I refer to the grotesque disfigurement of the landmarked Palace Theater at 47th Street and Broadway, humbled by developer and corporate greed, and a totally corrupt, feckless regulatory structure.
A new tourist-targeted behemoth is being allowed to engulf the Palace and literally hoist it 30 feet in the air, reducing it to a ignominious tenant in a vast retail complex. This continues the violation of the Palace begun when Landmarks allowed the low-rise office tower that was an original part of the 1913 construction to be razed.
It’s as if the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission has become an adjunct of the Buildings dept.
LPC Chair Sarah Carroll must resign.