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January 5, 2007
After Blocking Tower, Neighbors Recoil at Void in Hell’s Kitchen
The NY Times
By Charles V. Bagli
Here's an interesting article about what happens when a project is blocked in Hell's Kitchen after demolition of existing structures has been completed. No wonder neighborhood folks are nervous about Ratner's vow to begin site preparation before the legal cases have been settled.
Community groups in Hell’s Kitchen fought one of the city’s most powerful developers to a standstill a year ago, blocking his attempt to build a 60-story tower over a new home for Cirque du Soleil.
Since then, neighbors have complained that the rubble-strewn, 1.5-acre site on 42nd Street, between Dyer and 10th Avenues, has become a breeding ground for mosquitoes in the summer and cockroaches, rats and other vermin year-round.
In the latest skirmish, Fred Papert, who built Theater Row nearby, filed a lawsuit yesterday against the developer, Stephen M. Ross, chief executive of Related Companies, saying the site had become an eyesore.
Posted by lumi at January 5, 2007 6:45 PM