The Gray Lady’s New Grayish Monster

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The New York Times‘s new home — a 52-storey skyscraper designed by Renzo Piano — officially opened last week. Although I find the interiors quiet and sleek, the exterior strikes me from every sightline in mid-Manhattan as cold and forbidding, and not in an interesting “Blade Runner” kind of way. Here’s a much more positive take on the building.

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