Lord Foster’s 270 Park is not boring, as was the case with the earlier building at the site. The question is whether it is interesting enough.

Their provisional nature has ensured that, if they are indeed architecture, they are bad architecture.

A thrilling continuum begins to emerge as you descend from the High Line into Hudson Yards before reaching the Moynahan station between Eighth and Ninth avenues.

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JAMES GARDNER