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Old Posted Mar 17, 2012, 2:14 PM
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http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/23/ny...pagewanted=all

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Four decades later, rivalry sparked another unrealized scheme. In the early 70's, when the Empire State's reign as the city's and nation's tallest building was challenged by the World Trade Center and the Sears Tower in Chicago, the Empire State architects presented sketches depicting ways to add 11 floors to the building.

The plan involved lopping off the 16 top stories and replacing them with larger and more modern office floors. Asked if the new segment would conform to the building's style, Robert W. Jones, vice president of Shreve, Lamb & Harmon, the original architects, said it wouldn't. "It's like Chartres," he said. "They built one tower in early Gothic and later they built another one in flamboyant Gothic."
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