scrapers, Louis Sullivan. An excellent example of this Chicago
architect���s work is on the north side of Bleecker Street between
Broadway and Lafayette. Until recently New York���s architecture
had been quite ordered and quite expected. But visit the refurbished Times Square area and one can begin to see a new
period in the city���s sky-scraper architecture. The imposing New
York Times and Bank of America buildings are notable, as is the
Hearst Building, its interior in particular. So is the Conde Nast
Building. And Frank Gehry���s newest residential tower downtown. On the subject of Gehry, Barry Diller���s Gehry designed
headquarters, sited next to the West Side Highway, is a beautiful
composition in glass. All the above provide shelter for home and
commerce in New York���s near vertiginous landscape.
Eliot Erwitt
New York City
(Empire State
Building)
1955
HYLAND
