needing to get used to it, but the hudson yards, billionaires’ row and most notably one manhattan square have significantly uglified the manhattan skyline. great video as always!
@funnybee2598 3 жыл бұрын
Fun fact; you can’t breath while smiling Joking, just wanted to make you smile for a second 😃.
@NovaBoi7 3 жыл бұрын
WHY YOU
@effinyu9554 3 жыл бұрын
I still think the new WTC is such a sad sight. It looks incomplete and needs probably 15 more floors to make the top look finished.
@Mukler161 3 жыл бұрын
Speaking of New York good morning New York lol
@mikeifyouplease 3 жыл бұрын
If I constructed a building that was five stories high, but had a one mile spire on top....would it be the tallest building in the world?
@alexisbenitez2239 3 жыл бұрын
Not necessarily but the tallest structure in the world
@mikeifyouplease 3 жыл бұрын
@@alexisbenitez2239 Thank you for your reply. It does make me think though, that since spires are used to indicate the height of many of these buildings, at what point are spires NOT considered as part of the total building height. Could I put a super tall spire on any decently tall building, and then claim that the "new building" is now the tallest in the world?
@alexisbenitez2239 3 жыл бұрын
@@mikeifyouplease if you were to put it on a smaller skyscraper then it does since it is a tall structure and with the spire it would count since it is part of the building
@mikeifyouplease 3 жыл бұрын
@@alexisbenitez2239 Thanks, once again for your reply. I wonder if anyone or any country is contemplating how tall a spire they could put on a structure and have the resulting entire building declared the tallest in the world.
@missq4724 2 жыл бұрын
Precisely my point! I don't know whether it really does make sense or not, but they do say that the One World Trade Center is the tallest "building" in the Western hemisphere--and it does have a huge spire! So I'm totally baffled that this video claims there are no megatall skyscrapers in New York in 2020 (it's supposed to measure over 1,700 feet in height--of course, that includes the spire!) and, after all, really, how much of those 1,770-odd feet can the spire really take up...? 🤔
@robertofernandez4455 3 жыл бұрын
NYC Is so amazing. So many buildings, so many styles. Only Chicago can rival it in this categroy. You might have taller buildings in other places. But the mix found in this two places is just unrivaled. I hope the pandemic doesn't cease the trend it was before.
@blast4me754 Жыл бұрын
I guess you haven't seen the cities in China because they make Chicago and NYC look outdated..
@AsiaMinor12 Жыл бұрын
@@blast4me754 not really. Only some do. Many Chinese cities don't have a skyline that can compare to new York city.
@vuittonvisions2271 3 жыл бұрын
I see quite a few people complaining in the comments so I think this needs to be said. Highest Occupied Floor shouldn’t be a unit of measurement for Megatall and Supertall skyscrapers. You people complain about spires like they have no symbolic significance and it’s disrespectful to the architects. These buildings are built as less functional status symbols, so even if the spire can’t be used, it still had to be built.
@zombyfellow 3 жыл бұрын
I live in New York and always wondered why NY doesn't build taller skyscrapers. Thank you for finally answering this question
@maxant4285 3 жыл бұрын
That final shot was beautiful.
@AgathaLOutahere 2 жыл бұрын
Community opposition and lawsuits will always prevent the construction of supertalls in NYC. It took years just to begin proper redevelopment of the WTC site.
@tvold9204 3 жыл бұрын
Wym Megatall down here in Naples we can't even have a tower because of the airport.
@delorz1982 3 жыл бұрын
Cuz supertall skyscrapers are huge and they need a huge wide base and new York is to buildingly for that
@TheB1M 3 жыл бұрын
That is one of the reasons yes!
@JamesSmith-cn1vy 3 жыл бұрын
Red sus
@diamondaxe4133 3 жыл бұрын
@@JamesSmith-cn1vy verry sus
@BUPSEY_WORLD 3 жыл бұрын
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@delorz1982 3 жыл бұрын
@@BUPSEY_WORLD I saw ur vid I like it
@LMays-cu2hp 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much. I am glad I have lived in New York when the older buildings of World Trade Center 1& 2 and the others in the World Trade Center Area to see how New York has grown since the late 1970s.
@user-et1rf4vy8s 3 жыл бұрын
It’ll be really hard for people that drives during rush hour while they construct a mega tall building…. And. Honestly think they will build one in the future because they already have so much new skyscrapers under construction as we speak!
