Protestors organized by Coalition to Protect Chinatown on Wednesday (Photo by Kavitha Surana)
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As Luxury Tower Rises, Cracks in Adjacent Building Strengthen Gentrification Fears
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Renderings of Extell’s ‘Poor Door’ Released at Community Meeting
(Photo by Kavitha Surana)
Now that the pile drivers have finished work on the foundations of Extell’s controversial 80-story behemoth on 252 South Street (known as One Manhattan Square), it’s pretty much a done deal.
And last night, a group of Lower East Side residents gathered at the Manny Cantor Center not to protest, this time anyway, but to discuss the inevitable construction issues (like the ones we started seeing almost immediately with the Domino development) and learn more details about the affordable housing portion of the development. Adding to the interiors released a couple weeks ago which included designer bags, the new renderings depict even more things to make rich people feel comfortable, including what’s essentially a “poor door” or, in this case, an entirely separate building.
Extell Mum About Height of LES Towers as Residents Complain About Construction
Anthony Abbruzzese gives a construction update. (Photo Credit: Sam Gillette)
Extell Development addressed concerns last night about the massive towers that will rise on the former Pathmark site on Cherry Street, but refused to tell local residents just how tall they will be.
No height information was given about the massive condo tower or its smaller, more “affordable” sister, scheduled for completion in 2019.
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