Remember National Enquirer and anthrax

[Miigwech]

So strange.

''It was a phenomenal library,'' said Kathleen Cottay, A.M.I.'s chief librarian, standing at the single file drawer that holds the few hard-copy photos in the company's new offices, just across the highway from the old one. ''Everyone used to call us for stuff.''

Almost two years after a still-unidentified biological terrorist contaminated the company's headquarters with anthrax, killing a National Enquirer photo editor and provoking international dread, a developer has bought the star-crossed building on the condition that he destroy its contents. The new owner, David Rustine, bought it in April for $40,000, seemingly a steal considering that pre-anthrax, the newly renovated building was valued at $15 million.

https://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/21/us/exclusive-it-s-doom-for-tabloid-archives.html