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Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas
This is good, too, but not nearly as good as the original design. It's a shame because I was thinking the original would be similar to Hong Kong's Bank of China, which would have been amazing. I mean, I like this, and if it had been the original design and it was the final one, I'd be happy, but I sort of feel like it's too close to a few other towers in the pipeline, namely, 15 Penn Plaza. And I'd gladly trade that one for this one since it's pretty blah.
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I don't think that rendering flushes out in enough detail what the final product will actually look out, but is rather a conceptual rendering that they are working through. Much like 270 Park and JP Morgan Chase, the design of this tower is being tenant driven. I think they are going to put everything in this tower that they would like, and as the major tenant of 425 Park Avenue, will push for a design just as nice if not better. They also need to make the tower attractive to other top tenants, because there will be enough space left to rent out, at least at this point. The top in particular, is what I would like to see more refined. That's always what defines these skyscrapers on the skyline. The greenery is always overdone in the renderings, and won't be as distracting as it appears there, but they will most certainly get those terraces with greenery. I don't think you can get an office tower without it these days. But I'm looking forward to the approvals process.