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Originally Posted by theskythelimit
I beg to differ. With the new projects going up over the next few years, your have high rises in the 400-500 range creating a flat tabletop effect with the existing buildings and with the TB Tower and 50 First street, it will look like two candle sticks on top of the table.
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If all of these taller towers get built, then it won't really look like that though. If just Transbay gets built, then I agree that it would look awkward with the much taller tower sticking out of a bunch of shorter ones. But with a 900', 800' and 750' tower to go along with it, plus the existing Transamerica and bank of america towers on the other side of downtown, not to mention one Rincon hill, which appears to be 750' because of the hill it's on...well, I think it it'll look pretty balanced from most angles. I think the skyline could use some taller towers along market street though, around Yerba Buena gardens and civic center, but the city seems determined to keep the height limit in those areas around 400-500 feet.
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Originally Posted by theskythelimit
The only connection to HK is pelli's TB Tower is almost an exact copy of his IFC Tower in HK.
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Not really. The only similarities are the overall shape and color of the towers. Aside from that they look different. Different cladding, different crowns, different heights, and the IFC tower has setbacks unlike the Transbay tower.