How Is Atlantic Yards Like [em]Ishtar[/em]?

In a strongly worded editorial, analyst Peter Slatin unloads on two major New York real estate projects that recently took big steps forward.

Mr. Slatin calls the Freedom Tower, for which steel columns were placed last week, “the egregiously clunky and skyline-sucking icon that Larry Silverstein and outgoing New York Governor George Pataki Read More

Macklowe’s Room With a View


The Plaza.

Last month, The Observer reported on developer Harry Macklowe’s recent buying spree.

In addition to purchasing a townhouse at 53 East 77th Street for $15.75 million, Mr. Macklowe reportedly plans hotel and luxury condominium developments in the East 50′s.

Now, Peter Slatin reports that Mr. Macklowe has just purchased Read More