It’s Been Called the ‘Sistine Chapel of the New Deal.’ Don’t Destroy It (New York Times)
It’s Been Called the ‘Sistine Chapel of the New Deal.’ Don’t Destroy It.
The rare murals in the Cohen Federal Building celebrate vital American values of dignity and community. Now they could meet the same fate as the White House’s East Wing.
The November news photographs were startling: Jurassic-looking demolition cranes had just ripped up the East Wing of the White House.
Why did this happen? Because the current occupant of what has been sometimes referred to as “The People’s House” wanted to add a $400 million ballroom to the premises. And the site of the East Wing is where it will fit.
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You get the idea. The Great Destroyer, unleashed by our current president, is near, its awful jaws opened wide, its appetite insatiable. As it approaches, the thuds of its footsteps rumble through the subsoil. The metallic clanking of gears, the diesel-powered roar of its voice terrifies the clerks working nearby.
— Holland Cotter, New York Times
The Cohen building trembles as if it were a living thing, aware of its impending doom, already foreshadowed by what happened to its ancient friend, the East Wing of the Whitehouse.