[jessduntno]

But the plans alone for a glass office tower, which would stand higher than the Empire State Building’s 86-floor observatory, infuriated the landmark’s owner, Anthony Malkin, so much that he called it an “assault on New York City and its iconography.”

I agree ...

[livius]

I wonder who owns the new building or is behind its developer?

[re_tail20]

Given the mess at Ground Zero, this new building will probably be completed before Freedom Tower.

[jimbo123]

Flashback:

Empire State Building: No Lights for Mother Teresa

Tens of thousands of people are in an uproar about the building owner’s refusal to light New York City’s tallest skyscraper in blue and white to honor Mother Teresa in August on what would be her 100th birthday.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/06/09/empire-state-building-owner-cites-policy-saying-lights-mother-teresas-birthday/

[Mr_Moonlight]

So Long PA6-5000 ... you were a grand hotel in your day. Salute :)

Glenn Miller Pennsylvania 6-5000

[topher]

Tomorrow is the day that the Empire State Building Refuses to Honor Mother Teresa on her 100th birthday.

If the Empire State Building is getting kicked in the teeth today, maybe they deserve it...

See the article:

Empire State Building Urged to Honor Mother Teresa

The article on Epoch Times is dated August 22, 2010.

They can make the Empire State Building into a parking lot if it decides it is good to honor Mao Tse Tung (which they have done in the past), but not Mother Teresa...

[eyedigress]

I don’t have a problem with it as long as it’s not a mosque victory tower.