After a slow start, the new glass super-building at 51 Astor Place is now being completed at an astonishing pace. The only place I recall seeing buildings go up this fast was Dubai in 2008!
The latest step at 51 Astor Place has been the rapid addition of the shiny glass exterior. For more on the developments, checkout the excellent coverage here at http://ny.curbed.com/places/51-astor-place.
One thing I have been thinking about is how the new building will change the spacial sense of how it feels to stand in the center island of Astor Place, next to The Alamo cube which sits at the center of Astor Place. You will now be surrounded on all four sides by large, pretty corporate feeling structures....a big difference from just a decade ago....
