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Originally Posted by DCReid
I don't think they need any more retail at the base. If you want retail, just walk a few blocks away. The open space is a respite to streets and cityscape that can get supercrowded and overwhelming at times. Since the streetscape is not developed organically but as a full complex, it would be hard to expect it to be like the rest of Manhattan's blocks. And at least they are not destroying neighborhoods or making stark superblocks with superbland buildings and useless plazas like they did in the 60s/70s 'urban renewal' phase.
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He's saying it needs street retail because that's what activates Manhattan streets, which is why it's required in all of the buildings in Hudson Yards - it doesn't have a tradition of foot traffic.
As for a "respite" from the city, one of the largest parks in Manhattan - Hudson River Park - is right there. As is the High Line Park. People who want a respite from the city don't flock to the location of some of the tallest towers in the city.