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Old Posted Feb 25, 2013, 1:22 AM
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Originally Posted by JayPro View Post
Not that IMO counts for much; but here goes:

Wanna make this a no-doubt supertall?

Along each of the edges of the South St. elevation setbacks, add one simple, yet distinct spire element apiece. Have each one from left to right decrease heightwise, but only by so much as the right-most one would exceed the height of the sky-garden roof.

And yes...have these spires *slant skyward* as a continuum of the setback behavior. Don't get all faux-conservative by adjusting to make them straight; but don't get too involved with gussying them up or connecting them, either.

This building is marketed as something radically different; so make it so...like the 855' Lord Foster-designed one going up with the three fins.In both cases, the concept of leaving well enough alone is a very good thing to adhere to. Lord Foster succeeded with his aforementioned; let's see if the next round of tweaking here bears similarly good fruit.

Yes, NYGuy, we *are* close. But how much so is IMO tantalizingly fascinating to learn with each "official" render.
The architects are trying to fit a spire to the design. Let's just see what they come up with first.
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