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1 The Millenium Hilton F director of preservation for LZA Tech­ Fiterman Hall is weathertight, with lit­ nology, a division of the Thornton- tle mold. There is no decision about Tornasetii Group, New York City, whether the building will be “rehabbed, LZA is providing full architectural and razed or whether the state is going to engineering services for the restoration exercise powers of eminent domain for ..S of the city landmark, says Friedman, But the expansion of Ground Zero,” says the work is “on hold,” he adds, pending Claudia Hutton, press officer for the resolution of insurance claims. owner, the Dormitory Authority of the The owner, FTP 90 West, and its insur­ State of New York, Albany. She adds that er have agreed to $70 million worth of there i.s no time frame for the decision. repairs. But there is a gray area of dis­ The renovation of the 1959 steel­ agreement, Based on experience with framed building, done while the build­ terra cotta facades, there is “probably” ing wa.s in use, included a.sbestos re­ moval, installation of new me­ chanical, electrical and plumbing systems, and wiring for 60 “smart” classrooms. Flying arrows of steel from the adjacent Seven WTG amputated a 10-story section of the building, 30 ft wide and some 1.5 to 20 ft deep. Additionally, shock waves from 7 WTC’.s collapse broke windows. There are several noteworthy exceptions to the ghost building syndrome at Ground Zero, in addi­ tion to the Winter Garden repair at f- ’■■I ■ tlie World Financial Center (sec p. 8). Owner Brookfield Properties reopened One Liberty Plaza and Four WFC, which sustained non- structural damage, last October, . Close on the heels of those coine- ■Wo West backs, Brookfield reopened One ^_™Street , V.Uri WFC in November and Two WFC it* January, American Express reopened Three WFC, which had -ajh sustained structural damage along ’•r I one corner, in April, H Several blocks away and acros,s

U£ 1 Lt i '*•« 1 • • ta the street from Fiterman Hall, The Hi Bank of New York also wasted no • f WF) more damage than meets the ” time marshaling forces for the repair and renovation of its 305-ft-tall eye, say.s Friedman. The insurer building, which sustained major curtain won’t .accept that without see­ wall and other cosmetic damage. The ing it. work began on Sept, 18 and will be com­ Coincidentally, the building plete in the next week or so, according r was undergoing a facade re­ to the construction manager, Tishman storation, which on Sept. 11 Construction Corp,, New York City. PEIIPIEMS. 81IIIDWGS Insurance issues and open was 75% complete. So there The renovation included the installa­ questions about the area’s redevelopment have are outstanding facade viola- tion of 1,642 replacement-glass facade stymied fixes of some, but not all, WTG neighbors, tions. panels, which match the originals in­ With some 40-odd leases stalled during construction in the early ta and brick exterior walls that was still broken, the building also has no tenants 1980s, on fire on Sept. 1,3, the structural con­ and therefore no income. The owner Perhaps the Millenium Hilton, a 600- sultant is preparing construction docu­ also wants to make some improvements, ft-tall hotel only 50 ft wide, best stands ments for the repair of a sidewalk vault for which the insurer doe.s not want to for the uncertainty in lower Manhattan on the Ground Zero-facing side. pay- that has alTected so many since Sept. 11. Though structurally sound thanks to So the building remains “pseudo- Though the hotel has a sparkling new terra cotta fireproofing, some 20 of the mothballed," says Friedman. It wa-s heat­ glas.s facade, it is not clear when it will office building’s 26 stories are damaged ed through the winter and there is little reopen its doors. □ “beyond belief,” says Donald Friedman, mold, he reports. Nadim M. Post

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