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Old Posted Feb 1, 2012, 1:36 AM
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Originally Posted by THE BIG APPLE View Post
The difference between the old and new WTC's are that the old looked good from north (midtown), south (harbor), east (brooklyn bridge), west (NJ), NE (manhattan bridge), and SW (statue of liberty). But not the SE or NW where it looked like the twins were ONE building. So the old WTC looked good 6/8 or 3/4 of the time. The new WTC will look good from the west (NJ), SW (statue of liberty), and south (harbor). BUT not from the north (midtown), east (brooklyn bridge), NE (manhattan bridge), NW, and SE. So the new WTC will only look good 3/8 of the time compared to the old WTC which looked good 6/8 of the time. 6/8 VS 3/8.
What do you mean unattractive. At some of the locations you mentioned the new WTC still looks pretty good. (WTC.com)

Midtown


Downtown Manhattan


Only problems I have is the view from the East which is completely blocked.

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