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This tower is "awful" now? Sure it isn't the most spectacular piece of architecture, but "awful"?

This place has become a joke.

Why again is this idiot from Scotland a moderator?

Did the cranes jump today? It seems like a can see significantly more crane out my apartment peeking up from behind wtc7. In a couple weeks i should see the crane cabs, and then the tower itself.

Overrated how exactly?

the waterfalls look a little anemic

Just got back from Istanbul. We stayed along the Bosphorus just down from Ortakoy which I believe is pictured immediately above. I have to agree with MidtownGuy, it is an incredible place to visit...

No doubt the memorial the memorial will disturb. Even without steam rising, seeing water crashing into the pits will be a macabre reminder of what happened. Forced contemplation for a generation of...

How can someone be responsible for so much garbage in this city and get away with it? New York Magazine, NYT, NY1 need to do prominant stories about bottom-line developers and the soulless...

The Winter Garden redo looks awful. I love those stairs.

What are the going to do with all of that gorgeous marble.

Looking at those pictures makes me feel like I was punched in the gut.

Love Foster's new gallery.

how on earth can people make a determination of quality from the above rendering?

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Some of the things he says are right on the mark.

You aren't missing anything. The proposal is beyond awful. About as appropriate a place to display art as Scores is to host a Bible study group.

whatta scumbag

Looks pretty good to me.

Trump tower chicago is nothing to aspire to.

Couldn't disagree more. It looks fine. Better than fine. Once the bottom opens it'll look quite good. Better than good.

I officially love the lawn. Love it. We wandered there after dinner at Per Se a couple weeks ago in a pathetic attempt to burn off a few calories. It was 11 on a pleasant Friday evening and it was...

qft

These are the types of threads that keep me coming back to wiredny. Very informative all around.

Thanks

Ive never seen anything like that last photo. This thing is a real fortress.

As many misgivings as I had when they announced the renovation, I think it ended up as a net positive change. It has always been one of my favorite spaces in the city, so I have been very relieved...

Heartbreaking.

So is the north side glass curtain wavy glass like that one new building in Paris? Isn't that a CDP building?

Are those the final designs? They look like really bad architecture. Really really bad.