Tribune Tower column in its unconventional use of that eternal and indefatigable classical theme". When 60 Wall Street was completed, The Wall Street Journal said 60 Wall Street's "flashy exterior" contrasted with the typically "conservative Morgan image", the latter of which was exemplified in the stone exterior of 23 Wall Street. Goldberger implied that the building was able to "reinvigorate historical form with modern meaning". Goldberger maintained the relatively unpopular view that 60 Wall Street had been sneaked between 40 Wall Street and 70 Pine Street, which he deemed "two of the most celebrated skyscrapers from the last golden age of the lower Manhattan skyline". The fifth edition of the AIA Guide to New York City described the building as "a hulk, out of step with the gracefully air-cooled slender-spired skyscrapers nearby". Goldberger compared the atrium to "the center of a shopping mall without the stores", calling the design "discordant and falsely sweet". Jerold Kayden criticized the original design of the atrium, saying that the color and lighting system conveyed the feel of "an antiseptic pall" and that "If anything, the space has overtones of a New York City white-tiled subway station or a stage set for an English garden." A reporter for The Village Voice said it "has the homey feel of a town hall-bus station hybrid". However, when 60 Wall Street's renovation was announced in 2021, many preservationists protested, and Goldberger spoke in favor of keeping the lobby. In a 2022 interview with the Times, Goldberger said: "As time has gone on, I realize it’s one of the few significant interiors" in New York City designed in the 1980s. The same year, Christopher Bonanos of New York wrote that the lobby "is exuberant, a little ridiculous, and threatened with a deadening renovation". See also List of tallest buildings in New York City List of tallest buildings in the United States References Notes Citations Sources External links Deutsche Bank Financial District, Manhattan Office buildings completed in 1989 Postmodern architecture in New York City Privately owned public spaces Roche-Dinkeloo buildings Skyscraper office buildings in Manhattan Wall Street Bank buildings in Manhattan 1989 establishments in New York City