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THE PROTO-SETBACK silhouette of the Candler Building seems to summon the future in a dream form, with its embryonic winged base, its plain, functional shaft, and its indented crown. The Candler sets an important precedent, because it was one of the most successful solutions to the problem of building on a midblock site. The architects solved the problem of how to make a tower stand out among lower flanking buildings by setting it off on its own base, a model that neatly adapted itself to the requirements of the setback zoning code of 1916. Because of this organization, the outlines of the Candler predominate over its surface ornament.
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(2005). Candler Building. In: Manhattan Skyscrapers. Princeton Archit.Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-56898-652-1_10
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