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Originally Posted by Buffalonian
I am very happy that you listed the One HSBC Tower in my hometown of Buffalo as an architectural travesty. This 40 story bland box is not only uninviting but it is now functionally obsolete because the office tower itself is too skinny resulting in square footage per floor being too damned small. It will be almost 90% vacant at the end of this year. It was a poorly designed project from day one. The building complex is horribly outdated and the public plaza is ugly and depressing.
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It's no beaut, but I like it to look at to some extent. Which is unusual for me as normally I'm not a fan on concrete boxes. But I take your point about floor space. A pity, as I wonder how easy it will be to give this building a meaningful make-over.