Bookending the exhibition are two towers CitigroupCenter, distinctive in the Midtown skyline with its 45-degree slanted roof, and the octagonal MetLife building set atop giant spinning tops.
Real estate investment trusts are on the move again, and Ross Smotrich, an analyst at Barclays Capital, thinks now is a perfect time to buy blue-chip REITs at bargain prices. (For another take on REITs, see page 108.) He likes Boston Properties ( BXP, 50) , which owns classy office buildings like Boston's Prudential Tower, San Francisco's Embarcadero Center and, in Manhattan, 399 Park Avenue, Times Square Tower and CitigroupCenter.