What Would Lenora Do?
Lord Richard Rogers--the architect who almost lost his job on the Javits Center expansion--is no Lenora Fulani Lenora Fulani. That's one of her allies in the Independence Party, attorney Harry Kresky...
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Windows on the World Trade Center
Anticipating the type of questions that arise this time of year, developer Larry Silverstein held a press conference today to assure everybody that rebuilding at the World Trade Center site continued...
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Javits Renovation Plan Doesn’t Go the Way of Client 9
While much of former Governor Eliot Spitzer’s economic development agenda seems to be on hold or in flux (e.g. Moynihan Station, for one), his once controversial plan for the Javits Convention Center...
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Richard Rogers Withdraws from Javits Center Renovation [UPDATED]
Renowned architect Richard Rogers has left the architectural team to renovate and expand the Javits Center, a move that comes four months after the state finalized a decision against any large scale...
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Vornado Eyes Starchitect Richard Rogers For Bus Terminal Tower
Vornado Realty Trust CEO Steve Roth is considering a design by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Richard Rogers for his planned office tower atop the Port Authority Bus terminal, a Port Authority...
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Rogers, Pelli, KPF: Their Visions Of A Port Authority Tower
The Port Authority at its board meeting this afternoon is taking a look at three possible designs for the planned tower over its bus terminal, with the firms of Richard Rogers, Cesar Pelli and Kohn...
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Rendering of Rogers’ Port Authority Tower
Above is a rendering of the would-be Richard Rogers-designed tower atop the Port Authority Bus Terminal. (Hat tip: Curbed).
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Starchitects Descend on 425 Park, Present Big Plans for Possible Replacement
425 Park Avenue, before it needed tearing down. (Eral Soto) In what sounds like a cross between a party and a design crit from architecture college, L&L Holdings held four marathon sessions last...
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Foster + Partners Wins 425 Park Sweepstakes, Creating New Midtown Landmark...
Bring it up. (dBox/L&L Holdings) Who needs the Midtown East Rezoning to transform the area when you have intrepid developers and unlikely circumstances? O.K., so both of those are super-rare, so...
View ArticleUnveiling Competing Designs for 425 Park, David Levinson Says He Will Not...
With the choice of four of the world's greatest architects, how could David Levinson ever settle on just one to build a new tower at 425 Park Avenue? "That's my next job, to find three more sites so I...
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