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By: Curbed
2Sep2010The owners of the Empire State Building freaked the fuck out over 15 Penn Plaza, even though the planned skyscraper supposedly ruining their chi will go up (...someday...) two avenues away. In Manhattan, that's far enough away to be considered...
By: Curbed
25Aug2010According to today's New York Times, an increasingly important factor in all commercial real estate dealmaking is feng shui, the ancient Chinese rules governing energy flow and really picky interior design. That's because Asian investors are snapping...
By: Curbed
25Aug2010Mayor Bloomberg has entered the Midtown skyline battle, and he's on Team 15 Penn Plaza: "One guy owns a building, he'd like to have it be the only tall building. I'm sorry, that's not the real world." Despite some rendering...
By: Curbed
24Aug2010The somewhat bizarre fight over 15 Penn Plaza, a new Midtown skyscraper that developer Vornado wants to demolish the Hotel Pennsylvania for, took a seat in front of a City Council subcommittee yesterday, where the tower's last-second chief opponents&...
By: Curbed
23Aug2010The Empire State Building's war against the proposed 15 Penn Plaza skyscraper is getting more heated as the City Council gets ready to weigh in on the skyline hogger. The ESB's operators commissioned a survey that shows a majority of...
By: Curbed
18Aug2010For those who weren't following along over the weekend, there's a battle raging in Midtown between the Empire State Building and the proposed 15 Penn Plaza project, a 1,150-foot tower soon to come before the City Council. Defenders of...
By: Curbed
15Aug2010A skyscraper showdown between the Empire State Building and the proposed 15 Penn Plaza is underway. Team ESB is claiming that the 1,150 foot high tower will be a significant detriment to both the city and the iconic Empire State...
