New York's Newest Skyscraper Is 32 Floors of Prefab Apartments

Re:New York's Newest Skyscraper Is 32 Floors of Prefab Apart... by mtalantikite on Monday January 12, 2015 @05:21PM (#8876810)

I also live a couple blocks from it and the only upside is that it'll eventually block the rusty looking Barclays Center from view. I'd gladly take the old Freddy's back.

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Re:New York's Newest Skyscraper Is 32 Floors of Prefab Apart... by bluthru on Monday January 12, 2015 @06:46PM (#8877255)

I really enjoy the rich tones of the facade: http://www.rew-online.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Barclay...

Does rust automatically turn people off because of cultural connotations? It's self-finishing, already appears established, and doesn't require maintenance.

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Re:New York's Newest Skyscraper Is 32 Floors of Prefab Apart... by schrodinger on Monday January 12, 2015 @09:24PM (#8877753)

Rust doesn't require maintenance? It will keep going until the underlying steel is all gone - not really something you can just let go.

As opposed to aluminum oxide which is self limiting - it only forms a thin layer, then stops.

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Re:New York's Newest Skyscraper Is 32 Floors of Prefab Apart... by woodchuck64 on Monday January 12, 2015 @09:46PM (#8877821)

Barclay is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weathering_steel

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Re:New York's Newest Skyscraper Is 32 Floors of Prefab Apart... by mtalantikite on Tuesday January 13, 2015 @02:31PM (#8881966)

I like the material, particularly when it's juxtaposed with nature, but its use on the Barclays Center doesn't do it for me. There's nothing around the structure that relieves it.

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Re:New York's Newest Skyscraper Is 32 Floors of Prefab Apart... by potatolicious on Monday January 12, 2015 @09:07PM (#8877717)

Is it cultural? I feel like rust is a fairly universal signal for decay.

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Re:New York's Newest Skyscraper Is 32 Floors of Prefab Apart... by Aeolun on Monday January 12, 2015 @10:35PM (#8877979)

Decay is not necessarily a bad thing. I like the aesthetics of rust.

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Re:New York's Newest Skyscraper Is 32 Floors of Prefab Apart... by n72 on Monday January 12, 2015 @05:39PM (#8876911)

Ah, Freddy's. Let's raise a glass to Bruce Ratner and the glories of eminent domain.

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