Town Hall Meeting - June 1st

SPEAK OUT AGAINST "THE SPIKE" !

Join your neighbors in the Preserve West Park North Coalition on

• THURSDAY, JUNE 1, AT 7 P.M., AT PS 163 (West 97^th Street between Columbus and Amsterdam).

DEMAND that the people who live here have a say in what is built here. “The Spike” is only the beginning. More buildings are being planned, filling every open space with luxury housing.

If you want affordable housing, affordable local stores, trees and a chance to see the sky once in a while, come to voice your needs and concerns.

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Click here to see an artist's rendering from a real estate magazine where the landlord is already advertising three contiguous blocks of retail space (“over 235,000 Square Feet”) on Columbus from 97^th to 100^th Street, available for high-end commercial space. Note that only half of the height of the 29-story-plus residential luxury tower (“The Spike”) is shown and more are planned. This huge structure would cut off access to Columbus Avenue for 784, 788 and 792, and add a road somewhere, thus splitting the original village in two and dismantling the superblocks and our sense of community.

Click here for a copy of the flyer announcing the meeting -- in English and Spanish. You need Acrobat Reader to download this file. You can get Acrobat Reader for free.