I think my problem with this tower is that it isn't square. Looking up or down 8th Avenue the massing, proportioning and scale seem quite nice...and then you see it from the East or West...yikes. Those longer facades are just brutal.
I read Karl Sabbach's book about this when I was 12 (in 1989). I didn't understand alot of it at the time, but it really gave me a basic understanding of how the development process works.
The first time I went to NYC in 1999, this was one of the buildings I sought out. I found the detailing quite nice, but the overall effect of the tower a little overwhelming.
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