Architecture CodeX: #10 The Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza by Harrison and Abramovitz

[@aronc24]

It was so hard to find a good video on this! As someone who visited and was in awe of the complex, I had to know more.

[@architecturecodex9818]

Glad this helped. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@_xxClaudiaxx_]

I think its beautiful

[@architecturecodex9818]

Then we agree, but we are a minority. Thanks for watching!

[@chefjono]

Similar to how the New City Hall faces off to the Baroque Old City Hall in Toronto

[@architecturecodex9818]

I like that as well.

[@stickynorth]

Personally the capital needed a bit of monumentalism and modernity and I am glad they were built, even as a large sterile complex straight out of Star Wars as it was so well put. Are they out of place? Of course but that was the point... The rest of the city can remain historic and quaint but a capital city of this supposed importance needs to look the part. Same thing happened in Edmonton when they decided to turn 108 Street into a monumental axis... All the small-scale buildings and boulevard trees were replaced by sterile modernist architecture and blank plazas, though not to any real negative degree. The goal was visibility of "The Dome" along major corridors and it works...

[@architecturecodex9818]

not familiar with what happened at Edmonton, but now I am curious

[@trendingwwwandw]

❤️🌹very interest❤️🌹very interesting video..... 👍2 Thanks for sharing :)❤️🌹i

[@architecturecodex9818]

Thanks for visiting

[@Orthodoge]

What a monstrosity

[@architecturecodex9818]

Most people feel that way. I am not as harsh.