Archinect - News 2024-12-22T13:26:28-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/84212348/nyc-s-plaza-hotel-call-citi-bikes-an-affront-to-architecture NYC's Plaza Hotel call Citi Bikes an affront to architecture Archinect 2013-10-15T12:21:00-04:00 >2013-10-15T12:21:59-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/7d/7dd8295cce81eaf1a2b0c1074177b7b6?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>The Plaza hotel is suing the city and Citibank &mdash; complaining in scorching court papers that the block-long bike rack outside the landmark building is a traffic-clogging, advertising-festooned &ldquo;eyesore.&rdquo; The row of bright-blue Citi Bikes that now stands across from the hotel along Grand Army Plaza is an affront to both architecture and city drivers, according to the suit.</p></em><br /><br /><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <html><head><meta></head></html>