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The second time was the charm for Chinese company Fosun, which got Landmarks Preservation Commission approval on Tues., Aug. 4 for changes they want to make to landmarked 28 Liberty Plaza, formerly known as One Chase Manhattan. While praising the overall plan, Community Board 1 in March objected to Fosun cutting away at the plaza’s black granite base and replacing it with glass. The L.P.C. concurred, sending Fosun and its architect Skidmore, Owings & Merrill back to the drawing board after they presented to the commission in May. (S.O.M. was the original architect of the 1964 building, which was landmarked in 2009.)