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By Matt Chaban 12/14/11 1:15pm

Vornado's 15 Penn Skyline Buster on Hold

After fighting the bullish Steve Rothto save the Empire State Building’s spot on the skyline, Tony Malkin has won a reprieve—thanks to the miserable economy. Read More

By Matt Chaban 11/11/10 4:38pm

Gigantism

A Problem of Design and Demand: We’re Running Out of Room for 15 Penn and Its Big Brothers

Add Bloomberg architecture critic James Russell to the list of people none too keen to see Vornado’s 15 Penn Plaza get built (cf. Tony Malkin, hackers). He finds the building undistinguished, but the real problem is its gigantism:

A behemoth office tower that may rise opposite Pennsylvania Station would deface New York City’s Read More

By The Real Estate Desk 5:09pm

Battle of the Skyscrapers

Cuozzo to Malkin: That's Real 'Chutzpah,' Pal

New York Post Jack-of-all-trades Steve Cuozzo calls out Empire State Building owner Anthony Malkin in today’s paper for his tremendous “chutzpah” in trying to prevent a new skyscraper from obstructing his own tower’s extraordinary views.

The dispute between Mr. Malkin and landlord Vornado—which is planning to build a skyscraper at 15 Penn Plaza—was Read More

By Eliot Brown 8/13/10 7:31pm

Size Matters

Battle of the Skyscrapers! Empire State Building Owner Takes Issue with New Penn Tower

Count Tony Malkin as apparently not a fan of Steve Roth’s planned tower in place of the Hotel Pennsylvania.

In public testimony submitted to the City Planning Commission in June (recently posted online; page 7), Mr. Malkin, president of Malkin Properties and an owner of the Empire State Building, subtly lashed out against the Read More

By Eliot Brown 5/19/10 9:50pm

SKYSCRAPERS

Stringer Likes Vornado’s Hotel Penn Tower

Steve Roth’s plan for what would be the city’s third tallest tower, across from Penn Station on the site of the current Hotel Pennsylvania, just got a boost, as Borough President Scott Stringer on Wednesday gave his conditional approval for the proposal.

The planned 1,200-foot skyscraper—which is theoretical in that it would not likely be Read More

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Vornado's 15 Penn Skyline Buster on Hold

A Problem of Design and Demand: We’re Running Out of Room for 15 Penn and Its Big Brothers

Cuozzo to Malkin: That's Real 'Chutzpah,' Pal

Battle of the Skyscrapers! Empire State Building Owner Takes Issue with New Penn Tower

Stringer Likes Vornado’s Hotel Penn Tower

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