Prayer hall or provocation? (5)
8/15/10 •
Barack Obama, the US president, spoke forcefully on Friday night in support of the proposed mosque and Islamic community centre near the site of the former World Trade Centre in New York that was destroyed in the September 11 attacks.
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The Lost Skyscrapers of Bygone New York (1)
7/29/10 •
IT is easy to point out the important skyscrapers on the New York skyline – like the Woolworth (1913), tallest in the world until 1930; the Chrysler (1930), the Art Deco masterpiece, and the Empire State (1931), which superseded the Chrysler as the tallest. But there are also buildings significant in the history of the skyscraper that one never sees on a walking tour or a Circle Line cruise – because they have been demolished.
Buying, By the Numbers (0)
7/28/10 •
Down the street from your place, another new condominium tower just sold out. Where on earth are all these people coming from? We found out.
Limestone Condo on Central Park Attracts Big Bucks, Needs Magic (0)
7/28/10 •
There is exactly one moment of idiosyncrasy in architect Robert A.M. Stern’s two-towered, limestone-clad, megabucks condo nearing completion at 15 Central Park West in Manhattan.
15 CPW unit asking more than twice its 2008 sale price goes into contract (0)
7/28/10 •
Yerim Sow, the Senegalese telecom mogul who paid $10.3 million for his 2,671-square-foot condo at ultra-luxe 15 Central Park West in 2008, re-listed the apartment, 36C, for a stunning $21 million a year-and-a-half later.
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8/15/10 •
Prayer hall or provocation?7/27/10 •
Silverstein breaks the silence in W.T.C. dispute7/26/10 •
The GiraSole | 305m | 1000ft | Preparation Fxfowle Architects7/26/10 •
Between The Bricks- The GiraSole7/26/10 •
50 WEST STREET IF IT’S NOT ONE THING, IT’S ANOTHER7/26/10 •
50 West Street7/10/10 •
Kohn Responds to WTC5 Criticisms6/27/10 •
NYC Super Talls List6/22/10 •
‘Building’ momentum- Progress on all WTC sites – at last.6/22/10 •
Same tower, different floors

