According to a new audit, the Port Authority is “dysfunctional” and like the MTA, particularly irresponsible when it comes to managing money that isn’t theirs. Read more »
Crain’s New York is reporting that 3 World Trade Center may only end up as a small building instead of a soaring skyscraper. Lead developer Larry Silverstein says he hasn’t been able to find tenants to commit and is considering a design that would cap the building at 7 stories, which is 73 less than originally proposed. Additionally, it would be repurposed for retail and not office space, effectively turning one of the key structures of the WTC complex that could’ve brought some honor back to Lower Manhattan’s battered skyline into the Ground Zero Mall.
The George W. Bush library will feature a mangled memento of his ultimate failure with the installation of a twisted beam from the World Trade Center. According to engineers, this particular piece of steel took a direct hit from one of the planes that crashed into the buildings. Read more »
Last night, while passing through Times Square, I came across a reggae artist named Mr. Spurts on 7th Avenue and 40th Street. He was holding down the corner, trying to sell his CDs. But unlike rappers who frequent that area and do the same, he didn’t go with the hard sell. Read more »
This montage of Twin Tower Cameos from Dan Meth is damn thorough. The WTC landmark has an important place film history — in wide shots, its silhouette signified it’s really really NYC and its looming girth pontificated how giant that giant monster ape was. Here it is, in all its tragically short-lived glory. Read more »
Adding to the spectacle that is the World Trade Center site, the Port Authority says the the 9/11 Memorial and Museum owes them around $150 million for services rendered. But the non-profit group in charge of the memorial claims the governmental body is shaking them down and that they don’t owe anything. Read more »
According to amNY, residents of 90 West Street, a pricey apartment complex in Lower Manhattan, are irked by the round-the-clock noise emanating from the World Center site, but the paper was only able to get one person on the record to complain bitchily. “I haven’t had a good night’s sleep in almost a year,” said Nick Oram. He moved into a fourth floor unit overlooking the pit eight months ago and must not have had the foresight to realize that it tends to get noisy living smack dab in the middle of NYC’s most prominent, ongoing construction project.
There’s a lot of scrounging going on as officials try to find the $3 million that’s needed to finish the World Trade Center Memorial in time for the 10th anniversary of the attacks. The site still needs a security fence and other improvements to make it visitor-friendly. Fair enough, but if the city can’t scrape together a few mill for the memorial, it’s frightening to think how they’re going to pony up $60 million a year for the elaborate 9/11 museum. (Photo: Jake Dobkin/Gothamist)
The New York Post knows no bounds in their war against bike lanes and the people that use them, but not even we expected them to bring victims of the World Trade Center attacks into the debate. However, as noted by Streetsblog, the tabloid did exactly that and for their latest propaganda piece, “plays the 9/11 card” in arguing against the development of the Battery Park Bikeway. Read more »
A right wing group out of Washington, D.C. that laughingly calls itself the American Center for Law and Justice, is suing NYC for allowing the construction of a “victory mosque” blocks from the World Trade Center site. Founded by extremist Christian radical Pat Robertson, the ACLJ claims the city should have granted landmark status to the building where the proposed Islamic center will be built. A Manhattan judge will hear their ridiculous arguments on Tuesday.
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