60 Wall Street's Lobby Is Ridiculous and Deserves to Be Saved

A daily mix of stories about cities, city life, and our always evolving neighborhoods and skylines. [Curbed]( TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 PRESERVATION WATCH [60 Wall Street’s Lobby Is Weird and Ridiculous and Deserves to Be Saved]( The Landmarks hearing today is a make-or-break day. Photo: Can Pac Swire/Flickr It’s coming down to the wire for the lobby at 60 Wall Street, [everyone’s favorite over-the-top postmodern atrium](. Its papyrus-stalk columns, an interpretation of the Egyptian Revival aesthetic that had [blossomed a few years earlier]( in marble and granite and latticework the color of [Bolivian flake](, are a fantastical relic of the time when architects had once again begun to muse, Well, how about let’s try decorating it?, after 20 years of stripped-back modernism. This privately owned public space, or POPS, is exuberant, a little ridiculous, and threatened with a deadening renovation. The Paramount Group real-estate trust, the building’s newish owner, has declared its intention to rip out the 1989 Kevin Roche treatment and Apple Store–ify it into plain white submission. Ditto the chunky gray granite columns outside at the base of the façade, which were intended to echo the ones at the top of the building but are slated to be reclad in squared-off beige limestone. [Continue reading »]( Want more on city life, real estate, and design? [Subscribe now]( for unlimited access to Curbed and everything New York. [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( The Latest [The Trump Organization Says Kris Jenner–Fronted ‘Business School’ Is Squatting An elite scammer-versus-scammer situation.]( By Clio Chang [Second Time Around in Kips Bay Aamir Khandwala and Atif Toor’s refreshed their postwar co-op. I wrote about the last refresh too.]( By Wendy Goodman [The Central Park Supertall With a $250 Million Penthouse Extell CEO Gary Barnett is done settling for less!]( By Kim Velsey [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Read More From Curbed]( If you enjoyed reading Curbed’s daily newsletter, forward it to a friend. Or [sign up for our Design Hunting newsletter]( for a visual diary from design editor Wendy Goodman. [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe](param=curbed) | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, 12th Floor Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2022, All rights reserved