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Originally Posted by Onn
From the sounds of it 1,300', give or take a few.
That area is definitely transforming into meca for the high-end market.
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The weirdest part about all the development is that the ESB is just not going to be as much of a centerpiece as it has been since 9/11. Until 9/11, the ESB was great but it still played second fiddle to the twins--since, it has gone completely unchallenged in the skyline (BofA barely comes close, but it just doesn't have the mass on top to compare).
Not only is the ESB going to be shorter than two of the new WTC buildings, there are also now--potentially--two others
north of it (Drake and 225 W57th) that could be of equal or taller height. It's just going to be weird how the ESB may be only first among equals rather than completely dominant... and that's not counting the towers soon to rise on the West Side.
(let's cross fingers the plunging stock market doesn't put the kibosh on everything once more, though...)