Lured by congressionally authorized tax credits and other financial incentives after Hurricane Katrina, a procession of developers announced plans to build high-rises.
Adding to the tension for commercial investors: Construction and insurance costs have soared.
At least one big plan — a $400 million proposal by Donald Trump to construct the city‘s tallest building — is going [...]

No memorial stands beneath the shimmering ceiling-hung sculpture, no plaque is mounted on the Hyatt Regency Hotel’s gently flowing lobby fountain.
It doesn’t matter. This is hallowed ground.
Twenty-five years since two suspended walkways collapsed in the Hyatt’s main atrium during a crowded Friday evening dance, killing 114 people and injuring scores more, those affected by the [...]