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What was the hip-roofed building that was replaced by the refrigerator?
Well… point taken, but a fairer comparison would have been a contemporary photo rather than a mashup.
In terms of “skyline” (meaning buildings), the second pic also has the trees hiding the bottom half of the remaining historic buildings and the shorter historic buildings (if they remain), which provide the “streetwall” which makes the first pic look “urban”.
Great photos – not to be an expert or anything, but this is outside my office (i’m next to the refrigerator building (GM building) and the two photos are taken from very different distances (opposite sides of Gapstow Bridge). Still beautiful for sure. The building that was replaced by the GM building is the old Savoy Plaza Hotel which fronted Grand Army Plaza, with the Sherry-Netherland to the north and the Plaza hotel across the plaza. Grand Army Plaza itself is undergoing a formidable redesign/rehabilitation (a project I am leading) and will once-again establish the Plaza as the grand entrance into the park it once was. I have some fantastic historic images of the space if you’re interested Gordon!
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Love to get some of those photos, Stephen, and some of the ideas for the redesign.
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