David Dunlap

The Observer reported earlier this month that New York Times reporter David Dunlap, and a few others, have been scouring the morgue and archives to create a 64-page tabloid keepsake about 229 West 43rd Street.

"Anyone who joined The Times in the past 10 years has never known this building when it trembled from the power of the presses as they began their nightly run," Mr. Dunlap told The Observer at the time. "Part of our decision to use this format was to evoke the paper's industrial heritage. This ought to be on newsprint."

On Monday, copies of "229" will be available in the lobby, and shipped out to the bureaus.  read more »

“Some day we’ll all be reading our papers electronically,” said Arthur Gelb, who s  read more »

Charlie Bagli and David Dunlap frontload their analyisis of the bungled talks at Ground Zero with Charles Gargano's press-conference statement last night:

"We have decided that there will be no continuing of negotiations with Larry Silverstein and his group until they put something on the table that is in the public interest," Charles A. Gargano, the state's top economic development official and the vice chairman of the Port Authority, said at a news conference yesterday.

"We fully expect Larry to begin construction on the Freedom Tower in April. This is a commitment he made to the public and to the Port Authority and we expect him to fulfill that commitment. And if he does not, then we want him to move out of the way."

Michael Cooper's somewhat perplexing news analyisis accompanying the piece notes something we looked at yesterday:

The governor has made the rebuilding of the site a legacy issue, only to see construction there stymied by delay after delay as his final term in office winds down.

But most of the rest of the piece analyzes how Larry Silverstein appears to have miscalculated in the development of his relationship with the governor, with potentially disastrous results for him.  read more »

So--which is it? Delays are bad news for Pataki, or bad news for Silverstein? That is, can Pataki control Ground Zero or can't he?

Despite all the bubble-talk, diving into real estate might not be the best move for would-be brokers,according to Slate. While New York Magazine warned a few weeks ago about broker glut, The Times reported this weekend about the phenomenon on Long Island where you can get certified in only a week (and without too strenuous requirements). "I don't understand what the teacher says," Ms. Franco said of the English-speaking real estate course instructor. "Nothing, nothing, nothing." Good news: she passed.

Today, The Times David Dunlap reports on the Ground Zero memorial that, like the forgotten middle child, has been neglected with heated debates over the Drawing Center and International Freedom Center.

Billionaire Ron Perelman might have a massive new neighbor, a 60-foot-wide mansion, combined from two buildings, according to Page Six. The price: $40 million.

With sleek Apple stores popping up all over, Microsoft wants to get in on the retail game. According to The Post, the are eyeing space on Times Square.  read more »

-Michael Calderone