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The recently decapitated MoMA monster, which would have measured in at 1,250 feet (the height of the Empire State Building), has been surrounded with controversy from day one. Midtown NIMBYs didn't want a skyscraper going up in Manhattan, and they eventually got 200 feet taken off the tower so that it wouldn't impact the skyline. Sigh.
When the idea was first brought up that the tower may lose some height, architect Jean Nouvel scoffed at the idea of moving forward — but last we heard the revised plan was going to happen no matter what. We awaited Nouvel's Howard Roark-inspired speech ("I am an architect. My ideas are my property." etc), but now the NY Post speculates that the the developer, Hines, is stalling the project on purpose.
They report that "Hines and Nouvel have clammed up. Hines is grumbling that a shorter tower might not be economically viable." Their conspiracy theory also notes that last month the group brought a model of the building to a meeting that was "conspicuously unfinished." One critic saying: "Better to blame the city for an ugly, empty lot next door to the Museum of Modern Art than to say, 'We bought an empty lot and it will stay an empty lot.'" Is this a stall or a game of chicken?
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build a green garden in the empty lot.
The NIMBY problem is NYC is out of control. So by chopping off 200 ft of the 1250ft tower, will these guys get more light? improved views, anything other than destroying a landmark building for the city? a$$holes. All they may succeed in doing is taking a slender tower and making it a big box like everything in the last 50 years to maximize the square footage of floor-plates without regard to aesthetics.
That fact that nimbys can even exist in that part of town pretty much says it all. Hello - NOT A RESIDENTIAL AREA!
If you can't build a skyscraper in Midtown, forget about getting anything built in this city. Will NYC ever take back the title of having the world's tallest building?
I hope Walmart buys it.
If you are concerned about extremely tall buildings being built in your neighborhood, than maybe you shouldn't live in MIDTOWN! Its a skyscraper district!!!
Oh dear, this tower might have obstructed views for NIMBYs who live near MOMA. Here's a thought: if you don't like the view, buy some fucking ART!