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9. One word comes to mind: hubris. That said, I am sad for what must seem like the fall ...

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Sat Feb 6, 2021, 10:17 AM

Feb 2021

...of a civilization, for those up close.

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Hudson Yards - largest private development in US history - unsold condos, barren mall [View all] Demovictory9 Feb 2021 OP

I liked climbing "The Vessel." 3Hotdogs Feb 2021 #1

I was never very happy with this thing PirateRo Feb 2021 #2

I agree. It's a big mall, built when people stopped going to malls. Squinch Feb 2021 #11

Malls were failing nation wide Dorian Gray Feb 2021 #71

can brutalism die now? mopinko Feb 2021 #3

Let the corporate welfare flow. We have to bail them out. Right The Jungle 1 Feb 2021 #4

It was doomed to failure even before construction began. trump pulled all sorts of strings.... George II Feb 2021 #5

This project began way before Trump. Chicago1980 Feb 2021 #6

There were a number of development proposals for the property over the years, going back.... George II Feb 2021 #22

Trump built Hudson Yards????? Dorian Gray Feb 2021 #72

Just looked it up Dorian Gray Feb 2021 #73

It looks soul less- maybe Wall St. Thtwudbeme Feb 2021 #7

150-Foot Vessel Sculpture at Hudson Yards Closes After 3rd Suicide Klaralven Feb 2021 #8

Interesting! Do you know obamanut2012 Feb 2021 #41

Not precisely, but jumpers want a clear shot at an open, flat, hard surface Klaralven Feb 2021 #43

Thanks for this! obamanut2012 Feb 2021 #46

The Marriott Marquee in Times Square had that problem. Renew Deal Feb 2021 #62

Put all of the Republican members of Congress in there? LiberalFighter Feb 2021 #77

One word comes to mind: hubris. That said, I am sad for what must seem like the fall ... Hekate Feb 2021 #9

Does not fit. jtb653 Feb 2021 #10

So much of the new construction is. It's sad what has become of our beautiful skyline. Squinch Feb 2021 #13

Thank you. jtb653 Feb 2021 #45

Past Architects had a generally better sense of exterior and interior design Blue_true Feb 2021 #50

My favorite neighborhoods to look at are the oldest: Greenwich Village and the Flatiron district. Squinch Feb 2021 #51

I love old homes, even the less expensive ones have large elevated porches Blue_true Feb 2021 #58

There are modern buildings I like, as well the older styles electric_blue68 Feb 2021 #56

That mall looks as gaudy and Trump's trailer park NY apartment in the sky. NNadir Feb 2021 #12

Yep. Squarely w/in the tradition of "Dictator Chic" stuffmatters Feb 2021 #21

If I didn't know better.... paleotn Feb 2021 #29

"Worst taste since Caligula"? Bwah! 😆 electric_blue68 Feb 2021 #55

Don't understand Rebl2 Feb 2021 #14

Idea is to have office, residential, shopping, dining so you don't have to deal with New York City Klaralven Feb 2021 #33

Would only Rebl2 Feb 2021 #39

Certainly in the office and residential buildings. Klaralven Feb 2021 #44

Looks horrible Karma13612 Feb 2021 #15

Reminiscent of the open atrium stairwell design of the Capital District Psychiatric Center. Marcuse Feb 2021 #16

Looks like a paradise for safeinOhio Feb 2021 #17

this would have been awesome in the 1980s. Garion_55 Feb 2021 #18

It should have been a sports stadium Renew Deal Feb 2021 #19

Both the Yankees and Jets tried twice, and the Giants once. The Dodgers never tried, but.... George II Feb 2021 #26

Where is freedom in a planned development? bucolic_frolic Feb 2021 #20

Let the Housing Authority take it over Marcuse Feb 2021 #23

YES! You're playing my song! Karadeniz Feb 2021 #24

Eh... NYCHA had to do better w what it already handles first - unfortunately! 😑😡 electric_blue68 Feb 2021 #69

Where three people killed themselves in less than a year dalton99a Feb 2021 #25

Owner a Trumpite nwliberalkiwi Feb 2021 #27

I'm interested in outdoor design (as well as interior) What... electric_blue68 Feb 2021 #65

I actually saw this mall complex during Christmas holidays 2019 FakeNoose Feb 2021 #28

Built 35 years too late. paleotn Feb 2021 #30

don't forget "Xanadu", NJ's Meadowlands version of similar economic sinkhole... bringthePaine Feb 2021 #31

It was built for ED5 Visa investments edhopper Feb 2021 #32

This article begs the question of what the commercial real estate market will look like PatrickforO Feb 2021 #34

The cancer analogy is very apt. Cities are the ecological equivalent of tumors Klaralven Feb 2021 #35

Yes, thank you! Your elucidation is valuable - will the pandemic, coupled with new global PatrickforO Feb 2021 #36

The average person living in a big city has a smaller environmental footprint than anyone else. hunter Feb 2021 #38

But since there are so many more city/suburban dwellers, their collective impact is much greater Klaralven Feb 2021 #40

I live in a city. I 💖 Love MY City. Always room for... electric_blue68 Feb 2021 #48

I don't have a problem with cities, just with city people who can't see that they are the problem Klaralven Feb 2021 #49

" I don't have a problem with cities, just with city people who... electric_blue68 Feb 2021 #53

Oil wells were not built for cities. Maybe they serve suburbs. Blue_true Feb 2021 #52

Los Angeles is a city actually built on top of an oil field Klaralven Feb 2021 #54

I am an engineer. Blue_true Feb 2021 #57

And thank you electric_blue68 Feb 2021 #61

Excuse me? .... electric_blue68 Feb 2021 #59

Thank you electric_blue68 Feb 2021 #60

If I were Emperor, cities would be sealed under domes or built underground. Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2021 #47

Uh, no. 😑 electric_blue68 Feb 2021 #64

You now have incentive to make sure neither hunter (reply #38) nor I are made Emperor. Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2021 #66

I guess I'll have to keep an eye out then! 😉 electric_blue68 Feb 2021 #68

I've lived in rural, sometimes remote, areas all my life. Roisin Ni Fiachra Feb 2021 #76

The cancer analogy is bogus, nasty electric_blue68 Feb 2021 #67

In antiquity, cities were limited to about 1 million people Klaralven Feb 2021 #75

Completed just in time for the wrecking ball. jaxexpat Feb 2021 #37

the private developer got big tax breaks and incentives for the project. tax payers will lose also Demovictory9 Feb 2021 #63

Some how people who act in bad faith are elected to positions of power. Go figure. jaxexpat Feb 2021 #74

I'm sure the Invisible Hand of the Free Market will lower the prices of those condos krispos42 Feb 2021 #42

So my sis and I visited it in 2019... electric_blue68 Feb 2021 #70