stackyFACTSCapitalism really outdid itself here. Buildings like One Times Square don't actually function as office spaces anymore because renting to humans is for suckers. It’s significantly more profitable to just abandon the interior and plaster the exterior with glowing ads for fast fashion and terrible action movies.
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