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November 17, 2006
Frank who? C.B. 1 favors Corner’s plaza over Gehry’s tower
Downtown Express
By Skye H. McFarlane
The Frank Gehry-designed Bruce Ratner-built Beekman St. Tower in Lower Manhattan is stressing out neighbors because of the construction noise, the height, the contrast with the character of the existing neighborhood and the mystery behind the final designs (final renderings still have not been released).
But when acclaimed landscape architect and author James Corner appeared before Community Board 1’s Seaport Committee to present plans for the site’s public plazas, he got an entirely different set of responses — too nice, too open, too public.
NoLandGrab: In an ironic twist, local reaction to the plaza plans were critical towards many items for which open space advocates are clamoring in Atlantic Yards.
Posted by lumi at November 17, 2006 6:39 AM