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Originally Posted by NYguy
Foster designed exactly what Related wanted for the site. A meaty office tower with large floor plates, the kind of tower the Hudson Yards was specifically rezonned for. And they are building it right next to 30 Hudson, a tower of the same size. There was no reason for Related to do anything other than what they are building on this site. It will be one of the city's top office towers, and I'm not talking about the height. It's the type of office tower that makes New York City business districts what they are. Sure there are flashier office towers, but its towers like this that hold it all together. It just so happens that because this tower is being built now, and not 50 years ago, its taller than other towers of similar size, gaining supertall status. But in a city of so many tall towers, supertall status no longer means skyline defining. They're not all going to be ESB's or WTC's. And BTW, if you're not a "fanboy", what are you doing on a skyscraper website???
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Having large floor plates does not preclude an architect from making it more interesting than a plain box (albeit a quality one) on top of a podium. Are we suppose to celebrate that and what exactly should we be greatful for? That there might actually be something worse and that we should be happy for what we got?
Look at the Spiral next door or 2 WTC. They are both large floor plated designs but at least BIG gave us an interesting departure from the plain box. So it is entirely possible to be large/fat but still have some kind of architectural flair, so to speak.
And just because someone does not praise 99% of the projects (like you would like everyone here to do) does not mean we can't be skyscraper development fans.
We all have opinions and a forum moderators' job is not to stifle differences in opinions.