press releases for gentrified developments are all like "this is a sympathetic update of a classic building in a timeless style with thoughtful yet bold additions to support a modern lifestyle" and then the attached picture looks like this:

we are in the era of architecture where designers are all over all the things they *can* do but aren& #39;t stopping to really think about what they *should* do

either that or they& #39;re taking direction from billionaires with appalling taste, who& #39;s to really say

just saying that there& #39;s a reason why New York& #39;s skyline still (despite 432 Park Avenue and the Hudson Yards trying hard to ruin it) has a level of majestic charm to it while London& #39;s skyline, which is much more modern, is a constant gamut of "what is that is that a phallus"