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Old Posted Aug 10, 2013, 2:08 PM
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Originally Posted by franktko View Post
I think we can safely classify those two buildings as NOT gems!!
They are no gems, but I don't find them horrible either. I think they add a sense of scale and character to the block. Some google earth views...





















But who knows what will happen the way things are going.



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Originally Posted by MarshallKnight View Post
They're capable of it. Just look at their vision proposal for Penn Station and the surrounding district, they included a tower that had very classical lines (albeit with a modern twist, a la Ping An):
The so called "Gotham Tower", though it wouldn't fit very well here. Whatever the design, it will be a lot different than the other proposal they had just down the street...


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