Eye of the Beholder

Stenglein admits that he's talked with Wilf about Downtown East development "to touch base," but adds that he's "not ready to stand up and say we have to bend over backwards for Zygi Wilf.

"He's going to go to the most viable spot, but beyond that there are no commitments as far as I know," Stenglein offers. "If he can make it and put it together, and he's savvy in real estate, then we'll work with him on that."

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And if he can't? "Well, I was saying to him, 'You're an East Coast guy, you think the only thing west of the Poconos is L.A.,'" Stenglein recalls. "And he kind of laughed and said, 'Well, you know, that's right.'"

City Pages intern Mary O'Regan contributed research to this story.