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I've lived in Boston proper, Manhattan, and the NJ suburbs, so I can offer some opinions on NJ-Mass relationship.

One of the differences is that some really sought-after, nice suburbs in Boston...

Point of clarification: that first rendering is of 57th street, not CPS. The CPS (59th) streetscape won't be affected... Maybe you mean you don't like it on the CPS skyline?

^Thanks for the update. London has some superlative things going on. Shard is looking great and Pinnacle is finally on its way.

Wow! PMarella's been taking great photos for a long time now, this one may be the best. That pick looks like film matte painting. Best views of the FiDi skyline are from Weehawken/Hoboken... like...

On the positive side, at least it's width-height ratio offsets the overbearing bulk of the GM building and is more aligned with of the pre-war needle towers (Pierre & Sherry)... in that way I think...

It was driving me nuts, so I went and took pics of the magazine rendering:
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6171/6167472858_c010fc4ef8_b.jpg
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I thought that at first also but it wasn't Manhattan West (unless it's a new design/rendering). We need someone who has the issue handy (it was an ad for a developer possibly... I've already tried...

Anybody get Architectural Record, particularly the latest one on NYC? There is a big rendering in an ad near the back of the issue of what looks to be Hudson Yards, but it has two very large towers...

This is the crux, in my opinion. For example, if you polled a cross-section of 1,000 New Yorkers (or Americans), showing them photos of the old Penn Station and the new one, and asked them which...

Never seen the show but interesting that they put in Antoni Gaudi's Hotel Attraction proposed for lower Manhattan over 100 years ago:...

If you're vacationing in NYC, you should aim to find lodging south of 100th St. Anything north of that is too inconvenient from a lot the good stuff. The Jane Hotel in the West Village is pretty...

Lyddia knows how to use a camera. Here's another great shot of hers of the machine and skyline:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lydia2222/5651707785/sizes/l/in/photostream/

^ No doubt. The old arts are pretty much lost. But even among modern designs, I prefer the ones that taper/step back/narrow as they rise (e.g., BofA, 3WTC, Beekman, etc.) as opposed to buildings...

How about something with setback, limestone-clad towers that frame the ESB & compliment the existing skyline:
http://practicum1a.tripod.com/designpic/rockefeller/oldscheme1.jpg

This month's (April) National Geographic (the main, yellow-border magazine, not the traveler spin-off) has a feature article on the High Line, accompanied by some stellar photographs. ...

That's what happens when the Persian Gulf meets Dubai building codes.

I was just admiring that building the other day. The afternoon sunlight (now that DB is gone) was making its pink stone glow. God damn.

can't recall that one... you don't mean the 20-story birdcage version, do you?

I don't mind the current crown, but I whipped up this photoshop of what I think a cleaner, more powerful,...

These pics are all great but don't do justice to seeing it in person, particularly from the middle distance (like the new Tribeca section of the Hudson River Park). It's rising like some immense...

$3.4 billion for a Station?! That is unfathomable. $100 million for a single transit station sounds like a lot. 34 X 100 million is ridiculous. Even in New York. Even at the WTC.

^Does Ghostbusters count?

^ I don't accept Black Rock as any kind of benchmark with regard to NY's finest towers... Beekman is miles better. But is it the finest since the start of the modern era of skyscraper design...

It seems I'm in the minority, but the more I see of this building, the less I like it. It looks like an upscale Kaufman/McSam to me... gimmicky, poorly-proportioned, light-swallowing & ugly. Next...

You're talking about living in a city, not becoming a model or professional athlete. Being in your 30s, 40s or 50s isn't going to prohibit you from moving to NYC. My advice is don't make the move...

It has been around for a long time, but it's gotten much more complex (e.g., derivatives) and much, much larger (in terms of the volume of capital moving through it) in recent decades. People,...