Report: Throw in towel on Xanadu
The governor's transition team on Xanadu minced no words in dealing with the losing Jim McGreevey-launched project. It said the project needs both cash and tenants to complete their obligations and...
View ArticleXanadu have a future and a new name?
Gov. Christie didn't get the report on the future of state-run gambling and entertainment that was due Wednesday. The Record reports it could be up to a month late. It quoted Jon F. Hanson, chairman of...
View ArticlePull plug on ‘basement’ tunnel permanently
New Jersey is suspending temporarily its Big Dig project -- the train tunnel from Xanadu to Macy's basement. Some genius just figured out we're short on cash and since New York won't contribute, it's...
View ArticleMore subpoenas on Xanadu
More subpoenas have gone out for information connected to the Xanadu project, or as we call it, Monstrosity by the Turnpike. The feds are looking for information from the New Jersey Sports and...
View ArticleDon’t order the helium ballons yet
Christie On Thursday, Gov. Christie said the ridiculous train line from Monstrosity by the Turnpike to Macy's basement was dead because cost overuns would mean the taxpayers of New Jersey would be on...
View ArticleLaHood sets record straight, Christie is right
Let's cease with the BS. News stories quoting "unnamed sources'' and Sen. Frank Lautenberg tell us that the estimate of cost overruns on the tunnel from Xanadu to Macy's basement Gov. Christie has...
View ArticleNew life for state’s ugliest?
It may be the ugliest building in New Jersey, but it is getting some love. The New York Times reports Gov. Christie will announce a financing package to bail out Xanadu, the entertainment/shopping...
View ArticleIs Xanadu worth saving?
The New York Times -- which broke the story that the Christie administration has worked out a deal for a developer to take over Monstrosity by the Turnpike, a.k.a. Xanadu -- did a roundup of opinion...
View ArticleChristie makes Xanadu redo a big To-Do
As expected, Gov. Christie and Triple Five, which owns the huge Mall of America in Minnesota, announced plans for a takeover of the Monstrosity by the Turnpike, sometimes called Xanadu. They promise to...
View ArticleXanadu ugly more than skin deep
You remember Xanadu the ugliest building in New Jersey. The ugly goes all the way to the core. The Record reports mechanical and engineering problems too. Escalators unused for years have developed...
View ArticleShow of hands – who is surprised by this?
Remember Xanadu, now renamed American Dream Meadowlands? NJ.com reports the developer says the focus is on getting the ugliest complex in New Jersey ready for the Super Bowl in 2014 but the much...
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