Posted on 09/13/2010 9:08:30 AM PDT by the invisib1e hand
On this 9/11 anniversary, the developer of the World Trade Center site has plenty to crow about.
From the 38th floor at 7 World Trade Center, Larry Silverstein peers down on a flurry of activity below at Ground Zero. The sound of jackhammers and "beep, beep" of cement trucks filters into his corner office.
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No superlative, expressed in his thick New York accent, appears to suffice. "Remarkable," "grand," "extraordinary," "spectacular," "tremendous," "phenomenal": Mr. Silverstein, the real estate developer who signed the lease on the World Trade Center a few weeks before 9/11 and spent the last nine years fighting to rebuild the site on his terms, uses them all—some more than once.
essential information. Going into my favorites list.
Haven’t read it yet, but maybe within this report is some
insight into how it is that over eight years of dithering
and political paralysis or sabotage could have led us to this point where someone like Imam Rauf found an opening for himself, and an atmosphere to have gotten as far as he has.
More than that, you'll find clues on how things get done in a world that is geared to making sure nothing gets done.
Silverstein ought to get a medal. In the next life, he will.
Who is going to want to occupy the building as tenants?
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