Never Built New York, by curators and authors Greg Goldin and Sam Lubell, is an astounding collection of architectural projects that never made it into being. The book features projects from the last two centuries, sited all throughout the five boroughs, that range from the monumental to the mortifying. Alongside infamous projects like Buckminster Fuller’s dome over Manhattan and Frank Lloyd Wright’s Key Plan for Ellis Island, visions for an alternate New York-urbanism abound: aborted reflections of their time, place and politics.
The book continues in the tradition of Goldin and Lubell's 2013 exhibition, "Never Built Los Angeles", including focused research on each project alongside gorgeous drawings and visualizations. I spoke with the authors about their curatorial approach to the book, and the projects that they were most excited by.
Check out a selection of the Never Built projects below and in the image gallery.
Listen to One-to-One #45 with Never Built New York authors Greg Goldin and Sam Lubell:
JFK Educational Civic and Cultural Center silkscreens by Carlos Diniz ↓
A few more of the projects featured in 'Never Built New York':
Paul Rudolph, "City Corridor" (1967) ↑
George Howe and William Lescaze: MoMA (1930) ↑
Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum: New Penn Station (2005) ↑
42nd St. Hotel by Zaha Hadid (1994) ↑
More Never Built projects in the gallery below...
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