NEW YORK | Penn 15 (401 7th Ave) | 1,200 FT | 61 FLOORS

50 and the Spiral get saved from looking stubby because so many towers are jammed together right there.

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It’s because they’re classy, in a way. The spiral’s terraces embrace it’s bulkyness. It could stand on it’s own and be beautiful. (Shown is the thinner front and a corner perspective accounting for both facades).


This tower, on the other hand, has nothing cohesive going on, and when it got stubby, then even the aspect of being a skyscraper sorts of fades away. But it really is the smallest of the problems in this design. The original Pelli design was bulky but cool.

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