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Originally Posted by Lecom
I second that. Unfortunately even less preservationists will jump to protect those facades, since it's much harder to make a case for keeping them than for historic pre-war buildings. On the plus side, however, facades such as the 6th Avenue ones are a good deal newer and are both looks- and function-wise (both are among ther top reasons for reclads) more efficient than the pre-war ones, giving us reasons to believe that those are likely to stick around for several decades to come.
Not too many hard feelings over this reclad, but it seems relatively unnecessary anyway.
And, as Stern said, this one isn't too likely to happen anytime soon anyway as its genius developer bought just about every expensive building in town and just now realizes that he can't really pay for all those purchases.
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Well I'm glad that there is someone else who understands where I'm coming from. These buildings are not works of art (well in my eyes they are), but the diverse facades make up the urban fabric of Manhattan, and at the same time represent an era of architecture. Whether it's Time Life, 1 Liberty Plaza, The UBS building, etc.... the boxes of Manhattan are special to me, so whenever one is in threat of reclad, it's a feeling as if to an Art-deco fan someone recladding the Chanin Building.
For me it doesn't get any better then looking straight up between the 'X' building and Time Life (especially at night). And I'm glad to hear that I can enjoy that for decades to come (hopefully).
Speaking of what you said though, UBS's building on 6th was criticized by them for being unable to accomodate the room they need for trading floors. That's a formula for UBS eventually moving out + the owner realizing the reasons why they left = the fate Verizon faced. Scary thought.