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Hon. Scott Stringer
Borough President
1 Centre Street, 19th Floor
New York, NY 10007
email: bp@manhattanbp.org
fax: (212) 669-4305
Dear Borough President Stringer:
I strongly urge you to oppose NYU’s landmarks application for a fourth, 400 ft. tall tower, within the Silver Towers complex.
Such an addition is completely at odds with the design, and contradicts the whole purpose of the complex having been landmarked in the first place. The design won awards and recognition over the years for, among other things, the relationship between the towers and the open space, and the view corridors which they create, which would be destroyed by the addition of the fourth tower. The fourth tower would block views of the Picasso sculpture, and completely change the relationship between the three existing towers.
The open space in the Silver Towers complex, as in many landmarked works of modern architecture, is not vacant land, but an integral part of the design. To allow it to be built upon would do a great disservice to the very qualities that were supposed to be honored and protected when the complex was landmarked in 2008.
I support the call by community groups for NYU to locate its planned expansion elsewhere, such as the Financial District, where it would be contextual and welcome. Approval of its massive expansion plans in the Village are unnecessary, and would irreparably damage the character of the neighborhood.
The proposed fourth tower not only requires landmarks approval, but zoning changes to allow the hotel use and to lift the requirement to maintain open space, and lifting of deed restrictions which should prevent any new construction before 2021. I urge you to oppose these approvals as well.
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Hon. Tom Duane
New York State Senator
322 8th Avenue, Suite 1700
New York, NY 10001
email: duane@nysenate.gov
fax:
(212) 633-8096
Dear State Senator Duane:
I strongly urge you to oppose NYU’s landmarks application for a fourth, 400 ft. tall tower, within the Silver Towers complex.
Such an addition is completely at odds with the design, and contradicts the whole purpose of the complex having been landmarked in the first place. The design won awards and recognition over the years for, among other things, the relationship between the towers and the open space, and the view corridors which they create, which would be destroyed by the addition of the fourth tower. The fourth tower would block views of the Picasso sculpture, and completely change the relationship between the three existing towers.
The open space in the Silver Towers complex, as in many landmarked works of modern architecture, is not vacant land, but an integral part of the design. To allow it to be built upon would do a great disservice to the very qualities that were supposed to be honored and protected when the complex was landmarked in 2008.
I support the call by community groups for NYU to locate its planned expansion elsewhere, such as the Financial District, where it would be contextual and welcome. Approval of its massive expansion plans in the Village are unnecessary, and would irreparably damage the character of the neighborhood.
The proposed fourth tower not only requires landmarks approval, but zoning changes to allow the hotel use and to lift the requirement to maintain open space, and lifting of deed restrictions which should prevent any new construction before 2021. I urge you to oppose these approvals as well.
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Hon. Deborah Glick
Assembly Member
853 Broadway, Suite 1518
New York, NY 10003
email: glickd@assembly.state.ny.us
fax: (212) 674-5153
Dear Assembly Member Glick:
I strongly urge you to oppose NYU’s landmarks application for a fourth, 400 ft. tall tower, within the Silver Towers complex.
Such an addition is completely at odds with the design, and contradicts the whole purpose of the complex having been landmarked in the first place. The design won awards and recognition over the years for, among other things, the relationship between the towers and the open space, and the view corridors which they create, which would be destroyed by the addition of the fourth tower. The fourth tower would block views of the Picasso sculpture, and completely change the relationship between the three existing towers.
The open space in the Silver Towers complex, as in many landmarked works of modern architecture, is not vacant land, but an integral part of the design. To allow it to be built upon would do a great disservice to the very qualities that were supposed to be honored and protected when the complex was landmarked in 2008.
I support the call by community groups for NYU to locate its planned expansion elsewhere, such as the Financial District, where it would be contextual and welcome. Approval of its massive expansion plans in the Village are unnecessary, and would irreparably damage the character of the neighborhood.
The proposed fourth tower not only requires landmarks approval, but zoning changes to allow the hotel use and to lift the requirement to maintain open space, and lifting of deed restrictions which should prevent any new construction before 2021. I urge you to oppose these approvals as well.
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Hon. Margaret Chin
New York City Councilmember, 1st District
Chatham Green
165 Park Row, Suite #11
New York, NY 10038
e-mail: chin@council.nyc.gov
fax: (212) 587-3138 or (212) 442-1563
Re: Opposing NYU’s Plan for a Fourth Tower in the Silver Towers Complex
Dear Council Member Chin:
I strongly urge you to oppose NYU’s landmarks application for a fourth, 400 ft. tall tower, within the Silver Towers complex.
Such an addition is completely at odds with the design, and contradicts the whole purpose of the complex having been landmarked in the first place. The design won awards and recognition over the years for, among other things, the relationship between the towers and the open space, and the view corridors which they create, which would be destroyed by the addition of the fourth tower. The fourth tower would block views of the Picasso sculpture, and completely change the relationship between the three existing towers.
The open space in the Silver Towers complex, as in many landmarked works of modern architecture, is not vacant land, but an integral part of the design. To allow it to be built upon would do a great disservice to the very qualities that were supposed to be honored and protected when the complex was landmarked in 2008.
I support the call by community groups for NYU to locate its planned expansion elsewhere, such as the Financial District, where it would be contextual and welcome. Approval of its massive expansion plans in the Village are unnecessary, and would irreparably damage the character of the neighborhood.
The proposed fourth tower not only requires landmarks approval, but zoning changes to allow the hotel use and to lift the requirement to maintain open space, and lifting of deed restrictions which should prevent any new construction before 2021. I urge you to oppose these approvals as well.
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Sincerely,
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