My, how far the mighty Javits Center expansion project has fallen. Back in 2005, it was to be a sparkling $1.7b projects that ballooned to $4b. Then Sir Richard expressed sympathy for the Palestinians and got booted off the project.
Now in the midst of the economic crisis, the expansion has officially been shrunk to just 40k sf and a pre-engineered steel shed for a value engineered $400m (which includes painting Pei's space frame).
The new report (PDF) - (check out the rendering on page 13) | plannyc
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who knew god was pro-rogers? i walways thought he was a foster kind of guy
interesting glimpse backstage. apparently he wasn't quite as in the clear as he thought:
"Of Rubenstein, Rogers said, 'He's just like a magician. He makes things disappear.'"
http://www.muzzlewatch.com/2007/02/20/the-terrifying-case-of-lord-richard-rogers-new-york-politics-and-the-architecture-of-fear/
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