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Originally Posted by BXFrank
As a skyscraper geek I love lots of big towers and all but I just have to say New York is out of control, there’s no classic signature skyline, after 2010 it looks like grass growing all over the place and all these mediocre designs are getting worse. But still I say build it! The bigger the better
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Hmmm, depends on what you mean by signature skyline. If you mean a fixed and neat skyline with one or two defining towers, then no, New York doesn't have that type of skyline, nor should it. There are skylines popping up in Queens, Brooklyn, Jersey City, and other areas outside of Manhattan. The Manhattan skyline itself is growing, just as it expanded beyond lower Manhattan. And that's the way it should always be. When the skyline is done, the city is dead. The city must always adapt - that's how it manages to survive and keep it's greatness when so many other places don't. Now, people can argue about those changes, and a lot of people like to. But that's New York. It doesn't just sit still.
Now, if you mean we aren't seeing many of the classic NY elements in the skyline, such as spires, crowns, pyramids - things that make a skyline intresting - I agree. But we are long away from the skyline of the 90's that was a boring plateau of 700 boxes. We are closer now to the classic NY skyline than many people think, even if Tower Fifth doesn't necessarily fit the classic mold. But with towers like 53w53, 111w57, Vanderbilt, and even upcoming towers like 9 Dekalb, 45 Broad, it could be argued that we're in the midst of our very own glory days of skyscraper building.
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