Inga Saffron weighs in on the controversial redesign of New York’s 2 Columbus Circle, and finds the whole thing disconcerting. “It’s a conscientious if unspectacular effort. Yet it’s impossible to forget that this decorous little tower was once something flamboyant, fun, and maybe even a little foolish… Its demise reminds us how little our society tolerates the weird, even in a metropolis like New York.”