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[Zapatan]

^ Agreed, anyone complaining about skyscrapers in NYC is welcome to move to Kansas.

Originally Posted by NYguy

It won't be scaled back. The square footage has to remain the same.

I just hope there's still a chance for something noticeably taller than 30HY.

[gflny03]

Does anyone know if there's a development plan for Block 679?

[NYguy]

Originally Posted by bdurk

The fact that there are NIMBYs for these types of project in NYC always makes no sense to me. Manhattan is full of supertalls and somehow the 30th (I don't know the actual number but I figure it might be more than that) supertall skyscraper is going to "ruin" something. I'm used to people in Philly being like that but it is absurd to me that anyone can live in New York City and think they don't sound ridiculous spewing stuff like that.

There is no rationale to NIMBY thinking. It is just the kneejerk reaction. Like a dog barking at anything that passes by.

Originally Posted by Zapatan

I just hope there's still a chance for something noticeably taller than 30HY.

I can tell you that that is not a goal of this development.

[Zapatan]

Originally Posted by NYguy

I can tell you that that is not a goal of this development.

I know but it would be awesome.

I worry about the buildings being scaled back height wise (not square footage necessarily but being made fatter / shorter) and creating a plateau effect with the several existing 1k foot buildings.

NIMBYism killed what would've been a very great supertall in Philly, yet NY is about to get it's 30th supertall.

Which one are you referring to?

NY has around 20 when counting U/C buildings.

[MAC123]

Originally Posted by Zapatan

I know but it would be awesome.

I worry about the buildings being scaled back height wise (not square footage necessarily but being made fatter / shorter) and creating a plateau effect with the several existing 1k foot buildings.



Which one are you referring to?


NY has around 20 when counting U/C buildings.

Maybe he means including proposed? If so NYC has well over 30+

[Zapatan]

Originally Posted by MAC123

Maybe he means including proposed? If so NYC has well over 30+

Maybe I'm cynical but proposals mean nothing. Many if not most never get built anyway.