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November 30, 2009
The atrocity that is Empire State Plaza
Althouse
Is it any wonder that politicians and judges in Albany just don't get it? Check this out:
You're walking in a neighborhood of 19th century townhouses...
... and you run smack into this:
New York spent $2 billion to demolish 98 acres of 19th century buildings, displacing 9,000 human beings, in order to build a sickeningly ugly collection of government buildings. Is there a worse architectural crime in the history of the world? I'm sure there must be, but...
Commenter From Inwood cites Atlantic Yards in the following:
Michael Hasenstab said at 8:59...
Governments do the sorts of horrible things to neighborhoods that they would never allow a private developer to do.
Alas, not so when the private developer is a friend & contributor.
Posted by eric at November 30, 2009 10:05 AM