What's missing from the background in this picture?
Posted on 08/25/2010 7:18:54 PM PDT by markomalley
New York City Council approved zoning and land use changes on Wednesday that pave the way for a new 67-story tower two blocks west of the 102-story Empire State landmark.
The Empire State Building’s owner had tried to persuade the council to reject the project. Anthony Malkin says the proposed 1,190-foot (362.7-meter) glass office tower will ruin the view and forever alter the skyline.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
What's missing from the background in this picture?
The NYC skyline is old news. It should be a skyscraper museum.
If this is “divine payback”, then God hates architecture. Because they’re going to tear down a beautiful, classic New York hotel to build this Hong Kong-style glass monstrosity.
Divine payback started when Pennsylvania Station was destroyed.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.