With NYU considering adding a 40-story building or two to its Silver Towers property as part of the school's expansion, Greenwich Village preservationists are campaigning like mad to get I.M. Pei's creations landmarked. Which is funny, because if the Silver Towers were scheduled to be built today, there would probably be hunger strikes and riots against them. [Curbed]
Thursday, June 26, 2008
It simply had to be said
With NYU considering adding a 40-story building or two to its Silver Towers property as part of the school's expansion, Greenwich Village preservationists are campaigning like mad to get I.M. Pei's creations landmarked. Which is funny, because if the Silver Towers were scheduled to be built today, there would probably be hunger strikes and riots against them. [Curbed]
7 comments:
Of course the mainline preservation community will not say what a joke this is.
The law should be overturned.
Sooner or later a developer will do it!
Another instance of "damned if you do, damned if you don't".
If preservationists didn't want to save these god-awful ugly things, NYU would be proposing to tear them down and once they got the permits, the media would attack the preservationists for not caring about these "works of art" and "important examples of urban planning".
the media would attack the preservationists for not caring about these "works of art" and "important examples of urban planning".
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Maybe the 'official groups' but not the grassroots, buddy, not the grassroots.
We have had out hearts hardened by the developers, politicians, and our (sadly) 'brother' preservationists.
Maybe the 'official groups' but not the grassroots, buddy, not the grassroots.
We have had out hearts hardened by the developers, politicians, and our (sadly) 'brother' preservationists.
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what? What is this discussion about?
I guess we can expect Andrew Berman again....distributing leaflets and raising hell!
After all, this is "The Village"
and whatever Berman (and his "swells') want Berman gets!
In Queens, on the other hand, our "preservationists"
are busy tugging at their "Johnsons"!
Damn him for being effective!
Calling QHS .
Oops, I just got a busy signal.
They must be mounting a new exhibit
on the diverse vitality of Flushing's new residents (funded in part by borough hall).!
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