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Originally Posted by Onn
Yeah, the Hong Kong International Finance Center and Bank of America Tower are real zingers. (Great towers, love them both! This isn't any different.) Yeah okay Hudson Yards is cool, although the towers are still being constructed.
Now there might be some minor things that they could be improved on One Vanderbilt. The tower could be taller, the top could be cleaner, more lights. But the reality is most towers get built exactly as this one looks right now. There are always going to be people for and against a particular design. I get that the design looks a little unusual, but that's what makes it an interesting project. It's not just another square box like half a dozen other supertalls going up right now are. It's not a wacky designs, this one strikes the right balance between modernity and creativity. I see an amazing tower being built when they go ahead with construction
I feel like this is another one of those designs people aren't going to believe in until they see it in person. Along the lines of One57, 432 Park, ect. I'm fine with that, the potential for One Vanderbilt is clear to me.
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You couldn't said that any better. I try to keep a very open mind but am not getting good vibes about the design of this project at all. While the BOA and IFC are amazing projects, this one doesn't click. It has an insulting, cheap, tacky, thought of at last minute style (minus the thought) that makes one think it belongs in the third or questionable part of the world. Gives a nod and a wink to the architecture one would have seen in Nazi Germany and red China today. You get the idea. Just my two cents, had to get it off my chest...