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Old Posted Sep 11, 2009, 9:15 PM
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Originally Posted by CGII View Post
Those diagrams probably fueled the NIMBY fire. For the record, they are distortions; elevational drawings which disregard perspective and point of view. In reality, Tower Verre would never appear to be so tall next to the Empire State Building, because the two are almost 20 blocks apart. You would also struggle to find anyplace where you could get a really clear view looking straight North at the two buildings like that.
That graphic was just done for scale comparisons. They've just squeezed the Avenues together to give a representation of the skyline.
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