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Originally Posted by gramsjdg
Height decreases are becoming the new normal for NYC supertalls, apparently. Tower Verre (down from 1155/1250', CPT (spire removal), 2 WTC (down from 1358'), HY 30 (down from 1335').
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That's actually not true. While the Tower Verre's height cut is well documented, that was not the fault of the developers who wanted to build to the original planned height. It was a mandated height cut. 2 WTC was intended to be 1,270 ft (with additional height from the crown). 30 Hudson is still taller than it was originally planned, as is 111 W. 57th, the Central Park Tower, and even One Vanderbilt, which gradually increased in height. The height cut here (if there is indeed a cut) has more to do with space allocation, the same as 30 Hudson, which saw more space shifted to the lower floors.
My problem here would be not so much with the loss of 100 ft, but the impact on the crown.
We would be basically back to this...
I prefer the more slender profile a height boost would give...
http://www.kpf.com/projects/one-vanderbilt