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Originally Posted by NYC2ATX
This is truly an improvement IMO. I'm one of those that is really starting to tire of blue glass curtain walls; while FMC and CTC are wonderful and distinctive additions to a distinctive skyline (FMC with its unique form and CTC for its structural expressionism), the old design of this tower was really boring. It looked like something that could have been built anywhere, and might be more suited to a less dynamic and iconic city. Now for me, it incorporates just the right amount of non-glass facade elements and also borrows some architectural influences from the Rittenhouse Hotel, which I think we can agree is the quintessential Ritt Square high-rise.
I'd say aside from the loss of height (which is much less noticeable than I was expecting), it's a marked improvement. 
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Agree 1000%.
There was nothing particularly notable about the previous facade except that it gave most on this board a major height —.
It looked like a SunTrust Bank building you'd see in Charlotte.