This artist's rendering provided by Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects shows the proposed 15 Penn Plaza, center, rising 67-stories in Midtown Manhattan, just 34 feet shorter than New York's iconic Empire State Building at left. The City Council is scheduled to vote on the project Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects) NO SALES
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This artist's rendering provided by Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects shows one of the proposed designs for 15 Penn Plaza, which will rise 67-stories in Midtown Manhattan, just 34 feet shorter than New York's iconic Empire State Building, at left. The City Council is scheduled to vote on the project Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects) NO SALES
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FILE - In this Sept. 8, 2008 file photo, Madison Square Garden, lower center, and midtown Manhattan are shown in this aerial photo in New York, as the Empire State Building is seen at top. The owner of the Empire State Building says the height of a proposed tower near the iconic skyscraper would forever alter the skyline of New York City. The 67-story tower would rise only 34 feet less than the Empire State Building. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
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FILE - In this May 29, 2008 file photo, the Empire State Building stands in New York. Officials say exterminators had to clean out an employee changing room in the tower's basement after bedbugs were found there last week. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
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In this June 14, 2010 photo, clouds cover the tip of the Empire State Building in New York. Officials say exterminators had to clean out an employee changing room in the tower's basement after bedbugs were found there last week. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones)
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