[SkyHigher]

I don't agree with you at all.

Using the Chrysler Building comparison isn't really the same either. Both that building and Empire were in a competition even before they were built and they are of similar skyscraper design. Empire won that battle. Chrysler will always play second fiddle but it's still a masterpiece of it's own. All in all they have a history.

Now if the Met Life North building was similar in design to those buildings then yes I could see the comparisons. But it is just too bulky for it to have the same love and respect Empire has. It has very little charm in comparison. I'm not trying to hate on it as I'd still prefer it to the many lifeless forgettable shiny blue boxes going up in the city.

Empire is special not only because it's tall. It's because of it's design, it's location, its name. It's skyscraper perfection. It's untouchable. Possibly forever.

Like the Statue of Liberty, The Brooklyn Bridge it will always be the one of key benchmarks of the city. It is New York.