The Times reports [2] that ad firm Ogilvy-Mather plans to take over a building at 11th Avenue & 47th Street, making them pioneers on the Far West side. Though, it must be noted, their building is not really all *that* close to the Rail Yards site.

Andrew Berman (he of many community activist organizations) takes out the big guns [3] for the current status of the planning process in Chelsea Now - making a number of excellent points in the process.
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Crain's notes [4] the HYCAC's open letter, giving special attention to the organization's implicit support for the Brookfield site plan.

The New York Observer's real estate blog suggests [5] that Merrill Lynch's decision to renew its lease on current offices at the World Financial Center (owned and administered by Brookfield Properties) could potentially work in favor of the Brookfield plan... although the suggestion that Brookfield could conceivably talk Merrill into becoming the anchor tenant they currently lack seems unfounded at this juncture.

And, to file under "Old but worthy:" Stephen Holl discusses [6] his strategies to make the Extell plan "9/11 proof" in New York's Daily Intelligencer.