Better : Worse : Same - Page 3

jg6544 · #41 Posted **Mar 4, 2013, 7:21 PM**

Trump Tower isn't quite as hideous as the Olympic Tower which replaced the iconic, deco Best & Co. store, but it comes close.

ThatOneGuy · #42 Posted **Mar 4, 2013, 9:20 PM**

^^ I think Olympic looks nice. Interesting colour.

17 state Street (Better)
Before: (Red building in between the black ones)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3290/...d0407f2c_o.jpg

After:

thomax · #43 Posted **Apr 20, 2013, 3:57 PM**

Location: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Current: Commerce Place

Source

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Prior: Bank of Hamilton

Source

Current = Worse

Guiltyspark · #44 Posted **Apr 20, 2013, 4:37 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by ThatOneGuy

^^ I think Olympic looks nice. Interesting colour.

17 state Street (Better)
Before: (Red building in between the black ones)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3290/...d0407f2c_o.jpg

After:

The new one is much better. One of my favorites in downtown actually.

DrNest · #45 Posted **Apr 20, 2013, 10:30 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Guiltyspark

The new one is much better. One of my favorites in downtown actually.

I agree. 17 State St is a lovely building to look at.

Fortunate4Now · #46 Posted **Apr 21, 2013, 12:25 AM**

(unfortunately) could also do this all day long for buffalo, seeing as the city was pretty much gutted from 1950-1970...

CURRENT: Main Place tower

BEFORE: Erie County Savings Bank

WORSE While I dont hate the main place tower, it wasnt worth the sacrifice.

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CURRENT: Rath Building

BEFORE: D.S Morgan Building

SAME Kind of on the fence with this one.

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CURRENT: Buffalo Federal Courthouse

BEFORE:The Erlanger Building

BETTER the 1920s Erlanger building was just not unique/significant enough.

M.K. · #47 Posted **Apr 21, 2013, 4:38 PM**

RCDC · #48 Posted **Apr 21, 2013, 7:48 PM**

A few from DC. All WORSE. I wouldn't mind so much if the newer buildings were designed nicely, but they don't have an ounce of character.

Before:

After:

Before:

After:

Before:

After:

Before:

After:

(old photos from www.shorpy.com, new are google street)

muppet · #49 Posted **Apr 22, 2013, 10:48 AM**

okee, this might hurt a bit

WORSE:

Imperial Hotel:

http://ebid.s3.amazonaws.com, http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showth...42332&page=112

http://viewfinder.english-heritage.org.uk

today:

www.london.hotelsoffer.com

SAME

Silken London Hotel

Before:

http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa278

After:

www.standard.co.uk/incoming

BETTER:

Baltic Exchange - before

www.fullofchic.com, http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/

destroyed by IRA bombs in 1990 and again (after painstaking rebuilding) in 1993

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/, http://news.bbc.co.uk

Now:

http://i.dailymail.co.uk

as for the old building, the remianing parts were put into storage then later bought by an Estonian businessman. He is rebuilding it in Talinn's Freedom Square. Not quite the same though

http://i51.tinypic.com

This has been kept in London:

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3521/4...7d2593f4_z.jpg

THE BIG APPLE · #50 Posted **Jun 21, 2013, 4:21 AM**

Current: One57

Prior: Pre-57

BETTER

Current: 2 Columbus Circle (rape)

Prior: 2 Columbus Circle

WORSE

Current: New York Life Building

Prior: Madison Square Garden

SAME

ThatOneGuy · #51 Posted **Jun 21, 2013, 4:31 AM**

I hated the old 2 columbus circle. Looked like some cheap monstrosity from the middle-east.
The new one is average, at best.

easy as pie · #52 Posted **Jun 21, 2013, 5:35 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by muppet

okee, this might hurt a bit

WORSE:

Imperial Hotel:

http://ebid.s3.amazonaws.com, http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showth...42332&page=112

http://viewfinder.english-heritage.org.uk

wow, that actually made me feel sick to my stomach

MolsonExport · #53 Posted **Jun 21, 2013, 4:42 PM**

nothing is worse than the current Penn Station, replacing one of the finest architectural beauties on the planet, the former Penn Station.

Arquitect · #54 Posted **Jun 21, 2013, 5:09 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by M.K.

I actually really love the Lina Bobardi Museum in the image you consider worse. It is not only a great building, but does an amazing job at creating a great urban public space.

THE BIG APPLE · #55 Posted **Jun 22, 2013, 2:23 AM**

Current: 8 Spruce Street

Prior: Parking Lot

BETTER

Current: 432 Park Ave

Prior: Drake Hotel

WORSE

Current: Metropolitan North Building

Prior: Convocation Building (Planned)

SAME

ThatOneGuy · #56 Posted **Jun 22, 2013, 3:30 PM**

432 park avenue won't be dark grey...

marvelfannumber1 · #57 Posted **Jun 22, 2013, 6:32 PM**

Wish it was going to be though, that grey, blank concrete is so ugly that.....well let's just say there is a reason we stopped using it for skyscrapers after the 70's and leave it at that.

ThatOneGuy · #58 Posted **Jun 22, 2013, 11:42 PM**

It's not even grey, either. It's white. Plus, it's not tall enough yet for real light to hit it, so it looks a bit darker than it is.

And to be honest, most 70s buildings, I've seen (apart from mid-rise apartments in Europe) use either stone, brick, or metal/glass cladding. Even the Verizon Building uses stone cladding. This is one of the rare ones I've seen that use pure concrete for cladding.

The North One · #59 Posted **Jul 10, 2013, 5:04 PM**

How the hell is 2 Columbus Circle worse? It looked like shit before.

THE BIG APPLE · #60 Posted **Jul 10, 2013, 9:16 PM**

The marble should have been cleaned, not replaced.

It was art deco PLUS post modernism, and it didn't suite either to the fullest extent but was much better than what we have now. Plus it was out of the ordinary, and stood out in a good way, unlike the current building which stands out in a bad way. It's good to be different yet still fit in NYC. Was it the greatest building? NO. Was it under appreciated? YES. Do I understand why they renovated it? YES