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March 3, 2009
Recession Brutalizes Art World, Jeff Koons Doesn’t Seem to Notice
Flavorwire
The "Atlantic Yards' failure" couldn't happen to a nicer guy:
Even Frank Gehry is feeling the boom time hangover. In a recent interview on the architect’s 80th birthday, he reported to Christopher Hawthorne that the past year has been full of major disappointment. Not only did his development plan for Los Angeles’ Grand Avenue bottom out, but he had to put his Brooklyn-based Atlantic Yards project on the back burner. We tried to muster sympathy for the starchitect. But, we were too thrilled about the Atlantic Yards’ failure to really feel for him.
Posted by lumi at March 3, 2009 4:13 AM