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> On Mar 23, 2019, at 8:21 AM, Louis Proyect via Marxism
> wrote:
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> THE VESSEL IS REALLY A PERFECT NAME for the sixteen-story monument nestled in
> the midst of the now complete “neighborhood” (read: real estate scheme) of
> Hudson Yards, New York City. Designed by Thomas Heatherwick, one of
> architecture’s premier grifters, a man who should be banned internationally
> from using the term “parti,” the Vessel is composed of 154 flights of stairs,
> 2,500 steps, and 80 landings. Apparently the architect drew inspiration from
> an early experience with, to nobody’s surprise, an old staircase. The depth
> of architectural thinking at work here makes a kiddie-pool seem oceanic.
On the plus side, it’s going to be mighty satisfying to watch that giant
inverted prolapse get torn down some day.
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