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		<title>Another Look at the Quite Possibly Insane Midtown Skyline of the Future</title>

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		<description><![CDATA[<p><div id="attachment_257341" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 610px"><a href="http://observer.com/2012/08/another-look-at-the-quite-possibly-insane-midtown-skyline-of-the-future/midtowneastrezoneafter/" rel="attachment wp-att-257341"><img class="size-full wp-image-257341" title="midtowneastrezoneafter" src="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/midtowneastrezoneafter-e1344959383673.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="529" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Now that's a skyline. (William Weber/Curbed)</p></div></p>
<p><div id="attachment_257342" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://observer.com/2012/08/another-look-at-the-quite-possibly-insane-midtown-skyline-of-the-future/midtowneastrezonebefore/" rel="attachment wp-att-257342"><img class="size-medium wp-image-257342" title="midtowneastrezonebefore" src="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/midtowneastrezonebefore.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="264" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">How does it compare to today?</p></div></p>
<p>Back when we did our big report one <a href="http://observer.com/2012/06/faulty-towers-midtown-needs-a-makeover-but-can-the-bloomberg-administration-get-it-right/">what the Bloomberg administration has in store for Midtown East</a> under an in-the-works rezoning, we came up with <a href="http://observer.com/2012/06/faulty-towers-midtown-needs-a-makeover-but-can-the-bloomberg-administration-get-it-right/picture-8-20/">a little dream/doomsday scenario</a> of what that might look like. Then, when the city officially unveiled the plans, they revealed that some sites could potentially see <a href="http://observer.com/2012/07/how-about-another-empire-state-building-or-two-city-outlines-mega-midtown-east-rezoning/">buildings as big or bigger than the Empire State Building</a>, and they produced their own images of this brave new world.</p>
<p>Now, our pals over at Curbed have come up with<a href="http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2012/08/13/here_now_a_vision_for_a_rezoned_midtown_east_in_2040.php"> their own rendering of a Midtown of the future</a>, which are equally exciting and terrifying, depending on where you stand on cool new skyscrapers and the crowds and shadows that come with them.<!--more--> Which camp are you in? Let us know in the comments.</p>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><div id="attachment_257341" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 610px"><a href="http://observer.com/2012/08/another-look-at-the-quite-possibly-insane-midtown-skyline-of-the-future/midtowneastrezoneafter/" rel="attachment wp-att-257341"><img class="size-full wp-image-257341" title="midtowneastrezoneafter" src="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/midtowneastrezoneafter-e1344959383673.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="529" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Now that's a skyline. (William Weber/Curbed)</p></div></p>
<p><div id="attachment_257342" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://observer.com/2012/08/another-look-at-the-quite-possibly-insane-midtown-skyline-of-the-future/midtowneastrezonebefore/" rel="attachment wp-att-257342"><img class="size-medium wp-image-257342" title="midtowneastrezonebefore" src="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/midtowneastrezonebefore.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="264" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">How does it compare to today?</p></div></p>
<p>Back when we did our big report one <a href="http://observer.com/2012/06/faulty-towers-midtown-needs-a-makeover-but-can-the-bloomberg-administration-get-it-right/">what the Bloomberg administration has in store for Midtown East</a> under an in-the-works rezoning, we came up with <a href="http://observer.com/2012/06/faulty-towers-midtown-needs-a-makeover-but-can-the-bloomberg-administration-get-it-right/picture-8-20/">a little dream/doomsday scenario</a> of what that might look like. Then, when the city officially unveiled the plans, they revealed that some sites could potentially see <a href="http://observer.com/2012/07/how-about-another-empire-state-building-or-two-city-outlines-mega-midtown-east-rezoning/">buildings as big or bigger than the Empire State Building</a>, and they produced their own images of this brave new world.</p>
<p>Now, our pals over at Curbed have come up with<a href="http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2012/08/13/here_now_a_vision_for_a_rezoned_midtown_east_in_2040.php"> their own rendering of a Midtown of the future</a>, which are equally exciting and terrifying, depending on where you stand on cool new skyscrapers and the crowds and shadows that come with them.<!--more--> Which camp are you in? Let us know in the comments.</p>
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