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Originally Posted by JSsocal
Everyday people are going to hate this building once the view of ESB is blocked from Madison square.
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Highly unlikely, given the view of ESB is already blocked from all kinds of angles. Also this building is so skinny barely anything is blocked.
And no one thinks like this. The skyline is a constantly changing symphony.
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Originally Posted by JSsocal
Same with 430e58th in Sutton Place, where they changed zoning after the fact- or Vinoly's well known UES proposal with huge mechanical floors that was so obtuse/obnoxious it resulted in a change in zoning/building code for how they were counted.
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No, that's not what happened. Crazy neighborhood NIMBYs downzoned the area to prevent their multi-million apartments from having competition. They were pretty open in their fears, as the area is dominated by postwar towers.