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Originally Posted by pico44
Crap I think you’re right. Initially I was drawn to the more recent rendering, but I think that’s because of the more dramatically proportioned setbacks and— actually—the quality of the image. As usual I agree with Cole, either way it’s gonna be a beaut.
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To each his own. As far as I'm concerned, the design on the right is clearly better. The setbacks also align more properly with the Chrysler's spire, which is great.
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Originally Posted by JMKeynes

Financial Times
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Just came across that rendering, I need a higher resolution of it though.
And here's the link from the article...
https://www.ft.com/content/60a67e2b-8f2c-4ca5-af47-efba143b8236
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Meanwhile, developers are betting that the best and most advanced towers — laden with technology and amenities and situated by mass transit — will prosper.
The best example of the latter may be SL Green’s One Vanderbilt, which soars over Grand Central Station and has fetched record rents, even in the midst of the pandemic.
Rechler is hoping that RXR’s forthcoming 175 Park, which will be the western hemisphere’s tallest building when it is completed, will eventually surpass it.
“We’ve had more showings for that building in the last, call it, 60 days, then we’ve had for the rest of our portfolio,” he said.
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