For an example of an analogous mistake, consider the glory of the Municipal Building's relationship to the Brooklyn Bridge—the way it formed an elegant welcome to Manhattan-bound crossers. Alas, someone had the poor taste to authorize the Verizon building. Such things are rarely reversible.
Photograph of Manhattan from the Brooklyn Bridge, c. 1917 (left) courtesy the Times Newsweekly, Queens, N.Y. Contemporary view (right) © Edward Sudentas, courtesy Wired New York.
