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nothing exciting. Amidst the current boom, that means it sucks.
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I agree. The architects came up with a facade variation on the glass box and it comes off looking like the lazy exterior contractor made a gargantuan mistake. For a building on par with cityspire center in height this one is disappointing.
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that top is bizarre.
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I’ll move this to complete.
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Bottom floors are interesting. Top floors are simply boring and a bit odd.
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The whole building above street level looks like generic architecture: nothing more here than a typical blue glass box, with those vertical stripes added as a faint decorative gesture to break the monotony. The use of terra cotta panels for those stripes was a complete waste, as they could have used simple corrugated sheet metal to get the same bland affect: the nice terra-cotta material simply is not discernible to the naked eye. Things got dumb here somehow, and it did look promising from what was shown in the original renderings; so I can only conclude this turned out only ‘nice enough’. I think the cost and timeline required to build ‘something special’ or an ‘artistic looking’ building in NYC is simply too cost prohibitive; so one can not blame the Architects, and developers for playing it safe, affordable, buildable. To give further credit to the team: the interior finishes are very well done, and not over done witch is too often the case with luxury condo apartments. 
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Gotta say man, I just love reading your commentary.
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