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Re: Is it possible not to over-restore? (South Street Seaport, e.g.)
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Met History <[log in to unmask]>
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BP - "Infarct a Laptop Daily"
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Sat, 25 Mar 2000 18:20:07 EST
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<< Both he [Jan Pokorny] and Jack Beyer - who is now doing further work on
 Schermerhorn Row - say that the 1983 restoration was fine, and neither would
 do it any different today, if given the opportunity. >>

Mark, I don't discount your opinion that such an over-restoration may be the
result of the Myth of Super-Architect.  But is it possible that both Jan
Pokorny and Jack Beyer (the principal of a separate firm, Beyer Blinder
Belle) see the completed building in a wholly different way?    ---
Christopher

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