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Old Posted Mar 8, 2018, 7:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Zerton View Post
Was that cross bracing value-engineered out? That was the only saving grace for this thing, imo.
Yeah, I think they did. I liked that, too, along with the sloped mechanical screen. That version was slightly taller also.

The building went through some design tweaks because apparently, the FAA disagreed with the height. It ended up with 65 floors, but they had said might have been in the mid-70s.
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