[kznyc2k]

Man, I'd love this tower so much more if it weren't so fat. Some people say the proportions are off, others say they're on. I say that the vertical proportions - base, shaft, crown - are fine, but the sheer girth created by the huge floorplates throws the balance of the composition off. It wants to be a slender, soaring structure, but the modern program won't allow it.

Still, it's one of the better examples of pomo out there, and it adds distinction to a part of the Midtown skyline (and for that matter, neighborhood) that desperately needs it.