The rendering of the building at the corner of Smith Street and Second Place is hardly alone as an example of artifice trumping actuality. Here are some other examples:
Photo by Tom Callan
500 Fourth
500 Fourth Ave.
The real deal fails to recapture the supernatural glow of the rendering, which appears to be a modern-day Valhalla.
500 Fourth Ave.
The real deal fails to recapture the supernatural glow of the rendering, which appears to be a modern-day Valhalla.
Photo by Tom Callan
The Edge
22 N. Sixth St.
There’s public access but no pier just yet.
22 N. Sixth St.
There’s public access but no pier just yet.
Photo by Tom Callan
Novo
343 Fourth Ave.
The rendering’s heavenly incandescence is replaced with real world banality. There’s a lot fewer trees and balcony shrubbery.
343 Fourth Ave.
The rendering’s heavenly incandescence is replaced with real world banality. There’s a lot fewer trees and balcony shrubbery.
Photo by Tom Callan
