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Did you know... that New York City's Olympic Tower was meant to reflect
St. Patrick's Cathedral but instead gave the city "the back of its hand"?
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ALT2:... that
Morris Lapidus begged for two years to design New York City's Olympic Tower(pictured), only to be fired after a special
zoning district was created in the nearby area? Source: Stern, Robert A. M.; Mellins, Thomas; Fishman, David (1995). New York 1960: Architecture and Urbanism Between the Second World War and the Bicentennial. New York: Monacelli Press.
Length and history verified. All online refs verified, rest taken in GF.
No copyright issues. Images good. Only issue is that in ALT1, reference shows it was not the
Robert F. Wagner Jr. who was mayor, but rather
his son, who was never mayor but at the relevant time chaired the city's Planning Commission. The hook needs to be so amended.
Daniel Case (
talk)
04:38, 25 July 2021 (UTC)reply