New York Times archicritic Michael Kimmelman has become the public spokesman for the anti-Madison Square Garden crowd, but he's not smitten with the pie-in-the-sky plans created by four mega architecture firms for the Municipal Arts Society. Kimmelman, you see, has much more practical aspirations: "This is not some architectural fantasy. It is not a design-driven issue. This is about the economic and physical health of the city and its citizens and the millions of people that come to the city. The project is not about architecture—it's about transit and safety. All of those plans, at their heart, for them to work, need to revolve around improvements to safety and transportation and to increase capacity." [Commercial Observer; previously]
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