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Originally Posted by Sky88
In your opinion, would we witness an evolution of the design similar to that of the 270 Park Ave tower which has gone from the first drawings, those of NO-Action and With-Action up to the final version?
Who knows what Harry B. Macklowe will say now? Maybe ... "My tower will be higher".  |
Macklowe is spiteful enough to add a 300 ft spire to the top of his tower.
But as far as the design for 270 Park goes, their proposal was denied. The taller, 1,566 ft version was the as-of-right version. Their initial proposal was for the 1,400 ft tower with the enclosed public space. That was denied, but a compromise on plaza relocation led to the current design of that tower.
Usually, by the time a tower gets to this stage of development (approvals), it's pretty much what you are going to get. The NYC zoning code is very rigid in regards to skyscraper form, with specific setback and width limits along its height. That's why every single one of these new towers in midtown east have some form of approval in regards to that. So those approvals are very specific. The design must fit into the envelope of whatever approval they got. Numbers could shift a little, even after approval. But you won't see major changes. Vanderbilt was up, and up, then down. It was the same tower all the way. But they have to do the studies on what will be built, as well as the as-of-right version.
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Originally Posted by Hudson11
21st century Terminal City.
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That's what I've been saying, and it's really true. I love that all of these new towers have direct connectios to the terminal. They are connected to the city and tri-state.
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Originally Posted by chris08876
They keep saying NY is dead... all I see is NY growing and blooming.  |
I think that's just something that fets repeated in time. You would think the city never went through hard times.
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