The New York Times Virtual Tour

Nicolai Ouroussoff is correct about the institutional exterior feeling of the New York Building with the rods, steel beams, and grayness of it.  But I did find the atrium to be rather beautiful with the birch trees and green mossy ground cover.  It added a bit of serenity to the interior and made it feel a bit organic.

The interior design colors are not user-friendly to me.  Why make the stairs a focal point?  Red is not one of my favorite in interior design.  My new house came with a red dining room wall as a focal piece that I immediately painted a lovely cilantro green.  In the cafeteria it is fine.  Red does induce a sense of hunger in a person.  But not the stairs..... you are paying attention to those more than you are the action and buzz of the newsroom,

The building does look a bit "sexier" at night with the lights gleaning off of the structure and surrounding area.  I'm still partial to the original building.  Neo-gothic to me is way cooler than urban sleek.