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This photo was taken at the landmarks preservation commission yesterday. The landmarks preservation commission today called the new abstract design for 100 Franklin to be a creative response to the “tyranny of the context.” That is very strange language for a group that is supposed to be a steward of our historic assets. I beg […]
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This is what DDG Partners now proposes for the parking lot site at 100 Franklin. It is up for a hearing tomorrow, Tuesday the 14th at noon at the 9th floor of 1 Centre Street. As a fan of brick, I was at first glad to notice the image from across the room. But on […]
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13 Jan '14
This photo from Canada (the Royal Ontario Museum, designed by Tribecan Daniel Libeskind) illustrates the problem historic districts confront when strategy #3 described below is employed by architects and developers. Below is a copy of testimony we presented to our Community Board in December. Policy Issues Related to 100 Franklin Street Copy of Testimony presented […]
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