With all due respect--and I'm not trying to be contrarian here--but here are my rebuttals, by point:
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The render is from the architects, we know websites aren't always updated with the most current information.
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How did the Post obtain this? Did they ask for it or did 3hud(dot)com or whoever it is volunteer the information?
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Originally Posted by NYguy
Also, we've seen Larry Silverstein do this with 2 WTC, so it's not unheard of.
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True that; but despite its fluidity, at least here there was a backstory to the whoe saga; and the sources that reported the informationhave proven themselves much higher up on the credibility scale.
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We just better hope some info just got crossed up somewhere, but I'm reading that article as an informercial from the developer.
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I do too. The timing of this in my mind enhances that possibility. Plus it bespeaks lack of integrity from two of the three parties involved: Moinian from throwing this curveball at this stage of the game, and the Post (color
me shocked) for allowing themselves to be used as a platform for the gamesmanship of a developer with IMHO a somewhat iffy reputation (A few Google search results bolsters my argument at least in my own eyes).
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My main problem with that Post render (and description)...
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...Hence my post from earlier today.
Again, if this story turns out to be 100% gospel truth: then let this be my eulogy for a potentially great supertall:
"You, Mr. Moinian, had a chance to make a dramatic visual statement simply because the City of New York trusted you with the task of doing so."
Instead, you curb-stomped it by
figuratively (my emphasis) prostituting yourself to a vapid, corporate bottomliner-produced "form follows function" algorithm."
"And I
knew that something wasn't quite right, given the way you handled this whole rigamarole when you made more than a few people audibly question your ability to keep the project you were charged with solvent."
"But that's water under the 59th Street Bridge. If this latest manifestation of your project indeed turns out to be the one to reach the sky, remember this:
You had a design that at least tried to think beyond the literal box; but you just put yourself back into it."
I shall now await further developments.