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Originally Posted by JACKinBeantown
BTT could have also used the original WTC as an example. I think the reason for taller floors now is less about vanity and more about clients wanting/needing taller floors for several reasons, including but not limited to a more open feeling when working in an office with a ceiling height of 11-12 feet instead of 9 feet, the increased need for intra-building infrastructure for elements such as HVAC and more wiring, structural necessity of having larger columns and beams to support those higher floorplates, and the list goes on.
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Of course buildings now are constructed differently than they were, and that includes a variety of reasons, including those mentioned above. As I mentioned, both 50 Hudson and the Spiral are larger than 270 Park, but are of significantly less height. This tower has between 60-62 actual floors, but like the other towers
may express this as having more floors to account for the height difference. I say may because they aren't trying to lease anything here.
Anyway, in it's current form, this tower looks like it could have been used in a Star Wars movie. A few more pics...
