It appears that this eyesore has shrunk. Praise Jesus!
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The supertalls in this city are dropping like flies. Let’s hope 520 Fifth doesn’t get a height cut, I liked that design
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Not really.
This is an eyesore. I’d like to see it shrink further. 400’ to 500’ would be good.
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That sucks. Should be a supertall, at minimum.
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If 175 Park or 520 Fifth turnout out to be less than supertalls, I’d be disappointed. That this insane design will be shorter is reason for me to say:
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I don’t particularly care about supertall status or really height status in general (only in certain cases), I only care about the design, and it’s not that good in this case, so the 140 ft cut will lessen it’s presence just by that much.
I’m not against or for the height cut. I’m for the whole project just being taken over by another developer/architect to design something else.
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If another developer took over this project, I’d be like
I don’t think that it will happen though. We’re stuck with this crappy design. Hopefully, with the height cut, they won’t need the aluminum-covered, concrete wall on Fifth. That sounds hideous.
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This brought a great smile to my face during my busy work day. 
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The east wall will always remain the way it is because it’s a shear/bearing wall, the height cut wouldn’t affect it’s existance because it has to be there, just like the west and east walls of 111 W 57th St.
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Doesn’t there come a point when the tower is short enough that they don’t need that wall?
Yes and no, because of the way the tower’s plan is set up, one of the walls will always need to be a shear wall for needed stability that (if replaced with) columns alone would not provide. The tower would probably need to be much shorter than 500’ for the shear wall to be removed and replaced with columns.
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860 ft is still too tall for this monstrosity.
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That sucks. I don’t know why they can’t cover the shear wall with dark glass. An Aluminum facade with portholes is going to look ridiculous.
TKDV: Thoroughly agree. I much prefer a really good building over a tall mediocre one. Top notch architecture is hard to come by and needs to be praised. I wonder if building incentives for quality are possible to create despite the subjective nature of a standard. Hmmmm………
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I’m stunned that the huge parking lot that goes from 29th to 28th hasn’t been developed. The view from here would be spectacular.
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This news made my day, thank goodness. I think it’s still too tall and would love to see another height cut!
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I agree.
I’m actually glad to see a height cut for this, now the building won’t dramatically block ESB as planned from certain areas
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