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Originally Posted by JACKinBeantown
The renderings are nice. Call me spoiled after living in NYC for so long, but this is a very average building. It's tall and that's great, but the design is very forgettable. Too bad they can't magically trade designs with Frost Tower, or One American Center, One Eleven or even 100 Congress. Still, I'm excited for the potential of a new tallest in Austin.
I'm sure several of you will disagree. Please keep it civil.
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New York is basically the only city in the US that isn't getting tons of bland towers, and that's because the market demands more there because of the kind of money flying around.
Even the new tallest in LA and San Fran are really value engineered. Trump Tower in Chicago is a bore.
If anything, we are spoiled with the Independent doing something beyond "tall box".
That said, this is a stately tower (and oh, no someone maligned 4WTC which is my favorite in the whole complex) and looks really nice. It's not a statement piece building, but it plays well with the skyline.