Nicolai Ouroussoff on the end of one of architecture’s most delirious eras: Nowhere was that poisonous cocktail of vanity and self-delusion more visible than in Manhattan.  Although some important cultural projects were commissioned, this era will probably be remembered as much for its vulgarity as its ambition.  NYT.

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