Then word emerged that NYPD security concerns might force builders to move the Freedom Tower far from the adjacent West Side Highway.

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The real action, however, took place behind the building--and could only be seen from the parking lot of an adjacent company on the other side of a shallow creek.

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The Senate chamber is laid out in four concentric semicircles, with adjacent desks almost touching on the crowded Democratic side, and the desks of the much smaller Republican minority spaced loosely apart.

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The argument went that this would jump start West Side development, create jobs, extend the usefulness of the existing, adjacent convention center, and deliver an Olympics-ready stadium.

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