Quote Originally Posted by kryptonite View Post
In the 80's and 90's I was in the Whitney Bldg fairly often. I actually like it as much as the Guardian Bldg or Fisher Bldg. It doesn't have the dimensions that the larger buildings have but the white marble and light coming in through the atrium, it's such a charmer of a buildling.

Luckily I read that some renovation of the exterior will be part of the project. Whoever updated the exterior in the 1960s did not do the building any favors.
They did in fact say that restoring the building's decorative cornice will be part of the renovation, but my curiosity is more surrounding the rest of the facade. In the 1959 renovation, they also removed decorative pieces above the 5th floor windows, as well as a couple stories worth of decoration near the top of the building, beneath the cornice. Looking at the building now, the brick that was added in these spots as part of the renovation is noticably lighter than the original. My wonder is whether or not all of this will be restored, or if just the cornice along with the building's decorative nameplate will be restored. Time will tell.