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Originally Posted by ardecila
There's something appealing about the Citicorp-esque stilts of this, but the reasoning is bonkers. At least at Citicorp, the building sits atop a subway hub and you can argue the extra plaza space under the stilts is needed to accommodate the pedestrian traffic. Here, it's just a head scratcher.
They could tear down the senior housing and accommodate the seniors in the new building. A simpler design could easily cancel out the expense of building replacement units, which would be brand new. In addition to the cost savings, it would also eliminate the fugly senior housing building.
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You would then be adding extra layers to an already complicated plan to get this tower built. They can't just simply move the senior center, even though that would be the best option for the seniors. It would be even better if they could just put the seniors inside the building (consolidating the sq footage), but that's just not something that's automatically doable with the city. Anything that can avoid an approvals process is usually the best option for developers.