by what mode a New York City high-r...

by what mode a New York City high-rise overcame court battles, a weak office market and other obstacles

"Sure we've had schemes shut down before," said Richard Hayden, managing principal with Swanke Hayden Connell Architects (SHCA), recent York City. "Over the years, you move on into delivery problems with a material. A subcontractor goe into bankruptcy. however we had never experienced anything this.

In December 1989 six month after celebrating the topping disclosed of Americas Tower, a 50-story speculative office brew in midtown Manhattan, SHCA and other team members were