"He also envisioned buildings themselves as objects of Minimalist art that reflected Rockefeller's personal taste, for better or for worse."
It's about the history of the Empire State Plaza and it's by Paul Grondahl, so that's probably all you need to know. But it also includes a bunch of interesting bits all gathered in one place: about the sheer size of the construction job, the rivalry between Rockefeller and Corning, the unusual financial arrangement that funded the project, and the anger some people still feel about it. [518 Life/TU]
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