2 Columbus Circle ShameCam

1.

There's a process. That process ended with a decision not to preserve 2 Columbus Circle. Get over it. In my opinion there's nothing particularly wonderful about the old (or the new) versions of 2CC.

2.

I will fondly remember this building as one of the first places I scored weed in NYC - back in the early '80's when I was a student at nearby Fordham Lincoln Center.

3.

This thing is terrible - get rid of it - old does not = good.

4.

The problem is that the new design is just as awful. I'm sorry, but how can you build not one but TWO buildings overlooking Central Park without any windows?

5.

If you can get a group of influential New Yorkers outraged over a plan to remake this eyesore into something useful, you can get them outraged over just about anything.

A lot of people just enjoy having their hackles raised over the slightest provocation.

6.

Landmarks West wants to save every crappy building in the city. They want nothing new. They want everything to stay the way it was. They even had crappy 72nd Street landmarked. They have taken preservation to absurd levels. Yes we should save good buildings but not crap like 2CC. The problem is the people at the head of Landmarks West have no idea what makes a building or an area worth preserving. Look for them to try and save every White Brick Building circa 1963.

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Preserve this building. It is a link to our sanity and European heritage. The phallic brutal steel and glass building surrounding 2 Columbus Circle, produces too much anxiety and depression especially since 9/11.
We need a little marble now and then. Softer on the eyes and psyche. There is something soft and gentle to the building, like a woman's love. Internal love.

8.

2 Columbus Circle looks like something the Stasi took people in for questioning, and never let them back out. The building is as soft and gentle as a jail, and from the looks of it, as pleasant as one inside.

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2 Columbus Circle looks like something the Stasi took people in for questioning and then never let them back out. The building is as soft and gentle as a jail, and from the looks of it, as pleasant as one inside.