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Old Posted Jun 12, 2009, 9:40 PM
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Originally Posted by drumz0rz View Post
66 feet, are they kidding? The previously noted design would be such a good one. Tall buildings surrounded by parks, preserving the high line. No developer is going to be willing to pay the huge price to do this project if they can't build anything that'll be profitable (read: buildings under 66 feet tall) on the site. Isn't the Javits Center taller than 66 ft?
It most likely is. 66ft. would be six floors of residential or four to five of offices. I'd imagine this is purely to maintain continuity with Hell's Kitchen's scale.
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