[artspook]

instead of cozy brick & limestone . .
on a quirky posh Greenwich Village residential building . .
we get a dead modern freeway-mall box, on a podium . .
wondering "why did they put me here?" . .
same question asked by Fumihiko Maki's glass office building at Astor Place . .
developers please, some respect for intimate Greenwich Village "contextual" vibes . .
and even a mere smidgeon of imagination . .