[TopQuark]

I thought of that too. I do not know that with certainty, but this is what typically done. Sounds to me that the owners took a position similar to the French in the U.N.: we'll veto whatever you propose.

[Happygal]

Sounds to me that the owners took a position similar to the French in the U.N.: we'll veto whatever you propose.

Hardly! You cannot equate a small business man, who worked hard all his life, to build up a business he loves, with the French and the UN.

What have the French contributed to the UN? (In comparison what little Greek restauranteur has contributed to his local community, his staff and his family?) BAD analogy, friend.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Well it sure doesn't sound like it started with a good faith negotiation. Sachs went and built the building, knowing that to make entry/egress efficient they would have to flatten the Flamingo, and they just built the building and demanded the Flamingo be condemned. Well hurrah to the Flamingo to not being steamrollered, but it seems that if negotiations with the Flamingo had begun while the tower was still a blueprint, there could have been an amicable solution.