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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Anyone know if the bus depot is indeed replacing the Lord and Taylor? I know it was in discussion. Still holding out hope that it could be something better... [/quote]

There's a landmark application pending for the Lord & Taylor site.  L&T will be redeveloped, but design review will ensure that it does not become a bus depot.[/quote]

What makes you think that it will pass through to become a landmark?

It is a mediocre example of suburban department store design, totally cookie cutter with no other redeeming architectural value.[/quote]

I wish they had landmarked mazza. I can't believe it was razed and none of that amazing marble surfacing was preserved. The carbon cost of all this development (razing and rebuilding massive new structures) is shocking. We are not as environmental as we'd like to think. [/quote]

This.  The developer of “Upton Place” at 4000 Wisconsin razed all the but the basement of this large structure instead of stripping it to its concrete and steel skeleton.  Probably thousands of dump trucks of debris went to landfills, not to mention all of the carbon emissions.  Awful for the environment.[/quote]

Modern construction is essentially disposable. Modern concrete and steel will not stand the test of time. Rust and spalling get them all sooner then later. If you want buildings to last, copy the buildings that have lasted. Make them simple reusable shapes, out of versatile material and then make them beautiful so people will actually care about them. [/quote]

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