Nothing like some artificial heaven…
What are they thinking? Here is a proposed skyscraper in NYC (a building for JP Morgan Chase) that includes several cantilevered floors that will overhang… a church and park. The article says:
Governor Eliot Spitzer said the cantilever on the JPMorgan Chase building would let you play chess in the rain. Here’s another, um, “advantage”: lighting a church from the heavens.
Huh? How is lighting the church from underneath the cantilevered floors be considered heavenly? Wouldn’t the real thing be better??
I think the building looks hideous, but maybe they should build the church on top of the cantilever. From the rendering it looks like they have some sort of park planned.
Also, how do property taxes work for this? I assume the church on the ground would be tax exempt, but the cantilevered floors would be included in the square footage of its building. Still though, it looks like the same property (footprint-wise) is taxed twice.
