Punch-listing and testing acoustics and movable parts at the World Trade Center venue, with three flexible halls that have more than 60 configurations, was like fine-tuning a Swiss watch.
A $2.3-billion makeover for One Madison Avenue in Manhattan is transforming the stately 70-year-old structure into a sleek 27-floor, 1.4-million-sq-ft office tower companion to its adjacent Manhattan landmark—the 5 Madison clock tower.
Rising material costs, a never-ending labor shortage and inflation still have not conspired to keep New York and New England specialty firms from growing revenue.
Rebuilding the walls, which date to the late 1800s and early 1900s, would better protect areas along the Potomac River and Tidal Basin against water-level rise and storm surge.