The world famous landmark is set to be modernized by U.S. architect Michael Adlerstein, who was responsible for the restoration of the Statue of Liberty.
"U.S. architect Michael Adlerstein, who has helped renovate buildings ranging from the Statue of Liberty to the Taj Mahal, will take over the lagging project to restore U.N. headquarters, the United Nations said on Monday.
Adlerstein, a New Yorker, will be the new executive director of the so-called capital master plan, a $1.88 billion plan to modernize the iconic 55-year-old skyscraper overlooking Manhattan's East River, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced.
The job has been vacant a year since real estate veteran Louis Frederick Reuter, also American, quit after 10 months in frustration at what he called the difficulty of working within the U.N. system and lack of support from major nations, including the United States.
The blue-tinted glass and steel 38-story structure, whose original architects included France's Le Corbusier, has been increasingly showing its age."
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