Posted 05/15/09 in Daily Intel
The Future
In Defense of Calatrava’s World Trade Center Hub
It may be over budget and behind schedule, but it shouldn't be dismissed.
Posted 03/27/09 in Daily Intel
Real Estate
1 WTC: A Return to Linguistic Normalcy
For far too long, the use of "freedom" has been a cheap rhetorical trick.
Posted 03/27/09 in Daily Intel
Real Estate
One World Trade Center, Now With Less Freedom
Marketers selling office space at ground zero have decided to ditch the name "Freedom Tower."
Posted 09/02/08 in Daily Intel
Company Town
Why Do Weather Reporters Need to Stand IN a Hurricane to Report on It?
Do we really need Anderson Cooper, Katie Couric, and Brian Williams in Louisiana when they could cover the hurricane and the RNC at the same time? Plus, all your daily finance, real estate, law, and media news.
Posted 08/22/08 in Daily Intel
Company Town
‘People’ Gets the Last Giggle Over Brangelina Baby Pics
Turns out the issue whose cover displayed little Vivienne and Knox sold 2.6 million copies, the fourth-largest selling issue of all time for the mag. Plus, the rest of our industry news roundup.
Posted 08/15/08 in Daily Intel
In Other News
World Trade Center Memorial and Museum to Cost $1 Billion
That's nearly $400 million more than the original estimate — and there will be a two-to-three-year delay, as well.
Posted 08/14/08 in Daily Intel
Intel
No New 9/11 Commission After All?
The director of an effort to reexamine the events of September 11, 2001, has failed to collect enough signatures to get on the November ballot.
Posted 07/17/08 in Daily Intel
Company Town
JPMorgan Chase Profits Fall 53 Percent
But they did better than analysts predicted. That, plus the latest on Hamptons real-estate prices, Condé Nast's upper echelons, and the "You go girl!" spinner, in our daily industry roundup.
Posted 07/08/08 in Daily Intel
Company Town
In China’s New York, Twin Towers Still Standing
Plus the latest from the Federal Reserve, Skadden, Condé Nast, and Warren Buffett, in today's industry report.
Posted 07/03/08 in Daily Intel
Intel
Port Authority Honcho Gunning for World Trade Center Bully Job?
In the PA director's report on delays and cost explosions at Ground Zero, he suggested that David Paterson appoint a "traffic cop" to manage all the different projects. We suspect he has someone particular in mind.
Posted 07/01/08 in Daily Intel
Company Town
Bonnie Fuller Made $2.4 Million in 2008, As AMI Faces Bleak Future
Plus, the latest on Lehman, Merrill, and ground zero in our daily industry report.
Posted 06/30/08 in Daily Intel
Developing
Port Authority About to Tell Us Whom to Blame for WTC Delays
A report is due out today citing seventeen to twenty causes for construction and planning setbacks.
Posted 06/17/08 in Daily Intel
Company Town
The Freedom Tower Has an Empty Dance Card
The Port Authority is offering it up for sale, according to the 'Post.' That, and more city news in our daily industry roundup.
Posted 05/12/08 in Daily Intel
In Other News
Port Authority Delays Could Put Money Back in Goldman's Pocket
The advance money that the investment bank set aside to pay for its lease on land in the financial district for a new tower might go right back into its pockets.
Posted 04/16/08 in Daily Intel
Developing
Bad News for Both of Santiago Calatrava's Lower-Manhattan Projects
Bureaucratic holdups and funding failures are slowing the Word Trade Center transit hub and have killed the starchitect's "Sky Cubes" residential tower.
Posted 03/13/08 in Daily Intel
Developing
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