Manhattan is an accumulation of possible disasters that never happen.
The areas of consensus shift unbelievably fast; the bubbles of certainty are constantly exploding.
Prada is extremely directed in terms of communicating what they like and what they don't like. That is actually extremely pleasant because it clarifies very easily what you can do and what you need to do.
The word 'celebrity' and the word 'architect' are basically incompatible.
You need to look at inequality as a typical condition of modern society.
The architecture per se isn't at fault. The more important factor, in my view, is the political neglect of these areas, which have essentially been cut off from other neighborhoods.