{"id":297,"date":"2026-06-22T22:13:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T22:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businessrelocationdigest.com\/?p=297"},"modified":"2026-06-22T22:13:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T22:13:23","slug":"editors-note-the-view-from-the-top-of-the-dink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businessrelocationdigest.com\/?p=297","title":{"rendered":"Editor\u2019s note: The view from the top of \u2018The Dink\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I\u2019ve been eyeing that cupola for years. And I finally got to visit.<\/p>\n

Anytime I\u2019d talk to a comptroller or Manhattan borough president over the past decade, I\u2019d inevitably ask if they\u2019d been up to the tower on top of their office, the David N. Dinkins Manhattan Municipal Building. (I affectionately dubbed it \u201cThe Dink\u201d the day it was christened and have been trying to make the nickname stick ever since.)<\/p>\n

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The classical skyscraper looms at the end of Chambers Street, like a funhouse mirror version of City Hall below, its proportions squeezed and stretched to absurd and beautiful heights. I\u2019d long dreamed of sneaking to the top of The Dink, high above where WNYC used to broadcast across the five boroughs, and peering down on the government buildings below.<\/p>\n

So when the Mamdani administration opened it for visits this month, I lined up online with the other municipal geeks and snagged one of the rapidly disappearing timeslots. And from 500 feet up on a gorgeous day, I felt that rush of love for this city that I get from a bird\u2019s-eye view.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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I\u2019ve done One World Trade Center, 30 Rockefeller Plaza and The Edge, but this was special. It\u2019s a good thing for New York City to have a free, municipal observation deck. City workers and visitors who derided the shabby interiors can now be delighted by the view. It\u2019s the kind of thing that can help build trust in government in a time that\u2019s hard to come by.\u00a0<\/p>\n

State Health Department Commissioner James McDonald knows that problem, as public health and the government\u2019s role in it has become more politicized than ever this decade. And as Kate Lisa writes in her cover profile, it\u2019s a lot harder than cleaning up a cupola.<\/p>\n

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