Gothamist: Best Use of Hotels in a Metaphor About a Publishing Company

Getting pissed off

Tue, 06 Jun 2006 16:46:49 -0500

The mismatch is completely intentional, but people who have a little architectural sense in them do realize that. Maybe people should start looking at the lifeless residential developments (or bunny cages!!) in which they are living before being so condemning about commercial buildings that are actually designed with an architectural purpose...

s

Tue, 06 Jun 2006 12:22:37 -0500

While the Hearst Building is exceedingly ugly, its two styles completely mismatched, the ugliest high profile building in New York is the Westin Hotel in Times Square. Someone please fly a 747 into that thing.

Not pissed off at the world

Tue, 06 Jun 2006 11:32:52 -0500

I disagree. The contrast between the extruded building and the old one is perfectly designed.

i.m. pissed

Tue, 06 Jun 2006 00:56:09 -0500

hands down the ugliest building in nyc today. what an abomination to a classic facade.

dw438

Mon, 05 Jun 2006 19:01:42 -0500

Hotels? Too bad. If it were written for some other outlet than the Times, could have used a few other Citizen Kane references too. Sometimes a sled can just be a sled ....

Jen

Mon, 05 Jun 2006 18:34:53 -0500

During the 1980s, Hearst was one of my mom's clients, so she would go to the Hearst Mansion on 57th frequently...when I pointed out the new Sir Norman Foster addition, she was pretty amazed. A good recent movie about William Hearst: The Cat's Meow, with Kirsten Dunst.