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Old Posted Jan 17, 2023, 5:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Xing Lin View Post
A fantasy concept I designed— a tower that rises from a cantilever, preserving the Roosevelt's historic facade and Terminal City massing:

Nice work! But the reality is that something like that would never happen. The existing building counts as too much space for what would be a new tower on the site. Then there are the issues of the plaza, streetwall, setbacks, etc.

A new tower would look great among the rest of the new towers going up in the area though.
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