This news leaves a huge lump in my throat. There has to be a creative way of retrofitting or adding to this building rather than taking the easier/faster/cheaper way out. As long as we're going along with that train of thought, why don't we just feed the kids in the new school the worst junk food we can find just because it's easier/faster/cheaper??? I know! We can send them across the street to the lovely chain-food pizza place that recently went in...how convenient! But hey, let's look on the bright side, I'm sure whatever goes up in it's place will perfectly mimic that eyesore as well as the many other eyesores that have gone up along 4th Avenue in the last couple of years...and isn't there something to be said for visual continuity???
But at the end of the day and in all seriousness, If you cannot preserve a beautiful old building in New York City, where can you?
This news leaves a huge lump in my throat. There has to be a creative way of retrofitting or adding to this building rather than taking the easier/faster/cheaper way out. As long as we're going along with that train of thought, why don't we just feed the kids in the new school the worst junk food we can find just because it's easier/faster/cheaper??? I know! We can send them across the street to the lovely chain-food pizza place that recently went in...how convenient! But hey, let's look on the bright side, I'm sure whatever goes up in it's place will perfectly mimic that eyesore as well as the many other eyesores that have gone up along 4th Avenue in the last couple of years...and isn't there something to be said for visual continuity???
But at the end of the day and in all seriousness, If you cannot preserve a beautiful old building in New York City, where can you?
Posted by: chagen at March 16, 2009 6:38 PM in response to SCA To Build New P.S. 133, Tear Down Old Building