@bigfish7493 3 жыл бұрын
Yes, this narrator is a master of cadence and enunciations. Hopefully he may explain a video to us based upon Haiti's Capital City Port-au-Prince. There's so much to be said about the gorgeous concreted-over mountains, the superb in-city sanitation system, the expansive treed parks and the gorgeous "steel Market". He will bring music to our ears when describing the Champs des Mars, Rue Pan Americaine, the beautiful Bicentenaire along the city's waterfront. There is so much for this Narrator to describe! Certainly we'll be hearing from him again very soon.
@visionist7 3 жыл бұрын
It'll happen eventually. Probably a spire first. Edit: I've heard of absolutely *no* public controversy as to the height of Central Park Tower's cancelled spire. Zero. Few people even knew it was supposed to have a spire. It was cancelled to save money. The mayor has no individual say as to the height of a building, and One World Trade's stripped-down spantenna, itself a victim of cost cutting, has no hallowed status amongst the city's real estate tycoons. None. They will build taller when it's economically feasible to do so, and nobody will be able to stop them except those same economics as usual. That is all.
@DavidC-qi9hr 3 жыл бұрын
There could be a gentlemen's agreement to build no structure taller than 1 World Trade Center. We can see that for 50 years before consideration is made to build the world's tallest in New York City.
@mr.brownstone5716 3 жыл бұрын
Couldn't disagree more. Central Park Tower's spire was to rise to 1,775 feet, one symbolic foot short of the Freedom Tower's 1,776 foot height. They knew to *not* even broach that topic. And that was *before* Central Park Tower and its cohorts began literally casting shadows across Central Park. Going forward, their will be more opposition to the slender supertalls. Also, Bloomberg's administration rezoned more than a third of NYC. DeBlasio's weighed in on TDRs (transferrable development rights) and may make their acquisition more transparent, making it hard for developers to accumulate the necessary "air rights" to build that high at a cost effective price point. Don't kid yourself, the major has "an individual say" even if it isn't codified.
@visionist7 3 жыл бұрын
@@mr.brownstone5716 we'll see what happens on the Grand Hyatt site. The hotel won't last much longer and the office market will recover a lot faster. Cuomo has a lot vested in the site. He's always wanted a legacy in stone. Or in concrete & glass as today's trends dictate. Vanderbilt has 1400' to beat, the nearby JP Morgan HQ will probably be around that height. Nobody knows what will rise on the Roosevelt site yet. Cuomo will want to eclipse them all. As for shadows, that's just nimby handwringing.
@BUPSEY_WORLD 3 жыл бұрын
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@mr.brownstone5716 3 жыл бұрын
@@visionist7 - I don't see a need for office space in the future. It's a CoVid world and we're all telecommuting. I'm on the side that businesses will shrink their office footprints. JPMorgan left some air rights on the table when they choose to not exercise purchase options. Will it be a 1,000-foot tall building? Yes. Will it approach 1,776? Probably not. Most NIMBYISM is handwringing but they have a strong case as it pertains to Central Park.
@KeithMetoyer 3 жыл бұрын
I would love if you did more videos on the typical large american city like Atlanta or Miami.
@whiskeythecat5765 3 жыл бұрын
Miami would be great for super mega tall skyscrapers.
@KeithMetoyer 3 жыл бұрын
@@whiskeythecat5765 Miami would be horrible since it's all gonna flood out anyways.
@ghostrighter6530 2 жыл бұрын
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@KeithMetoyer 2 жыл бұрын
@@ghostrighter6530 I left a positive comment
@danielbenitez6985 2 жыл бұрын
Reigning tallest in the world for exactly 4 whole decades, the Empire State Building will always be the mother of super talls, and the skyscraper of all skyscrapers. No other skyscraper being built these days will hold their title for even a decade or 2.
@tt-ln4mc 3 жыл бұрын
Wonderful video, educational, well spoken, and the beautiful visuals make me love every single image
@moniquechavez150 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for another wonderful, and excitingly informative video. Cheers!
@luuketaylor 3 жыл бұрын
My favorite channel, back again :) The final point about the Freedom Tower made complete sense and now I no longer wonder why there are no taller structures!
