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Originally Posted by _Matt
The south elevation shows a large section of painted concrete up to about floor 30 (I can't read the elevation).
Immediately south of the building is an alley and then Hotel ZaZa, which has only 24 floors.
So the concrete section doesn't align in height or really match the north face of ZaZa since ZaZa has a cutout in the middle.
So, why do they have a large swatch of the building covered in concrete instead of glass?
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Its probably a structural element. Due to the ratio of height to the size of the base, the structure requires a shear wall. 5th & West has 2 exposed.