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Originally Posted by JSsocal
Considering tower verre sought its variances something like 8-9 years ago, before the wave of super tall, super thin residential towers- I wonder if the same outcome would have come if they went through the process now. NIMBY's might have been even more obtuse to the idea of this tower as a backlash to all of the other billionaire towers. Or maybe they might have been more comfortable with the height, as it now has many nearby peers.
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That bothers me also. They used the "Empire State" building argument to chop the height, but imagine if 432 Park had been built then, let alone the other taller towers that are going up now. But it wasn't meant to be. The building is still gorgeous though.