New York Times & Co Snooze while Extell Advances

A new post has appeared on Marta Hallowell's Huffington Post blog pointing out the massive silence accompanying the massive Riverside South/Riverside Center on Manhattan's West Side. 

A simple layperson might think the subject would merit some interest from the mainstream media. It's got all the elements, including:

• Financing from the Carlyle Group, the prominent private equity firm involved in the New York State Pension Fund influence-buying scandal.
• A developer, Extell Development Corp., which is trying to build way more than the legally binding limits attached to the property permit.
• A plan by a starchitect that violates long-standing City Planning guidelines.

• The opposition of numerous community groups, Community Board 7, and various elected officials.

But what do I know? I'm just a layperson...

UPDATE: Other stories in local on-line media:

dnainfo.com

Curbed

WestSide Independent

West Side Spirit

Green Building NYC

Comments

[C]

Great blog... Very excited for what is to come.. I just hope that the wind studies will be accurate and that the shadow studies will be looked atr in detail since some of these towers are way too large... Hopefully they will remove the dealership and parking space plan... This should not be an isolated project but rather one that blends and integrates the sorrounding residential building etc and more pedestrian oriented...

Thanks

[C]

also, I love the Con Ed building... I do hope it gets landmarked...