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Originally Posted by CoolCzech
Journalists are routinely sloppy when it comes to new buildings in NYC. I can't think anyone would actually destroy the upper reaches of the "clock tower;" that would be far, far worse than the demoliton of the Drake... besides, it's just too thin to stretch to 900 feet, and what would be the point? They might as well just destroy it altogether. I doubt it's foundations could possibly accomodate the extra load of all those additional floors.
No, the Met Life North Tower makes far, far more sense: not least of which, because it has the foundations for building up to 900 feet to begin with. Besides, it would be following in a recent trend in the City in favor of new construction in the guise (partially, at least) of old stone construction (like the preservation of the Hearst base, for example).
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All the news report say it will be the annex at One Madison Avenue. It will in no way be the tower, the tower is a NY Landmark and it is impossible to make significant altercations to it. The annex was built in the 1950's and is a rather unremarkable building, like MetLife North it can accomidate a taller structure, on this site approximately 500,000 square feet by law. According to all news reports heres where the tower will rise:
