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Seems as if I get solicitations on a weeekly basis to subscribe to The Times. Never! I hope they and all the other liberal rags rot in hell. Their behavior (abject subservience) toward his fraudulancy was nothing less than groveling. Their conservative voice is Mr. Brooks, a conservative of the most mealy-mouthed stripe. The Wall Street Journal is about the best there is.

*** The numbers don’t add up 19 and 6 are 25, 58% of 52 is close to 30, so that makes 55 stories.***

Well no offense, actually they do. Per the article the '58%' number is the square feet of the building the NYT owns (LxW) . Has nothing to do with volume (LxWxH). And FWIW ...

In commercial buildings the ground floor is 'usually' two stories high - though it still counts as 'One'.
The same for 'Mechanical Room Floors' (HVAC, Plumbing, Electrical and other 'stuff') . Those are also two stories high, though counted as 'One'.
In this building there's 'prolly' Three like this; One in basement/sub-basement, one about 1/2 way up and another at the 'Top' floor. (not seeing the plans this sis an educated guess based on 39 years experience.
And any floor where the NYT has its Presses/Printing Equip, are also prolly two stories high, again counted as 'One'.
Another quirk in Hi-Rise Buildings (Commercial and Residential) -- many *don't have* a 13th Floor. The 14th Floor is really the 13th but the superstitious sheeple don't have a clue.
All of this explains why one 52 Story Building is not the same hight as another 52 Story building. And Commercial Buildings of 'x' stories are also always taller than residential buildings of the same 'x' floors. (Commercial are approx 12+ feet 'slab to slab' -- Residential, 10+ feet 'slab to slab'.)

Anyway the 58% is correct, its based on square feet. The 'usable' (rentable) floor space in a building.