Architects Gone Wild

An anonymous commenter on Gothamist Labs sent in this link to a rendering of this gigantic imaginary penis-like building. It seems to be positioned up by 59th Street or so, and looks to be about 10,000 ft tall! That's probably impossibly tall, even with the futuristic elevators that will no doubt be invented by our future robot overlords. [Related: NYC fantasy buildings at SkyscraperPage-- our favorite is the 2500ft BoA Center-- and the never-built NYC page at Emporis.]

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By Jake Dobkin in Arts and Events on January 30, 2006 9:19 AM

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gullielmus

...or have you seen the phallic florida capitol building?

jeb's is bigger than yours..

Brightliner

Now if you really want to talk about "penis-shaped" buildings, there's always the Swiss Re building in London, aka "The Erotic Gherkin."

Brightliner

Jake's description is older than you think. There have been many architecture critics who think skyscapers are phallic in more ways than one. The competition around the world for the tallest has always resembled "mine is bigger than yours!"

Tim N.

It does look like a bad Lego trip.

REALITY CHECK

Uh, Kojak, the building was designed by a snot-nosed 14-year-old on the internet. Don't lose sleep over it.

Kojak

Wtf is that???? What are these people smoking?

Every building has at least tried to compliment the surrounding skyline and improve the entire cityscape. But this monstrosity fucks up the entire rhythm of the cityscape.

If they approve and build this thing for real they should all go to hell.

MT

It looks like it is positioned at the end of 42nd Street. Wouldn't it be cool to have more super skyscrapers? I personally can't have enough of them.