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Why the World’s Tallest Jail in New York City Is So Controversial
A Brutalist structure and Art Deco monolith—together known colloquially as The Tombs—aren’t the first jails to preside over downtown Manhattan. Towering above a senior center and a leafy ...
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How the Empire State Building Observatory became No. 1
The 1,472-foot Art Deco landmark of stone and steel dominates ... the “World’s Most Famous Building” is both myth and monolith. This alone could not have explained what happened last June ...