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I came across a quote today in reference to the former condition of the circle. Paul Goldberger said in his 1979 book The City Observed that the statue of Columbus looks "as if he had been waiting since 1892 for a break in the traffic so that he might go somewhere more comfortable..."
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man - that shot shows what's great AND bad about the new Columbus Circle. Great Landscaping, great ideas, sure - but what is with the the entrances to interior of the circle? Why anyone would think that it would be better to enter Columbus circle from the traffic median on Central Park South instead of from Central Park is beyond meOriginally Posted by BigMac
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It' s not as bad as you might think.
It' s a pretty quick wait to get to the pedestrian island there at CPS.
The new Columbus Circle on 16 March 2007.
Renovated shops at 240 cps ready for leasing.
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This is a really nicely design park space. I'm glad it was so ethusiastically received by New Yorkers and tourists.
Nice shots. I wish they'd change the lighting colors of Time Warner from time to time.
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It's interesting to watch the Yellow Buckeyes mature over time.
Nice photo Edward!
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Edward, that picture is gorgeous. Amazing lighting effects all over the place and so sharp.
What a great new public space. Now we need more of 'em.
What's next? Astor Place ?(right after evicting Chase and getting some appropriate uses in there)
Some of the trees are gone already?
Looks gap-toothed.
I thought that too ^^^ now that the trees have started to grow in.
But I looked back over earlier photos and it seems that the trees were spaced that way
when the original plantings went in -- most likely as a way to preserve "view corridors"
looking west on 59th and north on Eighth.
Although an early rendering showed "thicker" plantings:
Early photos showed a less crowded circle of trees ...
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A HUGE photo (too big to post) from October 2006 ...
And more recently, September 2007:
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