Frank Lloyd Wright Loved to Hate New York (opens in new tab)

Then over where we came out of the tunnel and onto the island it turned out to be garbage day. Heaps of trash everywhere. Homeless wandering around. Minimal trees or greenery.

Still glad I moved away, but it is nice to visit, and it is in many ways a great city.

porknubbins6y ago

I’ve found New York is best enjoyed from a distance, or moving through it at speed, or through films. Other great world cities London, Tokyo, Paris etc you can enjoy up close while walking around them but NYC when you get too close any charm that was there evaporates because of the stress, traffic, odors, etc.

robbyt6y ago

Every day is garbage day, somewhere in NYC

DrFunke6y ago

And every day it looks like the garbagemen are on strike.

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cagenut6y ago· 5 in thread

Those towers sound pretty cool. Has anyone else tried the spiraling or even just tapering floors idea?

ehmorris6y ago

One was eventually built, sort of: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price_Tower

cagenut6y ago

thank you

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herdrick6y ago

Seattle's new-ish library is like that: https://www.flickr.com/photos/brewbooks/259421447

OrangeMango6y ago

Check out Santiago Calatrava's Turning Torso in Malmo Sweden.

tecleandor6y ago

"The construction costs were almost double the estimate."

Classic Calatrava!