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In other NYC urban

artappraiser — Wed, 02 May 2012 14:26:41 +0000

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In other NYC urban development news, our pride in the worst airports in the nation (if you can manage to fly here, you can fly anywhere) is now certified:

LGA Ranked Worst Airport In Nation, Poll Finds

NY1News, May 2

....As for the other area airports, JFK ranked fourth worst and Newark Liberty came in fifth worst....

Amazing that it took so long

artappraiser — Wed, 02 May 2012 03:43:02 +0000

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Amazing that it took so long for NYC, which has such a long tradition of unsentimentality about buildings and neighborhoods, tearing them down and building new overnight. Much of the city's history is ironically involved with its lack of reverence about history, and its openness to change. Seems to me it took only a couple years for most to forget they once believed no one would ever want to live or work in the vicinity anymore. I believe that one of the main obstacles was objections by some 9/11 families, who certainly had reason in this particular case not to have the typical NYC lack of reverence for place and time, having no other cemetery.

This is amazing, that is for

Richard Day — Tue, 01 May 2012 21:53:41 +0000

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This is amazing, that is for sure.

Now taller than the Empire State Building (let us hope that no bankruptcies ensue.

This is all five years (at least) longer than I thought it would take!

But many competing factors at work.

And hell, they did it!