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Originally Posted by aquablue
Most important thing is that the base is good. Cities are judged on their streets, and not their fancy skylines. The street is the most important thing to get right because that's what most people are looking at. Let's face it, most people in NY are not looking up at the towers much at all, they are looking at the street level.
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Correction, MOST cities aren't judged on their skylines. New York is different. It's skyline is and has been the image of the city for a long time. It's obvious that it's one if the most pedestrianized cities, and as such the street level experience is very important. But let's not kid ourselves here, the skyline matters. Besides the loss of life, it's the reason 9/11 hit so hard for so many people in the tri-state, whether they ever step foot in Manhattan or not. The skyline means something.