Why New York is Building on TOP of its Skyscrapers

New York is so full that it's now building on top of its existing high-rises.

Research sources -

Additional footage and images courtesy of One Wall Street.

Follow Get Construction Talking

Listen to The World's Best Construction Podcast by The B1M

#construction #architecture #skyscraper

Ripping and/or editing this video is illegal and will result in legal action.

© 2024 The B1M Limited

[thefrub]

Converted into luxury apartments, the fate of every old building

[Random.ChanneI]

I’m so glad they went for the same style in architecture instead of a glass box.

[thene]

there is a lot of space in NYC but if you are talking about downtown Manhattan, then there isn't. Also, this isn't for housing, this is more for speculate investment. Most of those apartments will be sitting empty 90% of the time.

[ntatenarin]

In Chicago, the Blue Cross Blue Shield building had floors added on to it, but I remember reading that the building was originally designed to expand in case they needed more room.

[nickbailey]

An excited engineer- you don't see that everyday. It's cool to see someone describing his work with obvious enthusiasm

[allan]

I would love a video about tower cranes and why they are so expensive to install

[Benny_From_NY]

What you don’t hear about. In a troubling incident on Friday, September 18, 2020, security guard Troy Evans died after falling six stories into an underground construction shaft. The incident was reported at around 2:00 p.m. at 1 Wall Street in Manhattan. The 55-year-old was inside the partially-constructed building when he fell six stories through a ventilator duct shaft into the sub-basement. RIP Troy people put their lives on the line literally to build these skyscrapers.

[jameswilson]

I remember the works of Isaac Asimov, who wrote about Caves of Steel in NYC. In those books, they changed office buildings to residential but did not relocate the restrooms at all. Communical restrooms became a cultural thing. In the Mens Personal, no words were ever spoken. Quite the opposite is true in women's facilities. The only thing I didn't see in those books were showers. Also, the buildings themselves were now all connected with very little access to anything outside. They are 1970s books, but they are still good reading today.

[herculesrockefeller]

More stuff for the rich. Meanwhile, average folks can’t buy a house thanks to prices and interest rates. Good ol’ America.

[SequoiaElisabeth]

Without the pricey real estate location, this just would not be possible. The cost on these types of conversions is astronomical. It looks like they did a fantastic job.

[ynotw]

The research, time, care, explanation, visuals, and connection to the audience with each of these subjects are what make this one of my absolute favorite channels. Fred’s narration adds a lot of intrigue into the subjects, and gives the videos an overall comfortable feel. Well done on every level.

[freetolook]

Masterworks:
Wealth creation for billionaires but not so much for the rest of us!
💸💸💸😂😂😂

[JakeMartin]

Great use of a building that would have sat there as a vacant office, and keeping the new section in line with the old style was well done and looks great also.

[_Breakdown]

Great video Fred & B1M team! 😎👍🏼👍🏼
1 suggestion - - it would be even better if you held some of the visuals longer (the floor plans, exterior drone shots, etc); I think many viewers like to study the work + changes, engineering challenges, designs, improvements, vistas, etc.

[koharumi]

Roof space in so many places is wasted. Like it could be a nice community nature space or something else.
A good example is some of Singapore buildings

[FC-PeakVersatility]

Never mind crushing the floors below, what holds all those floors up are the foundations - which were designed to hold up the original number of floors with their original floor plan.

[goneutt]

“Stories were added” seems to be about a third of disaster videos about buildings that collapsed, like the Hard Rock Casino in New Orleans, various buildings around the world.

[BrammyS]

Why not just build a new New York on top of New York?

[LJB]

I worked for Irving Trust in the early 80's. The subway underneath was mentioned; does it still have an entrance directly into the building? Even though it had not been cleaned, the Red Room was quite beautiful back then.

[gaborjurina]

you are one of my favourite channels on YT, consistently informative and fascinating. Always look forward to a new episode.