The architect tried to get the developer to build to 24 stories, but the developer said that the crane they owned would build to 15-16 stories. That apparently was the determining factor in its overall height.
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"But a city can be smothered by too much reverence for its past. The skyline must keep acquiring new peaks, because the day we consider it complete and untouchable is the day the city begins to die." - Justin Davidson - May 2010 Issue of New York
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