[Crawford]

Originally Posted by Visionist

I wonder how much old man Silverstein would have been willing to pay to prevent the spire going ahead and One WTC losing its Tallest-Building-In-The-Western-HemisphereTM kudos, if a meeting had been held. Maybe the same amount he saved from value-engineering his own spire.

Douglas Durst owns 1 WTC. I don't believe Silverstein has had any involvement in years. The spire was changed because the original proposal couldn't be effectively maintained. And I doubt the owner of any Lower Manhattan office building cares about a spire on a residential building in Midtown.