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Date Posted: 12:17:31 07/19/04 Mon
Author: bfny
Subject: I love Rupert Murdoch

and suzi thought ludicrous was good...

NY POST
ANOTHER PAYDAY FOR DANNY

July 19, 2004 -- Daniel Libeskind is a genius.
He says so himself.

And not only that, the shameless self-promoter — who's already making a bundle on his redevelopment plan for Ground Zero — is demanding that he actually be paid just for being, well, a genius.

No kidding.

Libeskind has sued developer Larry Silverstein for $843,753 to which he says he's entitled for his "master plan" for the World Trade Center site.

He calls it a "genius fee."

What a twit.



He's looking for yet another payday — on top of the millions he's already been paid by the Lower Manhattan Development Corp., the advance he's received from his upcoming memoir (which originally was timed to coincide with the third anniversary of 9/11) and the money he got for appearing as pitchman in an automobile ad that touted his Ground Zero work as the "commission of the century."

What a greedy twit.

But genius must be served, it seems.

Silverstein has offered $225,000 — a figure Libeskind and his wife/manager deem "insulting."

But Mr. and Mrs. Genius aren't about to have the dispute decided by impartial arbitration. Nor have they kept any timesheets or documentation to back up their claims.

Instead, they're demanding a fee based on a percentage of the total construction costs — which are still undetermined.

Besides, they insist Silverstein is low-balling their "genius fee" as part of his bid to marginalize Libeskind's presence in the Ground Zero redevelopment; in fact, Libeskind's plan for the 1,776-foot-tall Freedom Tower was merged with that of architect David Childs.

Moreover, their lawsuit charges, Silverstein is trying to get around the genius's master plan — a charge we certainly hope is true.

That Libeskind even is involved in the Lower Manhattan redevelopment is thanks to Gov. Pataki, who early on endorsed Libeskind's plan and then pretty much rammed it down the throats of his hand-picked board at the LMDC.

Ever since, Libeskind has played the prima donna, throwing one hissy fit after another, storming out of meetings and showing a genuine lack of cooperation — not surprising, since he seems firmly focused on building his personal reputation at the expense of New York City's wounded skyline.

What's crystal clear is that Libeskind isn't interested in collaborating with those actually tasked with the responsibility of rebuilding Ground Zero.

He could do all of New York a favor by pulling up stakes and going back to writing his pretentious poetry (past verses include odes to "America's mass-produced urine antennae" ).

If not, it's time for Pataki and his cronies to pull the plug.

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