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NYguy · #**2121** Posted **Nov 8, 2022, 2:48 AM**

This building just looks so dam good.

https://twitter.com/leaveit4later/st...78646570397696

JDRCRASH · #**2122** Posted **Nov 8, 2022, 3:19 AM**

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?

VantageHD · #**2123** Posted **Nov 8, 2022, 3:57 AM**

Such a badass looking tower.

Busy Bee · #**2124** Posted **Nov 8, 2022, 4:55 AM**

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Originally Posted by JDRCRASH

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.

NYguy · #**2125** Posted **Nov 8, 2022, 2:17 PM**

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Originally Posted by JDRCRASH

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.

Dylan Dude · #**2126** Posted **Nov 10, 2022, 7:41 AM**

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Originally Posted by JDRCRASH

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

NYguy · #**2127** Posted **Nov 15, 2022, 3:20 AM**

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mrnyc · #**2128** Posted **Nov 15, 2022, 1:47 PM**

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Originally Posted by JDRCRASH

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.

Rooted Arborial · #**2129** Posted **Nov 16, 2022, 5:11 AM**

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.

chris08876 · #**2130** Posted **Nov 20, 2022, 8:17 PM**

Credit: Alemel

mrnyc · #**2131** Posted **Nov 21, 2022, 1:48 PM**

from this past friday ... a glorious commuting morning on the boat ...

GeneralLeeTPHLS · #**2132** Posted **Nov 23, 2022, 6:30 AM**

What a gorgreous building. I really love how the crown just compliments that verticality so well. The silhouette of this tower is incredible.

NYguy · #**2133** Posted **Nov 27, 2022, 4:08 PM**

https://twitter.com/vuralelibol/stat...39689737052163

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chris08876 · #**2134** Posted **Nov 28, 2022, 4:24 PM**

Credit: Shaun Ganley

NYguy · #**2135** Posted **Dec 5, 2022, 3:42 AM**

https://twitter.com/donnajl/status/1...840256/photo/1

NYguy · #**2136** Posted **Dec 8, 2022, 4:29 AM**

Don't remember seeing this one, but I like the way it towers over Brooklyn.

David Phillips

mrnyc · #**2137** Posted **Dec 8, 2022, 5:15 PM**

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

also wow they need to drop that scaffolding already yeesh.

NYguy · #**2138** Posted **Dec 12, 2022, 4:26 AM**

Another good one...

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MolsonExport · #**2139** Posted **Dec 12, 2022, 6:31 PM**

Could Brooklyn soon break into the top ten skylines in the USA? Does it already?

Steely Dan · #**2140** Posted **Dec 12, 2022, 10:34 PM**

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Originally Posted by MolsonExport

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).