![“Mr. Gehry’s building, by contrast [with the Freedom Tower], doesn’t try to dominate the skyline. Its aims (beyond the obvious commercial ones) are comparatively modest: to celebrate the joy that can come out of creative freedom and, by extension, to reassert the individual’s place within a larger social framework. His interest lies in the clashing voices that give cities their meaning; it is democratic at heart.”
Forget about the uninspired writing (and the nice building): how does this tallest luxury apartment building in New York get called “democratic at heart”?](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lgkt8myjx61qzm42eo1_500.jpg)
“Mr. Gehry’s building, by contrast [with the Freedom Tower], doesn’t try to dominate the skyline. Its aims (beyond the obvious commercial ones) are comparatively modest: to celebrate the joy that can come out of creative freedom and, by extension, to reassert the individual’s place within a larger social framework. His interest lies in the clashing voices that give cities their meaning; it is democratic at heart.”
Forget about the uninspired writing (and the nice building): how does this tallest luxury apartment building in New York get called “democratic at heart”?
