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Originally Posted by jayden
Y'all really think it's that bad?
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Yeah. It just looks clumsy. The height is great, and as I said, there are some things about it that I don't mind. That top, though. I still say it looks like a Halloween robot costume.
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Originally Posted by Crawford
I'm betting almost everyone with objections are NIMBYs or envious.
For skyscraper/urbanist geeks, a 1,557 ft., starchitect-designed skyscraper by a first-rate developer and ultra-iconic location, all on a tiny site, with crazy urbanity, no parking, and no historic buildings removed, is about as good as it gets.
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No, it's not nimbyism. I don't even live in New York. And it's certainly not jealousy either. There are some great supertalls in that rendering, but this one and 432 Park are just awful.
One Vanderbilt is outstanding, something on the level of a modern day Empire State or Chrysler Building. That building will be an icon, without even being the tallest. I also really like the Central Park Tower because of how different it is than anything else, though, I wish they'd bring back the funky spire it had.