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Old Posted Nov 8, 2022, 2:48 AM
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What I love about this tower is that not only would it look great in almost any American skyline, but I feel like theres something very “Brooklyn” about it that makes it look best for here.

Maybe it’s the color, a testament to the brownstones it’s well known for? Or the fact that it has a top that resembles a king’s crown, a reference to the fact that Brooklyn is also known as Kings County?
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Old Posted Nov 8, 2022, 3:57 AM
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Such a badass looking tower.
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What I love about this tower is that not only would it look great in almost any American skyline, but I feel like theres something very “Brooklyn” about it that makes it look best for here.

Maybe it’s the color, a testament to the brownstones it’s well known for? Or the fact that it has a top that resembles a king’s crown, a reference to the fact that Brooklyn is also known as Kings County?
It looks very "Gotham" to me. I don't know if it necessarily feels like Brooklyn but since NYC is Gotham and Brooklyn is NYC...there you have it.
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Old Posted Nov 8, 2022, 2:17 PM
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What I love about this tower is that not only would it look great in almost any American skyline, but I feel like theres something very “Brooklyn” about it that makes it look best for here.

Maybe it’s the color, a testament to the brownstones it’s well known for? Or the fact that it has a top that resembles a king’s crown, a reference to the fact that Brooklyn is also known as Kings County?
Some of all of the above. I love the color, and the bold vertical lines. It’s without a doubt one of the city’s greats, and the best in Brooklyn by a mile. Imagine if it had been a blue glass skyscraper instead.
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What I love about this tower is that not only would it look great in almost any American skyline, but I feel like theres something very “Brooklyn” about it that makes it look best for here.

Maybe it’s the color, a testament to the brownstones it’s well known for? Or the fact that it has a top that resembles a king’s crown, a reference to the fact that Brooklyn is also known as Kings County?
idk man i think it'd look amazing in Chicago too. But lucky for Brooklyn they got it
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Old Posted Nov 15, 2022, 3:20 AM
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What I love about this tower is that not only would it look great in almost any American skyline, but I feel like theres something very “Brooklyn” about it that makes it look best for here.

Maybe it’s the color, a testament to the brownstones it’s well known for? Or the fact that it has a top that resembles a king’s crown, a reference to the fact that Brooklyn is also known as Kings County?

i don't think it would look as right elsewhere. its a striking modern gothic style that belongs in gotham. it's almost hard to believe the developers and architects got it so 'right.' if anything can be taken away it gives you a lot of hope that with luck such a perfect style fit can be found for your own various cities.
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I think this tower is the best designed exterior of any of the taller buildings built in any city in the last 20 years. I wish it could have been wider because it

would have only looked stronger. As I watched this tower rise following One Chicago, I couldn't help but think how that building (which is a very good and

clever composition) would have been so much more impressive if it had emphasized its vertical lines in a similar deep distinctiveness. The shiny blue flatness is

so overused these days and I hope this tower will open people's minds to the world of possibilities beyond that trend.
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What a gorgreous building. I really love how the crown just compliments that verticality so well. The silhouette of this tower is incredible.
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Don't remember seeing this one, but I like the way it towers over Brooklyn.



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^ yeah i think thats a new view -- and what views they are wow.

also wow they need to drop that scaffolding already yeesh.
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Could Brooklyn soon break into the top ten skylines in the USA? Does it already?
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Could Brooklyn soon break into the top ten skylines in the USA? Does it already?
I don't know if it's quite top 10 nationally yet in size (it's getting close, but it probably needs a bit more upper end height), but consider this: if you scooped up the Brooklyn skyline and air dropped onto a Midwest cornfield, it would become the second largest skyline in the Midwest by most measures. (Minneapolis would still have a 3rd 700+ footer, but I feel like BT's supertall status overrides that).
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