The newly completed Foster standing on the East side
of Park Av. between 55 & 56 looks spectacular ! . .
Well proportioned parts add up to a really sharp whole,
a 1st rate skyscraper ! . . The only corners corners that
look like they’ve been cut, are the ones that bring
a lot of style to this fine piece of architecture . .
The clean sleek soaring contours, of the unique
segments that make up a futuristic-looking 350 Park Av.
tower, are yet another Great Foster design proposal for
NYC ! . . The best one yet ! . . Yeah, I am speaking of
the proposal recently rejected, in favor of this latest
pedestrian version, with the plants . . its like comparing
The design of a stealth bomber to an Airbus A320
passenger jet.
Sorry, this is but a stack of unimaginative generic boxy
parts, that could be assembled into any number of med-
ical buildings near suburban shopping-malls . .
But instead, the mediocrity is being thrown up 1350 ft
over Manhattan . . It’s a 2nd rate vibe that’s compound-
ed & reconfigured as an amateur lego-shaped 15 Penn
Plaza look-alike . . Garlands of horticultural froufrou,
might be a real-estate pleasantry, to sufficiently mask
Standard-issue design on low profile buildings . .
Not here . .
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