Astride the High Line, Big Ups for Balazs

Gulf Coast oil rig—or High Line hotel development? The latter, of course. Above, captured by photoblogger Will Femia, is the rising glory that is André Balazs' High Line-straddling Standard Hotel. As we said when we last updated construction on this thing, back in January, no one seems quite to know exactly what this place is going to look like (click through for one plausible rendering). So be it—in André we trust, forever and ever, amen.
· Sky High Line [A Test of Will]
· High Line Spinoff Update: Standard Hotel [Curbed]