It's probably a good thing that many of Ed Koch's biggest building plans went unrealized, archicritic Justin Davidson argues. "In Times Square, Koch?backed a monstrous plan for a two-block merchandise mart and a quartet of grim towers by Philip Johnson and John Burgee," he wanted Moshe Safdie's tower design in Columbus Circle, and he supported the Westway?all three failed projects. "He had fine instincts and terrible taste." [NYM; previously]
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