yesterday there was a public hearing for the City Planning Commission regarding the fate of the Hines developed tower next door to the MoMA at 53 West 53rd street. Architect Jean Nouvel was on hand (a special note informed the reader that he was dressed in all black) to defend his project, one that he described as "career defining for any architect." In my opinion, this seems like a well concieved and beautiful tower, that would become one of the tallest in the city. The Planning Commission is likely to agree, according to the report, they are most concerned that this project will go the way of Atlantic Yards, and the beautiful project as approved will transform into an ugly economical mess.interestingly, there was another architect invited who presented an alternative, more "community friendly" project that he devised at his own cost. It seems he hopes to provide an alternative to the beautiful architecture that he trashed with the forseen prize of some developer somewhere else deciding that his speculative project deserves to be built. but its U.G.L.Y.
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