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Wrecking Ball Dashes Hopes for a Lapidus Work
Heeding urgent pleas from preservation advocates, the city's Landmarks Preservation Commission agreed yesterday morning to hold a hearing on the future of the 1949 Paterson Silks retail building at Union Square. But it was too late. NYTimes
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I pass by this building every day, and hadn't a clue that it was a Lapidus design. It was a somewhat awkward structure (by my tastes), but it's a shame to see its most distinctive features needlessly changed in order to bring it into line with Bank of America corporate branding.
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