@ijustyap 2 жыл бұрын
That was a lovely sequence starting at 3:39
@tocororo 2 жыл бұрын
The Empire State Building is so stunning 😍
@catzzzz1450 2 жыл бұрын
👍👍👍
@killernat1234 3 жыл бұрын
One day there will be a mega tall skyscraper in New York, mark my words
@HorribleSonofa 3 жыл бұрын
Las Vegas, man. Desert real estate and tourism cravings.
@criticalhard 3 жыл бұрын
Absolutely with no doubt and it'll be alive, full of people not empty in the middle of nowhere lmao
@aznmozez2214 3 жыл бұрын
Empire State Building 2
@nirvanafan500 3 жыл бұрын
Mega tall twin towers
@Student0Toucher 3 жыл бұрын
New York is good how it is, I think mega towers should be built in other growing. Cities
@eduardtokaryev7948 3 жыл бұрын
The main reasons for skyscrapers were: residential and office. With the internet you can now work from home and you don't need to pay people to stay in a building. Residential is not needed because you don't need to live in close proximity to work or shops anymore. You can order everything online.
@nafnaf0 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah those are valid points. I still think there will be a mile high (1600 meters) skyscraper in New York before the end of the century
@yuridouche6195 3 жыл бұрын
What a fucking boring piece of shit existence that would be. There are plenty of reasons to live in a densely built city beyond where you work and where you sleep. It's about everything that happens in between.
@nilocblue 2 жыл бұрын
This is one of my favourite channels on KZfaq.
@geoben1810 3 жыл бұрын
Born and raised New Yawker here. Something I got to see on a regular if not almost daily basis was the entire NYC skyline as seen from either level of the Queens Borough Bridge heading into the city. It's a sight to behold and one you'll never forget. The power and beauty of the Big Apple is on display and undeniable. And yeah, from that viewpoint you can't 't see all the ugliness that you know is there. But it is what it is. New Yawk, New Yawk, a city so nice they hadda name it twice! 👍😉🇺🇸
@PhilippRothenberger 3 жыл бұрын
Can you do more explaining on how air rights work? Seemed a bit brief for the complexity of the topic!
@markfoster7949 3 жыл бұрын
The view in new york looks amazing and these skyscrapers, I wish we have empire state building built in London it's a beautiful building. And for the guys who build those buildings back from the 1930's risk there LIVE'S without any safety gear
@criticalhard 3 жыл бұрын
Even earlier than the 30s, I'm not American but those who started building NY are legends.
@jmchez 3 жыл бұрын
Back then, they had a rule of thumb that said that 1 worker was expected to die for every million dollars spent. They just accepted it. In the middle of the great depression, those construction workers were happy to have such a good paying job. The Empire State Building was finished in 18 months and that includes the demolition of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel that was on the site.
@ronaldzent4845 2 жыл бұрын
If anyone were to build a "Megatall" skyscraper in say, LA or San Fransisco, you would have to spend millions more to retrofit for Earthquake protection.
@texaswunderkind 2 жыл бұрын
Earthquakes don't exist. Sorry, after the flat earthers and anti-vaxxers I'm in the mood to start a new branch of conspiracy theory.
@emfraza7953 2 жыл бұрын
It's untrue that Central Park Tower scrapped the spire because of "vast public outcry", very few in the public even knew what was planned there before the final design was published, it's most likely value-engineering that eliminated it. The day will come when the 1776' WTC1 spire is exceeded, but it has nothing to do with public opinion and everything to do with cost and practicality on a given site. I'm a native NY'er and can't recall ever having a conversation with anybody about keeping 1 WTC as the tallest, it's really a non-issue and an urban myth. Also, we don't call it the "Freedom Tower", only people from outside the city ever refer to it as that and you won't find that term anywhere on or in the building.
@spartan117zm 3 жыл бұрын
I think it would actually be really cool to see New York become a city where, instead of having a couple very tall buildings, the actual average building height increases to the 150 meter level, due to the fact that no one wants to build higher than the WTC and so space is theoretically even more limited.
@xavieryozwiak5508 3 жыл бұрын
similar to DC now (but lower) where everything is just a few floors shorter than the Washington Monument
@maksimghyvoronsky5641 3 жыл бұрын
Love all of your videos. Thank you for your commitment!
@TheThomasBlack 3 жыл бұрын
No one here in New York would ever say the word Megatall. Let’s start there.
@jimoconnor6382 2 жыл бұрын
Chicago was supposed to get that one in Dubai but Mayor Daley shot it down, but it was Designed by Chicago architects which gives its similarities to the Sears Tower
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