Posted Nov 14, 2006, 5:25 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2001
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Originally Posted by kznyc2k
Now I wasn't expecting Renzo to do some Pelli-esque cliche setback-and-spire design, but this is flat out lame. 1,000 ft, yet nothing about it exclaims 1,000 feet and tallest in the city.
And what's with the spire? Did someone tack that on at the tail end of the 11th hour? Oh wait, the X-braces are supposed to make up for it. Gotcha.
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If I'm reading the rendering correctly it'll have a detached observation deck, Prudential Center Part Deux.
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