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Never clip those wings.

The Bird and the Cross: How an Over-Budget PATH Station Helps Explain a Missing Church

Last week, the board of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey approved yet another increase in the budget for Santiago Calatrava's winged transit hub at the World Trade Center, bringing the price of the station up... MORE >

By Matt Chaban | February 28, 2011 | 8:13 pm
Julia West: Gmail victim.

Life Without Gmail—'Everything Was Gone'

Google now says only 39,000 users were affected by a bug that wiped out data in some accounts completely yesterday. Brooklynite Julia West is one of... MORE >

By Adrianne Jeffries | February 28, 2011 | 4:33 pm
Those tip-top terraces have frozen over yet again.

Icelandic Antic: Embattled Viking Sells Gramercy Penthouse for $22 M.

In Europe, Icelander Jon Asgeir Johannesson is best known for invading London and buying up some of its poshest stores before his Baugur empire collapsed amidst claims of fraud and embezzlement to the tune of $2 billion. In New... MORE >

By Matt Chaban | February 28, 2011 | 4:10 pm

It's Free to Look: New York, Y'All

With the charm of a country home, and the view (and the $7.9 million pricetag) of a Park Avenue high-rise, this Gumley Haft Kleier listing has something for everybody. SLIDESHOW: New York... MORE >

By Sharon Elizabeth Samuel | February 28, 2011 | 3:03 pm

Here's Hoping Tom Brady Was Sacked for a Loss at the Time Warner Center

It came as a surprise to many that the Jets beat the almost perfect Patriots in the first round of the NFL playoffs a few months ago, but the even bigger upset may be that New England's All-Pro quarterback Tom... MORE >

By Matt Chaban | February 28, 2011 | 12:26 pm
The tower under construction last fall.

A Promise Is a Promise at 4 WTC

The Bloomberg administration is keeping its promise to Larry Silverstein to lease one-third of 4 World Trade Center—reluctantly, it seems. The city will occupy 14 floors, or 582,000 square feet, in the second tower going up at the World... MORE >

By Laura Kusisto | February 28, 2011 | 11:53 am

Sunday, Bloody Sunday! Lindgren's Times Magazine Front of Book Butchery

Last week WWD reported that the new New York Times Magazine editor Hugo Lindgren had put his first signature, redesigned issue to bed. It will hit newsstands on Sunday, March 6. And since yesterday's edition read like a group... MORE >

By Kat Stoeffel | February 28, 2011 | 9:00 am
Looked at its options, stayed put.

The Other Exchange Takes Six Floors at 60 Broad

As we fret about the New York Stock Exchange, it's comforting to hear the country's most prominent options exchange, the International Securities Exchange, is still bullish on New York office... MORE >

By Laura Kusisto | February 28, 2011 | 8:49 am

Beast Dish! Andrew Sullivan Joins Tina Brown

Amid the social media flurry of the Academy Awards tonight, former New Republic editor Andrew Sullivan quietly announced that he will move his blog, The Daily Dish, to Tina Brown's News Beast in April. "[T]here are some opportunities you... MORE >

By Kat Stoeffel | February 27, 2011 | 10:12 pm
Co-host Anne Hathaway.

Oscars Liveblog 2011: Lots of Speeches, Not Just the 'King's'!

11:41pm. Melissa Leo closes the night by toting her Oscar to the sky. And then she floated over the rainbow, and was never heard from again. 11:39pm. Also, this school-choir music is what I hear when my sleepytime nightmare begins... MORE >

By Daniel D'Addario | February 27, 2011 | 6:58 pm

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Internal Memo: Lady Gaga

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