New York’s skyline is constantly changing as the city continues to build up. But building here comes with its own particular set of challenges: confined spaces, subways and a general lack of land. It’s a task New York’s construction workers and architects are particularly well-trained to face.
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Premiere city in the US for skyscrapers. Hong Kong has more.
Great show. So satisfying to hear the engine come to life. It would be great to see it again once it's back on the road.
Covid taught the world that using tech, you can send everyone home and still be productive. The need to concentrate everyone in one location, which was indeed a requirement pre-covid, no longer exists. Why spend 500 million for a giant building, when you can now accomplish the same with no building, saving 500 million. The concept of 'downtown' is dead, they just don't know it yet.
This skyscraper is being built near where the live action mario brothers live
As a Newyorker i believe we have Pliny more room to build i wish this construction architect and engineers look up to build new skyscrapers in Union square Manhattan i know the ground is not strong enough for any skyscraper but if that was impossible to find the way to build.i think Dubai will never exist and more lest the world tallest building the Burj Khalifa.
Which was created by an American architect
I just hope they keep the skyscrapers in the Downtown Brooklyn area
Having been watching a mid rise go up across the road to where we live in downtown Manhattan over the past year I have been fascinated at the process of construction. But I’m afraid watching this video made me laugh out loud several times. First of all every single worker on our site is of Latin American decent, a reality not reflected in the carefully selected interviewees Cheddar have offered up. It looks for all the world like a closed shop situation, which is also reflected in their ‘we are above everyone else’ behavior. Far from being the proud professionals we see in Cheddar’s video, the construction workers themselves have gone from hero to zero by causing problems with the local community. Large groups of men indulging in after work drunkenness on the street, accompanied by the verbal abuse of passing women. Frankly disgusting behavior but even the NYPD can’t really do anything about it. Then came the cheating part. They cynically attempted to raise an additional five floors on top of the approved plans, hoping once it was already built the authorities would decide it was easier just to look the other way. I’m told this is common practice. The current situation is that we, the neighborhood, having initially been excited at watching this building being constructed, are now collectively very much looking forward to watching the process of these lawless misogynists deconstructing the contraband floors, having been forced to do exactly that by the city administration. Which I’m told is what happens (and too often).
So, what sort of venal developer would condone such foul antics on their construction site? A university no less… As far as the work on site was concerned the process looked sophisticated but essentially routine. All risks managed. Safety built in. That much was impressive. But no more so than watching a well drilled racing sailboat crew going through their paces in any kind of weather. That said, go for it. Its exciting work. As is being a pro sailor. But if you are interested in a career in this specialist form of construction please be more like the people we see in this video and less like the reality I have encountered on my local street in New York City.
NYC is a shithole. Boggles my mind why anyone would want to live there.
So there are definitely perverted gate keepers in the world of New York construction employment.
Local 3 electrician I worked on a lot of the buildings included in this video and the views are amazing. I literally just came from working at Manhattan west awesome project.
Yeah but it's garbage you can't grow anything
https://youtu.be/rY4kMKK0MiQ
i spilled my water out when i saw the WTC
almost here…..
Rip people included in 9/11 🙏🕊️
Hong Kong has more than twice as many buildings
Brilliant video
Love the passion of the iron workers. All of the people in finance and tech make the big bucks, but they don’t leave any sort of physical mark on the city itself.
You mean men and woman.
As many skyscrapers as NY has, I still think Chigago's are the most pleasing to look at.
"the *obsession of skyscraper construction in the most crowded city in America"
all that effort for a tastless glass building
The Brooklyn Tower building is a perfect example of how to design a skyscraper that has character and elegance, while still being modern and practical. We need more buildings like that, and less of the generic sterile glass towers.
Good video. I inspected 100 Flatbush ave the day before they shot this short movie. Amazing site, but had to issue them 3 violations, for 2 rakers on 1 heel block, crane radius swing over personnel and slope at exp1 sharper than 45 degrees. The guys there were very helpful, and run a great project.
surprised nyc hasn't sunk yet with so many people and buildings on that small land mass🤔
4:39 The Brooklyn Tower is one of my favorites to go up, plus more Supertalls to come here in NYC, thank you for this!