That’s stupid. Then it would just stand there and be an eyesore for many years during a long litigation process. Look at one seaport 
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Exactly. Love it or hate it, but another vacant project is the last thing we need.
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They reduced the number of apts to 36 so I guess they will all be duplex.
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26* units, all of the units are duplexes, but for the top which is a quadruplex with a private pool on the top terrace under the crown.
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A demolition would be good
just for visibility.
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Considering how much these skinny towers sway in the wind it will be interesting to see if water sloshes out of the pool on windy days.
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My eyes were drawn to the tipped-over construction vehicle. I wonder how that got there.
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This has to be the worst “artwork” in modern history.
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The art world is a fragile bubble…a giant glass wrecking ball that would shatter just by looking at it the wrong way. If I were a critic (and I am) I would call this one 'A Swing, and a Miss"
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Especially amusing if you read the placard describing the artist as “very important”. 
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What people call “art” these days is interesting (and sometimes sad). Somehow a toppled crane is “art”. I don’t get it.
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Marcel Duchamp started the use of everyday objects as art with The Fountain in 1917. It shook up the stuffiness of the art world and has commanded attention ever since. Walk through any major museum today and you will find major works by famous artists that use common objects. Much, but certainly not all, of it is very interesting, at least to me. That sort of reaction, of course, describes the reactions of many people to various sorts of objectsi in museums and on the street.
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Duchamp was daring in his time, but most modern attempts fall flat (as evidenced above). In a field dominated by men, Meret Oppenheim always takes home the prize IMO. https://www.moma.org/collection/works/80997
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She certainly is very good. But casting off Duchamp is a bit heavy. His stuff spawned an enormous spate of great work including hers. He was a notable forerunner. And that showed recently as Sotheby’s auctioned off In Advance of the Broken Arm for just over $3,000,000. It is simply a snow shovel hanging from a wire attacked to the ceiling. Funny and pathbreaking.
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On the surface it looks like they’re making more progress here now with the façade installation.
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