[chris08876]

I doubt it. Its an iconic treasure and even if it's surrounded, people know it, and will visit it. Due to the popularity of the city, and also with multiple observation decks, all of these towers that open such decks will be tourist magnets. Rockefeller Center never lost its charm, and it will be surrounded or in close proximity to many more supertalls.

Will the ESB loose its dominance on Midtown below 40th Street? Sure, but it won't loose its iconic status. Same way Woolworths never lost its charm, even though it now seems lost in a forest of steel and glass.

We must also give a chance for new towers to become New York Icons. ESB is a 20th Century masterpiece, and now, we need one that will define the 21st Century (Steinway Tower for example). Its time of stardom can't last forever as the city is not a museum. It is a growing, urban construct of human endeavour. Even with Steinway, who knows what may surpass it, but that's the nature of the city. Things come and go, but they will not be forgotten.