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Originally Posted by Lecom
I love the side street treatment. The sidewalk is expanded for much better pedestrian flow, the resulting arcade creates a nice sense of place and has a good deal of precedent around Downtown (like at the 1925 Barclay-Vesey building), yet the building above follows the streetwall, maintaining Downtown's famed canyon density and avoiding the effect of a barren Modernist plaza.
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I love that corner, it opens up really gorgeous view- very nice progression from the low rise buildings on Fulton to the taller towers on Nassau/Beekman culminating with 30 Park and Woolworth. Splendid!