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Originally Posted by Duck From NY
Don't your acolytes here on the message board always tell us that taste in architecture is subjective? Tsk tsk tsk.
Apparently you didn't fully read my comment. What you're doing is 'small sample size theatre.' There's no law of the universe that says all government regulators would act in the same way, have the same intentions, or be composed of the same people.
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I'm gonna save myself the trouble of reading the rest of your nonsense because the nonsense meter is off the charts. But I will tell you that you only have to get hit by a car once to know that it probably isn't a good idea to stand in the middle of the road. Most people would come to that conclusion beforehand. But you'll learn.
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Originally Posted by BonoboZill4
I'm just happy it's not going to my city... unlike some ugly buildings, you aren't going to be hiding this beast
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I"ll save this quote for when it's built (assuming it ever does) and everyone is rushing to get to experience the top of it.
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Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas
I always resist the urge to criticize designs, at least ones that aren't happening in my own city because I don't believe on stepping someone's toes, but man, I was really not a fan of 432 Park. I know there are designs that can start a trend that are later put into other buildings, but 432 Park is really one that I never would have guessed would catch on. I certainly haven't "gotten it" yet, and why the design of it would be imitated is confusing and even more offensive than 432 Park was. These designs are worthy of a 400 foot building buried somewhere in the canyons of New York, not peaking over the entire metro.
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Yeah there are far too many comments on a design we really don't have the details on. Sure, I believe the NY skyline shouldn't be dominated by these flat topped buildings. But once you get past that, you focus on the design. 432 Park Avenue is a tower that I think is best appreciated up close.
But by no means am I saying that this tower is on par with 53w53. Far from it. I'm saying it's not horrible. Beyond being tall, Tower Fifth will be a public building that will bring much to the skyline and experience of New York. New Yorkers love and appreciate such buildings, it's why the original WTC, as horrible and hideous as those two large buildings must have been at the time they were proposed, came to be beloved icons by New Yorkers and people around the world. I think this tower will be no different. But in any case, I'm glad the skyline isn't stale, and we are getting the opportunity to at least discuss new skyline defining towers. I expect approval for this to get off sometime in the fall or before the end of the year.