3D print 51 Astor Place
A free, printable model of 51 Astor Place and the East Village blocks around it, generated from real map data in your browser.
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- On a 160 mm print
- 15 mm
- Scale
- 1:3,750
15 mm tall on a 160 mm print
Make this print opens the generator on a 600 m square around the landmark. Buildings print at close to true scale, so the landmark grows with the print size.
- Vertical fins on every face
Closely spaced vertical fins run the full height of the tower. Full detail keeps all of them on a large print; Print friendly merges the thinnest at small sizes.
- Angled planes and a rooftop
A slanted cut splits the upper faces, and the roof carries small fans and vents. Slow printing and 0.12-0.16 mm layers keep the sharp edges clean.
- One piece with the ground
51 Astor Place is joined to the ground in the exported file, and the four-side check found no floating parts, so nothing needs gluing.
- Pick the detail for your nozzle
In the Buildings settings, set Landmark detail to Print friendly to adapt thin parts and small details to the print scale. Full detail keeps every modeled feature, for larger prints or a finer nozzle.
- Colors
Buildings, roads, water and ground arrive as separate filament slots in the 3MF. 51 Astor Place takes the building color.
- File format
You get a 3MF for Bambu Studio, OrcaSlicer or PrusaSlicer. Any of them can save it as STL if you need one.
About 51 Astor Place
The office building at 51 Astor Place, in Manhattan's East Village, stands on Astor Place itself. Edward J. Minskoff Equities developed it, and it was completed in 2013 for $300 million. It was built on spec, with no anchor tenant; the developer aimed to attract tenants from finance and technology. The project followed permission for Cooper Union, though a non-profit, to allow development on its grounds.
The architect was Fumihiko Maki, the designer of 4 World Trade Center as well. The developer summed up the look as black glass and black granite with silver fins. The building has mixed uses, including three retail spaces at street level, and its lobby holds a red rabbit sculpture by Jeff Koons.
The black glass tower was controversial for its style, as was the neighboring Astor Place Tower, and locals nicknamed it "The Death Star." Opposition came from a preservation group, Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, largely because of how sharply its style differs from the area around it. Both the style and the high rents have been seen as wearing away the neighborhood's character.
About this model
51 Astor Place is one of more than 4,300 landmark models in Mini Skyline. They are made with AI, and each one is checked from four sides in its real surroundings before release. Everything around it is built from OpenStreetMap and Overture map data. If you would rather print the shape from map data, turn off Landmark models in the Buildings settings.
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