The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission held a lengthy hearing last week on a plan by Dr. Axel Stawski to erect a 9-story, 23-unit luxury condominium development at 27 Wooster Street on the southwest corner at Grand Street in the SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District. The site now occupied by a parking lot.
The discussion quickly evolved into an "ideological debate" over context and contemporary architecture.
The discussion quickly evolved into an "ideological debate" over context and contemporary architecture.
Architecture Critic
Carter Horsley
Since 1997, Carter B. Horsley has been the editorial director of CityRealty. He began his journalistic career at The New York Times in 1961 where he spent 26 years as a reporter specializing in real estate & architectural news. In 1987, he became the architecture critic and real estate editor of The New York Post.
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