We want to create a place that is distinctly New York and yet unlike anything New Yorkers have ever seen before. The response we are looking for should move beyond the ordinary to the extraordinary.

I ran the effort to bring the 2012 Olympic Games to New York City. We lost - on a global scale. To my surprise, life went on, and I learnt that nobody cares about your failures as much as you do.

If there is, I haven't seen him yet.

And they haven't seen anything yet,

That has to be built out so that downtown can thrive. The worst thing that could happen to lower Manhattan would be for that hole in the ground to exist for another decade or two, and that's what Silverstein has contemplated even if all goes according to his plan.

As soon as we can find an alternate location for the horses, we want to get them out of there as quick as possible.