John

Mon, 21 Mar 2005 17:53:16 -0500

Liesel Pritzker won her lawsuit. Here's a bit of the Wall Street Journal story from January: THE LITTLE PRINCESS has finally gotten her share of the kingdom. Liesel Pritzker, a 20-year-old actress who as a child starred in the 1995 movie "A Little Princess," yesterday became one of America's wealthiest women. She and her brother, Matthew, 22, each now control fortunes of about $450 million after yesterday's final settlement of a nasty legal dispute with the rest of their family. The Chicago-based Pritzkers preside over an empire estimated at more than $15 billion, including the Hyatt Corp. hotel chain, a string of industrial companies, and sprawling real-estate holdings. The senior members of the family are in the process of splitting up the assets, which prompted the dispute and lifted a veil on the secretive clan. Two years ago, Ms. Pritzker, whose professional name is Liesel Matthews, sparked the feud by filing a lawsuit accusing her father, along with other family members and advisers, of secretly stripping her trust funds of more than $1 billion when she was a young child.

S.D.

Mon, 21 Mar 2005 12:08:18 -0500

Is it just me or does that image, 2005_03_thompayne.jpg, looks like a Roller Coaster ride?

Kevin Walsh

Mon, 21 Mar 2005 08:48:50 -0500

>>>remember, don't take pictures of the bean. I was stopped by a rent a cop from taking pictures of the globe artwork in the public atrium in Worldwide Plaza (50th between 8th and 9th) on Saturday. There was a lengthy, agitated discussion with expletives not deleted. www.forgotten-ny.com

Gothamist: Pritzker Prize Goes to Thom Mayne

John

S.D.

Kevin Walsh