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photo by Carol M. Highsmith
Time Warner Center, a multiuse facility on New York City’s Columbus Circle, is (at $1.8 billion) one of the most expensive buildings ever constructed in America. The base of the towers reflects the curve of Columbus Circle in a graceful arc. It is a geometrically complex building with obtuse and acute angles that make the towers look dynamic and slender.
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At street level, this building works beautifully, reinforcing the curve of Columbus Circle, which now looks better than it has since about 1955.
The towers, though, are hard to love. They look as if they're going to age badly, for some reason.
Posted by Hal | March 14, 2007 9:03 PM
Posted on March 14, 2007 21:03