Fountain & Kalikow

Noted Kalikow Real Estate Offices behind fountain...

Kailikow has been involved in a lot of contentious matters in NYC.

One of them involved displacing a whole block of rent controlled apartments from a place on the Upper East Side. I don't know if the tenants won that one or not...

This is not mentioned in the Wikipedia article, which is just a list of his honors, etc.:

Peter S. Kalikow (born December 1, 1942) is President of H. J. Kalikow & Company, LLC, one of New York City's leading real estate firms. He is the former Chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), former Commissioner of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, and past owner and publisher of the New York Post.

In May 2000, Kalikow was named Chairman of the Grand Central Partnership Board of Directors. The Grand Central Partnership is one of the largest and most successful Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) in New York City. Kalikow is very familiar with the area covered by the Grand Central Partnership, as his company headquarters, 101 Park Avenue, was one of the first new office developments in the area dating back to 1982.

Kalikow began his career in real estate in 1967 and became President of H. J. Kalikow & Co. in 1973. Following his father's death in 1982, Kalikow assumed responsibility for all Kalikow holdings. Kalikow is the third generation to preside over his family’s 77 year-old real estate company founded in 1927.

Kalikow remains very active in local, state, and national politics. In June 1994, he was appointed to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) of the State of New York by Governor Mario Cuomo. The MTA oversees the operations, planning, and financing of the New York metropolitan area’s subways, commuter railroads, buses, bridges, and tunnels. He was appointed by Governor George Pataki to the MTA Board in 1999 and served on the Board as its Chairman until October, 2007.