Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'wall'
June 15, 2008
Recently Metro examined the neglected transverse walls of Central Park. The transverses, the sunken crosstown roads designed by Calvert Vaux and Frederick Law Olmsted, "cut from schist, leaving rock outcroppings or stones set in rough-hewn walls" are crumbling before our eyes. The walls, noted as "neglected and abused" in a 1989 Times Article, have had loose rocks fall onto 97th Street, so a company was dispatched to remedy the problem. However, community members found that......
Continue Reading "When Central Park's Walls Come Tumblin' Down"March 27, 2008
Photograph by wallyg on Flickr Earlier this year, six-floor 600 Broadway, at the corner of Houston, was sold for $71 million. While the Pottery Barn was a reported casualty, there might be another: The huge DKNY painted sign on the side of the building. WWD reports DKNY lost the right to use the wall this month. Clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch will be moving into the building with a 40,000 square square foot store......
Continue Reading "DKNY's Soho Wall in Jeopardy"
