Posted: 10/16/22 at 10:47am
An 825 room hotel in the tower base and an upper observatory spanning four floors with a drop ride attraction. The building will also contain retail space, two upper restaurant floors, and a pool deck. Anticipated completion date is second quarter of 2027.
Posted: 10/16/22 at 5:56pm
I don’t care for the design at all, but I love how Daniela’s and the Playwright Celtic Pub carved a nice dent in the 8th Avenue facade.
Updated On: 10/16/22 at 05:56 PM
Posted: 10/16/22 at 6:08pm
Yeah I walked past this afternoon and looked at the design. Bizarre.
Posted: 10/16/22 at 6:52pm
I miss Sam's restaurant.
Posted: 10/16/22 at 7:55pm
I look at all these buildings like what's going on in them? like aren't half the apartments on billionaire's row sitting empty? Yet we just keep building and building.
Posted: 10/16/22 at 8:38pm
RippedMan said: "I look at all these buildings like what's going on in them? like aren't half the apartments on billionaire's row sitting empty? Yet we just keep building and building."
Just because they are sitting empty doesn’t mean they haven’t been bought. That’s what Russian and Chinese millionaires do; They buy up apartments but don’t actually live in them.
Posted: 10/16/22 at 10:40pm
The drop ride part seems truly random to me, does anyone happen to know if there's a story of how that came about?
Posted: 10/16/22 at 11:44pm
There are more details here:
https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-740-750-8th-ave-1067-ft-52-floors/235
Posted: 10/17/22 at 12:04pm
chrishuyen said: "The drop ride part seems truly random to me, does anyone happen to know if there's a story of how that came about?"
"Get yourself a gimmick and you, too, can be a star!"
Posted: 10/17/22 at 12:06pm
Hideous, but if it means more people are nearby to spend money on tickets etc, then great. God knows they’re needed.
Posted: 10/17/22 at 6:59pm
chrishuyen said: "The drop ride part seems truly random to me, does anyone happen to know if there's a story of how that came about?"
Agreed. And is the drop ride in that middle shaft-looking-part, or the head..er, I mean, top of the tower? 
Posted: 10/18/22 at 12:32am
