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Originally Posted by Toasty Joe
The glass / facade paneling is tragically blasé, especially at this vantage point aka the western terminal view down the main branch of one of the most famous urban rivers in the entire world. And they just put a 840ft blue box at the end.
NYC may have more volume of blue boxes (Hudson Yards, etc.) but damn we're butchering some top tier real estate potential here.
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Yes true, but a lot of buildings are pretty underwhelming in midday sun (especially blue glass). The Willis tower is kind of a monolithic gray blob as well from a distance itself in the sun. This will look marginally better when they get some detailing white strips on the top and I think from renders there may be a little detailing extending a bit lower on the west face. This building will mostly be photo'd at dusk and night via views from the south and east.
PS - At least the louvers look good!