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Re:A Soaring Emblem of New York, and Its Upside-Down Priorities by krschultz on Sunday November 30, 2014 @01:19PM (#8677528)
No I mean the fact that they neutered the spire. The original design called for a tapered spire. It ended up being built as simple antenna, seemingly with platforms every few stories. It looks unfinished. For a long time I was hoping it was simply unfinished. Turns out it was changed to save $20 million.

http://online.wsj.com/articles/SB100014240527023045439045773...

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Re:A Soaring Emblem of New York, and Its Upside-Down Priorities by kevin_thibedeau on Sunday November 30, 2014 @05:07PM (#8678313)
There was an engineering issue with wind loading on the clad version of the spire so they left it off.
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