Most skyscrapers were controversial at first, for their design or for blocking treasured views of an older London landmark such as St Paul's.
"Such construction would seriously affect one of the most unspoiled areas of the Hudson River, including treasured views from the Cloisters Museum and Gardens, and also have a negative environmental impact on the region," the fund said in a release Tuesday.
I treasure the view from my window, but the minute I measure the landscape as potential building land it goes on the endangered list.
If I could treasure just one view of the Statue of Liberty, it would be from the third floor of the Museum of Jewish Heritage in the southernmost of Battery Park City's subparks, this one named for Robert Wagner Jr.
Pryor Dodge, a bike collector and historian in Manhattan who has lent widely to museums, envisions his treasures on view near urban sports facilities.
Made in 1400, the ring is the earliest of the 60 treasures on view in "Splendour and Power" which just opened at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge.
The vast state of ancient Thrace included modern Bulgaria, and all their recently excavated treasures on view are the property of the Archeological Museum of Sofia.
The treasures on view include works by some of the 20th century's greatest and should beguile the most jaded Met-goer (Glueck).
"I'm sure a lot of treasure hunters view this decision with alarm," he said, "but they should have known it was coming".
The treasures on view include works by some of the 20th century's greatest: Bonnard, Braque, Chagall, de Chirico, Derain, Gris, Leger, Matisse, Miro, Modigliani and Picasso, in an animated arrangement that should beguile the most jaded Met-goer.
