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Originally Posted by ChiND
Knowing Gary's modus operandi, one needn't be the Prophet Daniel to ascertain the writing on the wall. He needlessly razed 576 Fifth, which was beautiful, and yet, his banal 570 Fifth didn't get any taller or better. It just increased the size of the quotidian base. I am an unequivocal and ardent supporter of development. However, I also support the preservation of timeless, old buildings, particularly when they're replaced with Pathmark vanilla structures. 570 Fifth is mediocre per se, and I hope that another iteration of that does not end up on Park. It's barely tolerable in the "Diamond District."
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570 Fifth Avenue is essentially the same design it would have been at the taller height. In fact, if that same design were 1,500 ft, you be praising it, declaring a new age of something or another in the city. There is nothing banal about that design, and it's certainly better than some of the other recent office additions to the city. And btw, not everything is going to be "spectacular", and not everyone is going to share in the same opinion of what is spectacular. It hardly matters, as there is no building here to even judge. Which again, brings me to my point. You have no idea what you're talking about.