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July 19, 2010
New Rochelle veterans have new plans in pitch to save city armory
LoHud.com
by Hannah Adely
Local veterans, reinvigorated in their hope of saving the city armory, will present plans Tuesday at a City Council meeting to convert the dormant building into a community, veteran and athletic center.
Forest City Residential had planned to tear down the New Rochelle Armory as part of its larger 26-acre Echo Bay development proposal, but has said it will alter and possibly downscale its plan to fit the current economy.
..."Forest City Residential now has exclusive rights, under contract with the city, to develop the area that includes the armory.
The company, however, gave permission for the City Council to hear the veterans' alternate plan.
NoLandGrab: Sounds like they took a page out of the Land Grab Pirates playbook: "propose the biggest, ugliest complex possible, only to... pare it down 15% or so, and say you've been merciful.
Posted by eric at July 19, 2010 1:04 PM