Posted on 10/20/2016 10:57:10 AM PDT by Lorianne
At last someone writes of Trump’s accomplishments. I’ve only been around the outside of the bulding so far, but it is gorgeously done. Can’t wait to visit the interior.
“Trump’s properties say something about the man. His buildings and renovations are explicit rejections of modernism, and wherever possible, represent a return to the classical forms of beauty.”
In other words, he is in this regard conservative: He conserves what is of lasting value.
nice
I’m quite sure that building is a landmark, on the Natl Registry of historical buildings. They’ve tried over the years to make it work but it’s taken The Donald to make maximize what it is capable of being, just a magnificent building.
We keep downtown offices a few blocks away and I hope to take a walk over there one day to see what he’s done. Not that I can afford to stay there, or probably even have a drink in its restaurants or bard. But maybe I can just walk thru.
Richardsonian Romanesque.
H. H. Richardson’s influence over a 100 year period is hard to overstate. From a day when public buildings evoked a sense of majesty
When does it officially open?
It’s Been opn since September, I believe. You should see the doorman in livery with white gloves!
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