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Burning Answers: New York’s Worst Building

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Yesterday, we asked what this bright white building with a nonsensical red V-shape—rendered, naturellement, in lego—could be. And late last night, we received our answer. From Metropolis editor Michael Silverberg, softball player extraordinaire: “The “V” is a little out of proportion, but I think it’s the Verizon Building.” We were ploddingly getting to about one-seventeenth of the way there on our own, and so appreciate the intervention. Now: what’s New York’s real worst building? Tips(at)Edificial(dot)com. Talk to us! Play with us! Forever and ever and ever…


Comments [1]

Compass 1 designage 05 Feb 2009 @ 11:07 AM

Hotel on Rivington.

And as much as I try to like Tschumi's Blue Building... Let's just say he's an excellent theorist.