Erasing Lefcourt: Historic Art Deco ceiling ripped out of 1928 building
The loss of the glorious Art Deco ceiling of Manhattan’s Lefcourt Clothing Center is just another loss in the rags-to-riches-to-oblivion tale of Lefcourt himself.
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The stupid symbolism of the new World Trade Center
The new World Trade Center’s symbolic height is wrongheaded, jingoistic, and ultimately embarrassing.