There is an article in last weeks New York Magazine (the one with McCain on the cover) detailing a renovation of a west village town house. The renovation designed by Steven Harris, a very talented architect, took an original house and completey changed it. What was once a sweet typical west village town house is now a modern huge building that has absolutely no relation to it surroundings. I have great respect for design and architecture and, truth be known, think the new design is gorgeous but I mourn the loss of the original house. Was it really necessary to lose all details of the original house? The house, granted, was in desperate need of work and some serious love but to take it this far seems ludicrious and disrespectful to the history of New York.
The house was bought by an investor for 3 million and then put back on the market for 10 million. Am I the only one that thinks this is crazy? Soon New York will only be for the rich and quickly all that was once wonderful will be gone.