How to Stop Supertall Towers from Swaying; FAO Schwarz’s Times Square Deal Falls Through

• JFK Airport will receive $8.9 million in federal funds for runway and airfield upgrades. [Crain’s]
• Fortis Property Group is making progress with its controversial plan to bring four apartment towers to the former site of the Long Island College Hospital in Cobble Hill. [Curbed]
• With Manhattan skyscrapers getting taller and thinner, developers are installing giant counter weights at the towers’ apex to keep them from blowing in the wind. [NYT]
• To appease local UES residents, the city agreed to build a second ramp for the Marine Transfer Station; it’ll cost an additional $30 million. [DNAinfo]
• 3 World Trade Center has reached half of its 80-story height. [Curbed]
• FAO Schwarz‘s deal to move into a new home at 1633 Broadway has fallen through. [CO]

Images: Supertall, super-skinny tower 111 West 57th Street (L); FAO Schwarz (R)