Landmark West!, an upper west side preservation group, is holding a hearing on Thursday to protest the city's refusal to hold a hearing to consider 2 Columbus Circle as an official landmark. (Got it?) Celebrities may or may not be there -- the text isn't entirely clear. But what is clear is that the preservationists are totally about self-reliance, declaring in bold, block letters across their flyer [pdf via Massengale],
THE PEOPLE WILL HOLD THEIR OWN!Phew. We thought we were going to have to hold Tom Wolfe's, which would have just been too surreal.
· 'People's Hearing for 2 Columbus Circle [Veritas et Venustas]
· Tilting at Windmills at 2 Columbus Circle [Curbed]
· Court Clears Way for New 2 Columbus Circle [Curbed]