••• The Wall Street Journal looks at the challenges faced by Brookfield Place as it goes about “filling three million square feet that are set to go vacant this fall—about the size of the Empire State Building—when a longtime Merrill Lynch lease expires.”

••• New Yorkers like to live in tall buildings, and the New York Times is ON IT. The otherwise unnecessary article did include this about 56 Leonard: “Photographs taken from drones and helicopters show prospective buyers the views they will see from their as-yet-unbuilt apartments.” I may have to wander over to the sales office to see if I can see what the drones saw….

••• “The Port Authority of NY & NJ, which manages [1 World Trade Center], released the video [below], which was taken from a GoPro recording device strapped to the spire as it made its slooooow ascent. Warning: The nine-and-a-half minute video may induce vertigo, but it’s worth it. We hope you don’t mind being upside down. The views are stellar (if dizzying), plus the woot whistles, cat calls, and applause from the proud construction workers below are surprisingly moving.”