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Old Posted Mar 29, 2013, 3:03 AM
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Originally Posted by JayPro View Post
I was momentarily non-plussed as to why NY'ers would tire of skyscrapers.
NIMBYs are wary of anything that isn't already there. More skyscrapers means more people. They're always against that, citing a strain on "resources", etc.



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Originally Posted by scalziand View Post
Going from 105,000 sqft to 150,000 sqft, should definitely increase the height by about half. 150/105=1.43 1.43x679ft=971ft. Certainly stretchable to 1000'.

I would love to see that. A line of supertalls down 57th Street. But 900 ft alone would be good.



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