If built, Jean Nouvel’s spindly tower at 53 West 53rd Street would be the second tallest building in the city, roughly 200 feet above the Chrysler Building and as many below the Empire State Building. It was this skyline altering impact and the quality of its underlying design that most interested the members of the City Planning Commission at a public hearing on the project. But the considerable community opposition to the project remained very much rooted in fears of shadows cast and congestion worsened...more.