The State requires large floor plates for their offices, about the size of a half a block.
There are some many guidlines when building for the State that it really limits what can
be done. When I and several forumers went to the workshops, we were suprised at
how many guidlines were in place created by the State... tall slim towers were not an option.
If a single tower were to be proposed again, it would look something like this:
Here's a link to the 8 alternatives once proposed.
http://www.westsideprojects.com//downloads/downloads.aspx?site=&rId=18