The ceramic tubes on the exterior of the New York Times were not designed to assist activist, copycat, book promoting climbers, but as a sustainable architectural design to help cool the building. But with the ladder-like facade giving easy access to would be activists—three in the past five weeks—a decision was made to remove some of the ceramic, energy saving tubes, reducing the building’s environmental efficiency and making a mess of Renzo Piano’s original design. |CityRoom|