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whybother5000 t1_iywatbh wrote

Water views! Quick drive to the games, concerts, and luxury shopping!

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sutisuc t1_iyx3v9v wrote

And when it storms the water comes to you!

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GoHuskies1984 t1_iyw3ygt wrote

I don't mind glass towers when they exist in clusters amid a dense urban space, this however looks too out of place.

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nasty_brutish_longer t1_iywl4iv wrote

I believe that's phase IV.3.iii of the gleaming swamp metropolis envisioned in the early aughts for Secaucus Junction/Xanadu-American Dream.

Like everything else there, I'm surprised it's gotten this far, and not at all surprised at its clusterfuckedness.

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pixel_of_moral_decay t1_iywoqjs wrote

The clusterfuck in NJ tends to come after.

No way a building that size in a swamp doesn’t have major issues in 10-15y when the developer moves on and someone else is libel. Then government entities having to get involved because it poses a imminent threat to safety.

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nasty_brutish_longer t1_iywu3rl wrote

Yeah, I have little doubt it's going to be a very sad place in a decade or two.

I'd look to Harmon Cove for an alternative take, but damned if I know what keeps that alive.

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BeMadTV t1_iywq52z wrote

Gives me Oblivion and I Am Legend Vibes.

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PsychologicalAd1153 t1_iz0jyqh wrote

Interesting! I can see the Oblivion Vibes ( Tet ), but how are you seeing I Am Legend vibes? I love both movies.

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BeMadTV t1_iz0lhl1 wrote

Just the absence of life I guess lol

And I'm ashamed to say I watched Oblivion for the first time on Friday and my gawd.

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PsychologicalAd1153 t1_iz0mkgy wrote

It's a thinker. The soundtrack is even better by M83. I suggest you add it to your regular repertoire.

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BeMadTV t1_iz1j65g wrote

I love M83! I already know what my Spotify Wrapped for 2023 is looking like now!! Thanks!

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GreenTunicKirk t1_iywmaiy wrote

I wonder what that building is gonna look like in 20 years being as it’s right in the middle of the swamp

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objectimpermanence t1_iyyvzc7 wrote

I don’t get why people keep saying this with such confidence.

There are hundreds, if not thousands, of tall buildings in this country in areas with unstable soils along bodies of water. Some of them have been around for 50-70 years in places like Chicago and New Orleans with few issues.

The technology and building techniques needed to overcome the engineering challenges of these locations has existed for years.

Millennium Tower in SF and Surfside in Florida are rare exceptions.

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GreenTunicKirk t1_iyzw1h2 wrote

I dunno man I’m just wondering aloud here? Plenty of buildings in the area but the larger ones on meadowlands parkway all look pretty dingy so a glass building doesn’t seem like it would be good, ya know?

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