"as expected, they got rid of the weirdo tapering toward the bottom
"as expected, they got rid of the weirdo tapering toward the bottom
and went with a standard base." - mrnyc
in most cases it seems, that the majority of people in the world,
like yourself, . . prefer "standard" architectural design . .
Even I, for the 1st hour after considering that 2nd to last rendering,
thought it conspicuously "klunky" . .
But then, the "weirdo tapering toward the bottom" gestated in me big-time,
I felt it "spectacularly quirky", given its site, in super-tight downtown stone canyons
. . & now 45 Broad St.'s very unique crown, has also been "standardized" . .
redesigned with no projections . .
I looked forward to actually experiencing the earlier, more arresting 45 Broad
design as a rudely intriguing urban-event downtown . .
But now folks will apathetically walk on by just another tower base,
on the way to getting a hamburger . .
Strange form & proportion in architecture, can too-easily be, "grossly corny" . .
but with heightened vision in the right hands, and a bit of divine accident . .
"uncannily unique" becomes so refreshing . .
without the usual "realistic" constraints of greed, short-sightedness, politics, . .
there are No limitations to concentrated Architectural Greatness . .
If only every medium-to-very-tall tower in NYC, were truly a dreamt-over
design statement . . worthy of our attention . . transforming all NYC . .
into the highest profile intricate architectural maze of endless visual wonder . .
thronged with droves of utterly-dazzled, wildly-spending tourists . .
We certainly have a great many remarkable towers already . .
But this cold, harsh town, of rambunctious ambition, . .
also has avenues with vast stretches . . lined with forgettable real-estate . .
commonplace & dreary . . Why ever, should we champion lackluster mediocrity ?
Perfection never need be boring, bland, banal, oppressively mirrored . .
I can easily envision 100 or more other noble deco towers,
100 more sleekly distinguished modernist skyscrapers,
100 versions of brutalist, retro-futurist sky-scraping stone heroism . .
each equivalent in its own way, to Chrysler's excellence. .
then, the occasional well-proportioned bland-box would be appreciated
as "finely minimalist" . .
the newest version of 45 Broad is hardly repellant . . it's sort of ok enough . .
but the previous version to this one, had inklings of mad, phuk-U, peerless magic . .
oh compromise, why must thou be ? . .
__________________
artSpook
|