>>213014780 (OP)>"what if we take one of the poorest parts of NY, and make them so expensive that only the rich can live there?"-Every leftist NY mayor ever and their banker masters.
No matter how much they claim to care about the poor, they get richer and the poor get poorer with fewer places to live under their "leadership." That area where that structure called "Vessel" is was called Hudson Yards, and used to be one of the most affordable areas of NY. Not any more. It competes with 5th Avenue and Billionaire's Row for being one of the most expensive now.
>>213014968The purpose of modern architecture is to remove all "whiteness" and create "neutral space" so those peoples from cultures that didn't even fucking try to get on our level don't have to feel insecure. Even "modern" has to submit to this rule, which is why fast food restaurants went from being happy-fun pleasant places to being dull and ugly. Can't have some 3rd-worlder feel bad by seeing the fact of a white clown in a red-and-yellow costume after they chose on their own to go where the white people are.