In the News: No Working Cameras Inside 1WTC

••• 1 World Trade Center “doesn’t have a single working surveillance camera inside.” Bet it will soon.New York Post

••• Not-what-it-used-to-be magazine company (and a former employer of mine) Time Inc. is close to signing a lease at Brookfield Place. In classic New York Times style, the paper devoted 21 column inches to the possibility and What It Means. Also, can someone explain why a reporter would turn to Downtown Alliance for a quote? It’s not exactly uninvested in the area.

••• Departures says that one of the two unannounced vendors at the Brookfield Place food court will serve some sort of Asian food. Here’s a vote for a Momofuku ssäm kiosk.

••• “A new fortress-like steel entry to the New York Stock Exchange may be immune to explosives, but not the verbal blasting it got recently from Community Board 1’s Landmarks Committee.” —Tribeca Trib

••• Remember yesterday’s “In the News” item about the parcel of land at the southeast corner of Park Row and Beekman? Curbed spotted these two speculative Pei Cobb Freed & Partners renderings on Massey Knakal’s site.

1 Beekman rendering

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  1. A Momofuku ssäm kiosk would be incredible! Can we put it to a vote somewhere :)