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(one of) the other layers is that its only purpose is to inflate real estate values of luxury apartments that already were built only to be sold to the criminal
by CptFribble 8y ago
(one of) the other layers is that its only purpose is to inflate real estate values of luxury apartments that already were built only to be sold to the criminally-wealthy international investor class that uses luxury US real estate as a form of international banking/money laundering, while masquerading in the press as a "community" and the Vessel itself as a "public space," when in reality it is anything but.
The comparison to the Eiffel Tower is to say at least that structure has a restaurant and a shop at the top, so there's a reason to go up there.
The author does not seem to have special hate for elevators, only that an elevator for a sixteen-floor staircase that doesn't actually have anything at the top further reinforces the cynicism behind the design, which is in fact the major thrust of the article.
- mcguire 8y agoSee also the Gateway Arch in St. Louis and the Statue of Liberty.
- frozenport 8y agoExcept those aren't decorations to inflate property values.
- reaperducer 8y agoPeople said all the same ugly things about The Bean ("Cloud Gate") [1] in Chicago. Now it's a beloved icon of the city. People in New York just have to get used to it. The comparison to the Eiffel Tower is to say at least that structure has a restaurant and a shop at the top, so there's a reason to go up there. When the Eiffel Tower went up, people were aghast and hated it. They demanded it be torn down at the end of the Expo. But they got used to it. Same story for the big Ferris wheel in Paris. [1] https://www.chicagoarchitecture.org/tag/cloud-gate/ https://www.chicagoarchitecture.org/tag/cloud-gate/