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Originally Posted by DCReid
Yes, last time I can think of was 111 W 57th Street. I recall that the original proposal was about 600-700 feet.
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It happens a lot. Central Park Tower wasn't even a supertall, then it was 1,250 ft, then it was what it is today. 30 Hudson was going to be a supertall via a spire. One57, once known as Carnegie57 wasn't a supertall either. 520 Fifth wasn't going to be a supertall building. Everything evolves, given enough air rights (or depending on the developer). Still, it's not all about the height for these developers, but rather what they are building. Extell needs the bulk of the extra space to be distributed to the lower floors. The office component there may be spoken for, but whatever the case, it's what the developer is building. But if not for the expanded footprint, we'd be getting a much shorter tower.
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