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Originally Posted by colossalorder
Lots of good debate .... but really, is there any disagreement that this particular building design went from something exciting and desperately needed to an unremarkable and depressing wasted opportunity? Just do a before and after comparison of the original images to the latest. I don't know how anyone could feel good about the end result. I'm not an insider and I may not have the full story, but for the life of me I can't figure out why the design commission chopped this building. It borders the Pearl District and Broadway Corridor after all. A 23 story tower seems entirely reasonable in its location. I'm not an expert, just a hobbyist, so maybe I'm missing a good argument for this design. To me though, its squat.
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Wait. Please confirm what you are writing. Did the Landmarks Commission require the owner to reduce the building's height? Or was it market forces, escalating construction materials costs, higher labor costs, getting a loan....that caused the reduction in scale?