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Originally Posted by Kanto
4WTC - A rather boring building that is way to small to be of any importance in the skyline. The World Financial Center, while being short too, is still at least recognizable by it's funny roofs. The 4WTC, however, is just a boring building hidden by the other buildings there.
7WTC - Basicly the same as 4WTC only worse, because it's even smaller.
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Do you realize how big 975 feet is? 4 WTC would tower over lower manhattan by itself, because its roof is higher then anything else down there. Granted its a minimal design that requires other buildings to be built around it to be understood, but just don't diminish the height of the building. The fact is every building works with its surroundings. Without the original WTC the WFC looks extremely bulky and out of scale with the rest of lower manhattan. Sure they are 650-750 foot towers, but they certainly don't look the part. 4 WTC is going to be over 200 feet taller then the tallest WFC building, so its impact will be extremely great.
As for 7 WTC, its taller then its predecessor, and it restores Greenwich Street, a win win in my book, not to mention its a great looking building. Don't underestimate the restoration of greenwich street. As it is the WTC is a giant block in the city. The area south of the WTC is almost dead, and with the skybridges and tight spaces today, the WTC is really a hinderance in its superblock form.