I must tell you about this because the building in this news is a couple of blocks from my home, and I pass it frequently when going to the supermarket. Which is also in one of the Trump Place buildings. Which occupy ten blocks right on the Hudson River, very desirable — but immediately adjacent to the West Side Highway, not so desirable (the constant noise).<\/p>\n
I do recall when they were being constructed they infuriated residents of the older coops called Lincoln Towers since they usurped the river view.<\/p>\n
Well, they’re not really the “Trump buildings,” as you’ll see if you glance through this short piece I just found in the West Side Rag, an online local news thingee.<\/a><\/p>\n One of the Trump boys is threatening to fight any removal of the name. Yeah, well.<\/p>\n Back even before the election (or maybe shortly afterward — I was in no fit state to pin down dates back then) — one of the condo boards voted to remove the Trump name because it was damaging their property values<\/a>. There was a lovely photo of the brass sign coming down and mention that the doormen’s uniforms no longer bore the Trump name.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I must tell you about this because the building in this news is a couple of blocks from my home, and I pass it frequently when going to the supermarket. Which is also in one of the Trump Place buildings. … Continue reading