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Originally Posted by Sloper
Been to both The Shed Griffin theater and McCourt past few days (Norma Jean Baker of Troy & Bjork) - lobby is excellent, venues as well, very impressed. Escalator areas are uninspired though, like an afterthought.
The mall on the other hand - blech, could be any upscale suburb. At least it has a Muji.
Absolutely love the way The Shed interacts with the base of 15, though I would be pretty disappointed if I paid all that moolah for a pad and had to use the almost depressing residential entrance, from the lowest point of the site next to a service drive and 11th Av.
Overall though, I'd say there are a lot of missed opportunities at HY. I'm very mixed on the whole thing so far. Hoping that the completed Highline section will add some interest.
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yep totally agree. i have been to the shed on opening day and for the richter reich thing. its pretty cool, but yes getting up and down inside it is not well done (same for up and down in the mall). we are going to bjork on the last night and to the dragon spring wuxa wire-fu thing in july. the mall is a generic upscale mall, albeit with fancy restaurants i guess and a ridiculous art space. muji and uniqlo is about all it can do for me.