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One Madison Park- Buyers Rough It In Condo Tower Left Unfinished

Every day a hardy band of pioneers enters a luxury tower in New York’s Flatiron neighborhood through a narrow opening in a wall of blue plywood and scaffolding on 23rd Street, like patrons of a peep show or a late night underground club. Continue reading

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Memorial museum at Ground Zero will not focus on bin Laden

Visitors to the 9/11 memorial museum will see a wall of photos of the nearly 3,000 victims. They will hear recorded personal accounts of where people were that fateful day. And they will stand near archaeological remnants of the toppled Twin Towers. Continue reading

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At 80, the Empire State Building strikes back

It is so obvious, so cliché and so visible that visiting the Empire State Building gets, ironically, overlooked. Like the single slice meal, blue Yankee cap and yellow cab, the skyscraper is in the city’s DNA, so familiar you feel as if you have been there even if you have never stepped foot on the observation deck. Continue reading

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MAJOR PROGRESS MADE BUILDING THE WTC TRANSPORTATION HUB

Major progress has been made in recent months to build the signature Santiago Calatrava-designed World Trade Center Transportation Hub, including the construction of sweeping arches that will form the Hub’s mezzanine level. Continue reading

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Stainless German corners for One World Trade Center

A new landmark is currently being built in New York: the One World Trade Center. The corners of the skyscraper’s facade will be edged with stainless steel made in Germany. Continue reading

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