Page Six's Chris Wilson dredges more dirt on David Childs' new Freedom Tower design, claiming that fellow starchitect Robert A. M. Stern is annoyed about the resemblance between the Freedom Tower design and Stern's unbuilt Comcast Center in Philadelphia (right). "I'm aware of the resemblance and I'm surprised and flattered," Stern told the Post. Next up: representatives from Kohn Pedersen Fox begin picketing the SOM offices over their own outrage, and that Yale architecture student goes on a rampage through the quiet streets of New Haven. Architecture: live the dream!
· Built of 'Steal' [NYPost]
· Comcast Center Renderings [Emporis]
· Freedom Tower: Trump's Sloppy Seconds? [Curbed]
· Childs Makes Convincing Case He Didn't Steal Freedom [Curbed]
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