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Manhattan Family Courthouse
60 Lafayette St
New York, NY.
09 August 2008
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60 Lafayette St. New York, NY.

Designed and built by Haines Lundberg Waehler in 1975 in the style called "brutalism" [1]. The original building was clad in shiny black granite and was often compared to the death star [2]. Poor engineering and construction led to a renovation, and facelift in 2006. The facade is now clad in new energy efficient materials. [3]

references:
1: A Brutalist Concrete Design Gives Way to Red Brick
December 4, 2008, New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/04/nyregion/04thennow.html
2: Wired New York
http://wirednewyork.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9601
3: Lightening up the court system
http://archrecord.construction.com/features/archives/0606feature-1.asp