Posts Tagged ‘NYC’
Let public vote on Penn Station – David Brussat
by David Brusat, Architecture Here and There, contributing writer Rebuilding Pennsylvania Station, built in 1910 and demolished in 1963, is the single act that can best help bring beauty in architecture back to the United States and the rest of the world. It would directly boost the beauty of the city itself, and as an…
Read MoreRising waters, sinking land. URI studies massive weight of New York City’s 1 million buildings
URI scientists examine how the weight of the city’s 1 million buildings are causing subsidence Photo: The New York City skyline. (Photo by Christian Lendl) New York City is sinking, and some of the more than 1 million buildings that make up its ever-evolving skyline may be playing a part. For the coastal metropolis and…
Read MoreTwo visions of New York City – David Brussat
by David Brussat, Architecture Here and There, contributing writer Two recent panels held by the Empire Station Coalition discussed rebuilding Penn Station in its original 1910 design and growing opposition to former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Empire Station Complex, which would clog the area around Penn Station with glass-box skyscrapers. The vicinity has already been declared…
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