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Article: LETTER FROM NEW YORK.
- Article from:
- The Architectural Review
- Article date:
- November 1, 1999
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As the great economic boom in the United States continues to roar on, American cities, particularly New York, are being transformed, and not usually for the better. What had been one of the few American cities with a delicate downtown is being radically altered in scale, mix and quality of detailing. Michael Sorkin explains how one of the most desirable parts of Manhattan is being transmogrified and degraded before his eyes.
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