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Bite Size News, October 8: Planes, Autos, Book Carts Edition

  • Logan's delayed flight ratings stink, but it's not as bad as New York's airports. [Boston Globe]
  • In a reversal of a recent trend, an octagenerian is struck by a car in Salem. [Boston Channel]
  • Harvard Square's rogue booksellers stick another thorn in City's side by pitching tents in a park. [Boston Globe]
  • Hancock Tower Sold to <strike>Highest</strike> Only Bidder

    Boston's John Hancock Tower, the tallest building in New England, was sold at auction today in New York, reports the Globe. Financial experts believe that the building will go for between $650 and $750 million, half of its 2006 price of $1.3 billion. (ETA: The building sold for $660 million.) Broadway Partners, the building's former owners, paid the $1.3 billion with labyrinth of funding, and the group defaulted on some of its loans earlier this year.

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