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Originally Posted by HyperPower
I looks WAY OUT OF PLACE, the one thing I hate about Rogers, is his childish and colorful designs that take the class right out of the building. Three WTC escaped this because it needed to be conservative to fill the needs of commercial/business savy tenants.
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Eh.
I think it looks ok.
Is it amazing? Obviously not, but it doesn't need to be... it might stick out during/after construction, but it'll be obscured over the next 20 years (assuming it gets built) by the coming explosion of development in the surrounding area. This building is basically filler for the Midtown plateau (I feel like the NYTT is basically filler too, as is the tower getting built next door).
The new "peaks" in the Midtown plateau look to be the Torre Verre (let's hope, at least--it's gorgeous and would look amazing) and several projects around Hudson Yards. It would be nice if everything looked stupendous, but it really isn't necessary--just as long as the filler 400-800' towers aren't hideous, I'll be happy.