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Originally Posted by Zapatan
I still don't understand why we can't just have an amazing design and awesome height, it seems we rarely ever get both.
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Originally Posted by Skyy
Economics aside, if I had to choose as a developer, I would much rather claim the 1300 foot sexy tower than a bland 1500 foot tower
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You two just don't understand how things work in New York, and the way things work at this current moment can never be changed. The winners decide what gets built, and you're not a winner. If you put any real substantive pressure on developers to make unique, sleek, or futuristic non-boxy buildings (like they do in London or Paris,) then all businesses would flee the city, despite the fact that we have the largest stock market in the world and hundreds of corporate headquarters. Insert other cliches such as "these developers know what they're doing" and "taste in architecture is subjective."