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"...but the planning is now dominated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which owns the site, and by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, the architectural firm hired by Larry A. Silverstein, the site's leaseholder."
"Much like the baby boomers who grew up in them, Modern houses of the postwar era are now at the point where they could use a little work -- not an extreme makeover, just an update. This was the case when the architect Alexander Gorlin was asked to renovate a 1956 Upper East Side town house by a couple for whom he had previously designed a TriBeCa loft."
this is a nice enough LES renovation project. but whats seriously missing are the real numbers. just how much does a 1,400 sf condo (in somewhat rough condition) on the corner of eldridge and rivington cost these days? then add in the $50,000.00 reno/furniture budget. so much for starving artists.
"Nearly three years after the city's skyline was altered by terrorists, Chock full o'Nuts coffee has changed the logo on its cans to remove the World Trade Center's twin towers."
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