Landmarks Commission

• Real estate boom fuels city budget surplus.
[NY Times]
• What drives Landmarks Commission chair Tierney?
[NY Times]
• More priced out of Long Island housing market.
[NY Times]
• Building industry frets immigration laws' effects.
[NY Times]
• Existing-home sales fall nationwide, report says.
[NY Times]
• WTC Memorial pulls in $50M in a month.
[NY Post]
• Vornado's Roth has "strong convictions."
[NY Post]
• Booted owner pickets co-op board chair.
[Daily News]
• Lower-end luxury housing slumps nationally.
[WSJ]

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On the sleepy last Sunday in November, Tom Wolfe flipped a middle finger at the city’s Landmar  read more »

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In The Transom: Our trusty reporter sneaked into the grand reopening of the Rockefeller Center Observation Decks, where $2-million walls are caressed by hot French ladies and the head of the Landmarks Commission discusses the building's suitability for suicide by jumping; Gayhem erupts at the Roxy at a High Line benefit; does Melania Trump know that self-tanner really isn't good for a fetus?; and Thrillist launches as the ultimate cad guide.

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Even without Tom Wolfe railing against the proletariat-loving purveyors of International Style, today’s event at the Center for Architecture presented an up close battle of ideas over what to do with Edward Durrell Stone’s iconic structure. Sign-waving, brown-bag protestors paced the sidewalk, while in a sleek, downstairs auditorium, architect Brad Cloepfil gave the first public presentation of the much-debated 2 Columbus Circle design. Rick Bell restated the position of the A.I.A., that the case should not be brought before the Landmarks Commission. And despite a recent appeal, time is running out for Landmarks West, as construction is slated to begin in the next few weeks. “We’re taking something that has been dead, and bringing it back to life,” said Mr. Cloephil who criticized Stone’s design as representing a “moment in style,” but not a pivotal work. Elsewhere inside the Center for Architecture, placards described the building in its current state as "a private, idiosyncratic folly." Outside, the point was raised to preserve the façade, while bringing in light from the back of the building. However, when The Real Estate raised this possibility, Mr. Cloepfil was nonplussed, stating that he could not think of anything that would “show less faith in contemporary architecture.” Of course, you've gotta have faith. -Matthew Grace and Michael Calderone  read more »

Peter Jennings has tossed a Molotov cocktail into a bitter Upper West Side real-estate battle.  read more »

On May 2, an architect for Ivana Trump will ask the Landmarks Preservation Commission to allow Ms.  read more »

On May 2, an architect for Ivana Trump will ask the Landmarks Preservation Commission to allow Ms.  read more »