As news of an imploding economy was spreading like wildfire throughout the world late last year, word on the street and in the press was that CityCenter, a $9.2 billion development project in Las Vegas, was proceeding ahead as planned and on schedule. But today came news that the project’s gateway structure, the Harmon Hotel, designed by Foster and Partner’s, had its scope cut in half, leaving in its wake a half-baked stubby-looking tower that only a mother could love.