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UN breaks ground on intentionally 'ugly' temporary headquarters |
2008-05-09 |
![]() To make sure the temporary building on North Lawn doesn't become a permanent part of the U.N.'s landscape, the United Nations included its demolition in the project's $1.9 billion budget and, in a rather unorthodox move, intentionally designed it as an eyesore, according to Michael Adlerstein, the project's head architect. "It's going to be in the same style as a Costco or Wal-Mart," Mr. Adlerstein said. The ugly, pre-fab building will be used for U.N. meetings, and will house the Assembly, Security Council and staff from the Secretary-General's Executive Office. Other UN staff will be located in office space throughout the city. The long-delayed overhaul is expected to be completed in 2013. |
Posted by:ryuge |
#13 OZZY > SHHHHAAAAAAAARRRRRRRROOOOONNNNNN [Sharon]! "It was 'orrible, luv, I dreamt you were FLORENCE HENDERSON"! God' ole OZZY - right on the money! |
Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-05-09 21:18 |
#12 Isn't there some open space in Brussels, or Darfur, or Pyongyang... There's an impressive high-rise in Pyongyang that needs just a wee bit of work to finish. I think it would be perfect for the UN as a permanent new home. |
Posted by: xbalanke 2008-05-09 17:54 |
#11 I remember hearing about a woman in Chicago that found the John Hancock building so ulgy that she lived there so she would not have to look at it. |
Posted by: Cheadrehead 2008-05-09 17:26 |
#10 The demolition contract has been let to the USAF weapons teast unit at Eglin AFB |
Posted by: Cheadrehead 2008-05-09 17:24 |
#9 Is there any end to the abuses the New Yorkers will put up with from this organization? |
Posted by: rjschwarz 2008-05-09 15:29 |
#8 Heck, make it permanent. That way you know that any meetings there had a purpose. |
Posted by: gorb 2008-05-09 14:26 |
#7 Isn't there some open space in Brussels, or Darfur, or Pyongyang, or ... anyplace but here? |
Posted by: Rambler in California 2008-05-09 12:49 |
#6 Should have put it on a barge in the East River. Then we could have cut them loose. |
Posted by: Darrell 2008-05-09 11:34 |
#5 It makes perfect sense. The UN itself is intentionally ugly. Why shouldn't the building reflect that? |
Posted by: Mike 2008-05-09 09:19 |
#4 Couldn't they find a big surplus circus tent? |
Posted by: tu3031 2008-05-09 09:19 |
#3 Wow! Thanks for the quick fix. It now looks mah-velous -- unlike the Costco of Diplomacy evidently. |
Posted by: ryuge 2008-05-09 08:59 |
#2 I'm sure they're temporary, like the temporary buildings constructed during the Second World War that still populate many of our military bases today. |
Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-05-09 08:57 |
#1 LOL This image really put the squeeze on the first paragraph. It didn't look quite like this in the preview, nor does it here on the comment page. |
Posted by: ryuge 2008-05-09 07:04 |