such a ridiculous building, it is at least 5 stories too short, and now is stuck there for the next 50 years
I suspect it’s as tall as allowed
Nah. It’s a TINY plot of land. Look it up; so tiny!
Extra stories = more elevators, and one more elevator would almost certainly make the whole project non-viable by cutting into each floor plate too much. I strongly suspect that’s the math that determined this building’s height.
Or it could be FAR, I guess…
But either way, it’s a safe assumption that they built as high as they could.
y’all just want tall for the sake of tall and thats boring
Blaspheme!
that is not the reason,
it just looks disjointed compared to its neighbor
Still u/c?
Not exactly relevant to the topic, but I think it’s very nice to compare the current perspective with 1959.
old photo is a perfect match
It’s interesting that they’ve opened the sidewalk though they havent finished cladding the entrance part.
I don’t dislike it necessarily, but something about the way this turned out looks like a blow mold.
last June, this is what I had to say: