There’s No Such Thing As Expensive Anymore

It’s funny — I was wondering what you could get for the $172 million that was spent to build the High Line. Now I know — the demolition of the Deutsche Bank building:

On Thursday, the agency handling the job, the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, is planning for its board to authorize another $20 million to be paid to contractor Bovis Lend Lease for deconstruction, bringing the total price tag to $173 million, according to documents provided to LMDC board members. The request is not for any additional public money, according to an LMDC spokesman.

As for the High Line, anything that makes Nicolai Ouroussoff smile is fine by me — he’s been agitated this week.