Spire (Chicago) vs. Freedom Tower (NYC) vs. American Commerce Center (Philly) (best, state)
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The Spire is nice, but its main selling point is its height. It is a very interesting design though and I have a feeling that if built it will look a whole lot better than its renders (similar to the Trump Tower).
The Freedom Tower is pretty bland IMO. Its a glass box. Its tall, but if it was half the size nobody would even mention it.
The Philly Tower is elegant, cutting edge, and unique. I really like the tower. Philly's skyline is really shaping up.
Ah... don't take it offensively I was just making a point.
To be fair as someone who also lives near New York City, that was an inappropriate remark. It may have now been nearly a decade since that tragedy befell our nation (man how time flies!), but the wounds still haven't healed. I can still remember sitting in my high school geometry class and watching in horror as the towers burned and people leaped to their inevitable violent deaths. I also remember how tense everyone was when we heard vaguely "plane down in Pennsylvania." Given our area's close ties to NYC I assumed the worst---that a plane may have hit the Tobyhanna Army Depot, a major military defense operation that employs over 5,000. We all breathed a sigh of relief to find out that Flight 93 crashed in a rural field in the other half of the state. It isn't something to kid around about, regardless of the context.
Getting back on topic, my vote goes for the American Commerce Tower simply because it is the most direly-needed skyscraper out of the three selections available. New York City and Chicago each have impressive skylines already (NYC actually has three---Financial District, Midtown, and Brooklyn). Philadelphia's skyline is abysmally small for a city that is the hub of millions of people.
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El Mundo is obviously not from NY...he would have been more sensitive towards the Freedom Tower and 9/11. And how he says Times Square is not bustling at all hours of the night...take it from someone who actually lives in NY.
Spire has the most uniqye design, that's more sure. Freedom Tower is kinda blah, AMC is...meh.
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