Submitted by Ekayani, Feb 1, 2007 09:18

Eye catching subject and hope that one of the last bits of Old New York are preserved. Must we raise everything? Can the developer not find it in his heart and use his brain creatively to be pro-landmark? The Variety Theatre on 2nd Avenue has recently been raised to the ground as a new "luxury" tower goes up. If the developer had been smart,(NYU!) they would have preserved The Variety which would have given endless "cache" for the luxury tower. Imagine tower residents actually going downstairs to patronize and support human culture! It would certainly beat another movie cineplex and would give the residents truely new vistas not to mention employing actors, stage crews, set and lighting designers. I seem to remember air rights being used in other parts of the city instead of just raising structures. My dear corporations disguised as "educational institutions" and everything in between, EVERYTHING does not belong to you. As for Gene Kaufman, he seems to know little about architecture. Maybe he should go into another line of work? Learn to work with the rest of us and watch your world be enriched in more ways than one. Ekayani New York, NY

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