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| Ground Zero Mosque Plans Might Be Derailed |
| 2010-05-23 |
| Nobody's better at tying things up in red tape when they want to then New York City. The plan to build a mosque two blocks from Ground Zero may have hit a snag, due to an over 20-year pending landmark status. The American Society for Muslim Advancement purchased the 152-year-old building at 45 Park Place last year for $4.8 million. Their controversial plan to tear down the building and construct a 13-story mosque and community center has had many critics who feel it's disrespectful to those lost during the September 11th attacks. A 1989 decision by the Landmarks Commission to propose the landmark status of the building may now prevent the building from being razed and the $100 million mosque from being constructed. The building is located on a site once owned by Columbia College, and is "a prominent example of the store and loft structures that dominated the drygoods warehouse districts of Lower Manhattan," said Elisabeth de Bourboun, the Landmarks Commission's Director of Communications. It was was one of a handful in Tribeca that were proposed as individual landmarks and heard in the 1980s, but not designated, explained de Bourbon. "These buildings were part of the community requests we received in the 1980s to designate the four Tribeca historic districts," she said. "The commission held a public hearing on a proposal to landmark the building in September 1989, and has taken no formal action since then." The building was converted to a discount clothing store in the late 1960s, and was most recently leased to Burlington Coat Factory. The Landmarks Commission plans to hold another public hearing in the future, although a date has not been scheduled. Looks like you tipped your hand too early, assholes... |
| Posted by:tu3031 |
| #7 IIRC 2007-8? MSM-NET > SAUDI ARABIA repor will not allow CHRISTIAN CHURCHES, etc. to be be built in or around Muslim Holy Places + SA unless the VATICAN formally acknowledges Mohammed [Koran-Quran]as a de facto DIVINE PROPHET-SERVANT + MESSENGER OF GOD??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-05-23 19:03 |
| #6 Look for an 'accidental' and 'tragic fire' when the muzzies don't get their way.... |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2010-05-23 18:06 |
| #5 What M. Murcek said. If it ever becomes a mosque, it will be a travesty. Christian churches in Muslim countries? ...the prospect of the community becoming a host to misogyny, weapons storage, illegal immigration, terrorist literature distribution, and all the other features of Mosque life that make this religion so unique [should deep-six this decision], DBKP |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2010-05-23 17:25 |
| #4 Expropriate. Re-sell it. Muzz bidders or their frontmen need not apply. Give the money to the families of the 9/11 victims... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2010-05-23 13:57 |
| #3 The society does own it. Rauf laid down the 4.8 mil in CASH. Wonder where that came from? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2010-05-23 13:07 |
| #2 oops my bad, burlinton leases it, not owns it. DAMN!!! |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2010-05-23 12:36 |
| #1 Now wait, Burlington coat factory owns it? Hot damn, I thought the muzzies owned it. Time for a bit of civic action here. Start emailing the Burlingtom coat CEO and ask him why he supports those who support terrorism. Havethem take it off the market. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2010-05-23 12:28 |