[luvbach1]

...meanwhile, almost 9 years after 9/11, the skyline of lower Manhattan remains empty.

For my benefit and that of others, in a nutshell, what has been the hold-up?

[downwdims]

NY bureaucracy

[americanophile]

The usual: money, different concepts and government red tape. The Port Authority actually owns the land, so everything is by committee...it’s just a sad commentary abnout our country. All the innovation, the can-do spirit has moved to the new economic growth centers - Shanghai, Dubai, etc.