The end is drawing near for a dark, shrouded ghost of a building overlooking Ground Zero.The Deutsche Bank tower, ravaged on 9/11 and long draped in protective netting, will be examined tomorrow by bidders on a contract to erect scaffolding prior to demolition. i never understood why 130 liberty st has to come down. it sustained damage but its clearly structurally sound. its just a matter of all that asbestos but they would have to face the same environmental challenges in the demo process as with a rehab. i think it had something to do with the owners winning out over the insurers in court? i still dont get it.
the spooky looking 130 liberty belongs to a style of second half of the twentyth century skyscraper i think of as the big black braun cigarette lighter buildings. these buildings are well represented in the nyc skyline. its occurred to me before before but since suddenly time is of the essence, i think this would be a nice surrogate piece for me. an empty black die of a building loaded with asbestos? ok starting now its a piece subject.
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- bill 6-08-2005 6:36 pm
the spooky looking 130 liberty belongs to a style of second half of the twentyth century skyscraper i think of as the big black braun cigarette lighter buildings. these buildings are well represented in the nyc skyline. its occurred to me before before but since suddenly time is of the essence, i think this would be a nice surrogate piece for me. an empty black die of a building loaded with asbestos? ok starting now its a piece subject.
- bill 6-09-2005 1:47 am [add a comment]