I just realized (okay, I'm slow) that his vulgar '80s Trump Tower is built over the dead body of an Art Deco jewel, the flagship Bonwit Teller department store.
Not only that, but he deliberately had his (undocumented, underpaid) Polish workmen destroy the lovely carvings and grillwork rather than save them for the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Wanton destruction.
The guy's a barbarian.
Those of us who build, who design, who make art, have to push back against the forces of destruction... it's civilization against barbarism every day: whether the vandals are ISIS destroying archaeological sites in Palmyra or the Taliban dynamiting ancient Buddhas in Afghanistan "for religion", or greedy developers in NYC for a buck. Or book burners. Or political candidates who try to dismantle whole parties and, oh, free press and confidence in the election process. Those kinda guys.
Please, if you're undecided about voting, don't let this vandal near the White House.
Photo from the Department Store Museum
(More HERE at Art Watch International and HERE at the Department Store Museum.)
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