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From the archives: Japanese reshape skyline again
Formerly a big presence in NYC real estate, now a major influence on design
More than a decade and a half after Japanese companies began unloading their New York real estate portfolios, which had included icons like Rockefeller Center, the Tiffany Building and Essex House, Japan has again become a major force in reshaping the city skyline. But today, the impact is seen not in the buying and selling of trophy buildings — it’s in the designing of them. Read the full story from the September 2008.