While his peers were building Modernist towers, the architect Joseph Pell Lombardi devoted his life to restoring beautiful old buildings. The 84-year-old is still converting offices into family housing, driven by what he calls “the magic of the past.”
It's crazy how many gorgeous, historic buildings got torn down to build some ugly ass brutalist bullshit around the 1960s. I'm sorry but I just don't trust the taste of a culture that ate savory Jello for dinner.
