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Originally Posted by JayPro
TBH (whether this redux is final or not) I'm having trouble understanding why the second space from the top isn't fully carried out at the whitish portion of the tower. Either add one there at the whitish portion, take away that space from that section of the blue portion, or make the whitish one whole throughout to create a neat visual contrast.
I don't mean to be dismissive in any way of obsessive-compulsive disorders as I have two close friends with this problem; but I have an uneasy feeling that this particular design wouldn't sit too well with such folk. Consistency via a bit more symmetry than what we see here is important; so leaving viewers wondering why A is here but B is not can hamper a sense of appreciation.
The other point I'd like to make is that IMO a "neo-prewar/art deco" motif really doesn't fit here well (or for that matter ever has), even in spite of the venerable 120 Wall St. nearby. There's just too much Modernism going on at the Sea Port to grant the idea any serious consideration.
I don't hate this redux; but you know............
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Neo pre-war fits in everywhere.
I dont hate it because its bad architecture. There is bad architecture all over NYC. What bugs me is that it is in such a prominent location, and its height makes it impossible to just fade into the cityscape. And to further fuel the fire, the design since Calarava has gotten worse and worse, and it has gotten worse among the concepts of the current architects as well. I will never truly get how bad architects stay in business and why the city doesnt have a blanket approval process for design.
This to me is the exact reason i believe modern art and architecture is truly the devolution of talent and design. There is no detail here, it is strictly a game of massing, something that is more engineering than it is architecture.