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@elektrodeko @C20Society @WendysCity @dieterknickbock @PreservationTV @kimmelman @alanhait @w42st @wtb6chiny @cityblimp The battle to save the #StreamlineModern lobby of Raymond Hood's 1933 McGraw Hill Building lobby with its harmonious 1980 #PoMo ceiling by Valerian Rybar consumed months of my life—and tens of thousands of dollars in legal fees—and can be summarized in the following six tweets:

@elektrodeko @C20Society @WendysCity @dieterknickbock @PreservationTV @kimmelman @alanhait @w42st @wtb6chiny @cityblimp 1) The plea:

https://twitter.com/TedGrunewald/status/1365007844974673933

@elektrodeko @C20Society @WendysCity @dieterknickbock @PreservationTV @kimmelman @alanhait @w42st @wtb6chiny @cityblimp 2) The battle:

https://twitter.com/TedGrunewald/status/1435649276252758019

@elektrodeko @C20Society @WendysCity @dieterknickbock @PreservationTV @kimmelman @alanhait @w42st @wtb6chiny @cityblimp 3) The case:

https://twitter.com/TedGrunewald/status/1436313099368345626

@elektrodeko @C20Society @WendysCity @dieterknickbock @PreservationTV @kimmelman @alanhait @w42st @wtb6chiny @cityblimp 4) The outcome:

https://twitter.com/scdemark/status/1437947436723576834

@elektrodeko @C20Society @WendysCity @dieterknickbock @PreservationTV @kimmelman @alanhait @w42st @wtb6chiny @cityblimp 5) The villain:

https://twitter.com/TedGrunewald/status/1446821265432526860

@elektrodeko @C20Society @WendysCity @dieterknickbock @PreservationTV @kimmelman @alanhait @w42st @wtb6chiny @cityblimp 6) The replacement:

https://twitter.com/TedGrunewald/status/1443772321823694848

@elektrodeko @C20Society @WendysCity @dieterknickbock @PreservationTV @kimmelman @alanhait @w42st @wtb6chiny @cityblimp Despite months of pleading with @nytimes editors and with its Chief Architecture Critic, Michael @kimmelman—the Times *refused* to run a single article—which might have turned the dire situation around.

Our city—and the world—is poorer for its loss and its mediocre replacement.

@elektrodeko @C20Society @WendysCity @dieterknickbock @PreservationTV @kimmelman @alanhait @w42st @wtb6chiny @cityblimp @nytimes One year ago today...
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