Though Philip Johnson and John Burgee’s 1984 AT&T Building is under consideration for landmark status, demolition is underway in the lobby, prompting an outcry from preservationists against not only the development and design teams, but also New York’s Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC).
The famed lobby—known for its historical finishes, monumental scale, and, until 1992, housing Evelyn Beatrice Longman’s statue nicknamed the “Golden Boy”—was rejected for protected status because of the absence of the statue, alterations, and “its diminished relationship to the overall design of the base,” according to a December 18 letter the LPC sent to preservationist Thomas Collins, who filed an application last fall to designate the lobby.
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