Fact-based engineers tell us that the hotel planned next door to the landmark Merchants House on East 4th Street will likely cause it irreparable damage.
The City Planning Commission doesn’t care. CPC is a mockery of a municipal organization that is simply a front group for the developer jackals. Go ahead, they’ve said to the developer, who cares about the 200-year irreplaceable landmark.
So New Yorkers who care about preserving our city will be testifying to the New York City Council tomorrow morning urging them not to let this egregious defacement go forward.
The Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation will give you details.