November 7, 2009
fuckyeahthebronx: Panel Approves Conversion of Kingsbridge Armory Into Mall The City Planning Commission approved a controversial plan Monday to turn the Kingsbridge Armory, a soaring red-brick castle in the northwestern Bronx, into a mall that will include a large department store, dozens of shops and a movie theater. The developer, the Related Companies, says the $310 million project will bring jobs and much-needed businesses to the working-class neighborhood while giving new life to a neglected landmark that has sat vacant for more than a decade. But the project has many detractors, among them the Bronx borough president, Rubén Díaz, Jr., and a coalition of labor, religious and local groups. {contd.} omg finally they’re doing something with that place jfc

fuckyeahthebronx:

Panel Approves Conversion of Kingsbridge Armory Into Mall

The City Planning Commission approved a controversial plan Monday to turn the Kingsbridge Armory, a soaring red-brick castle in the northwestern Bronx, into a mall that will include a large department store, dozens of shops and a movie theater.

The developer, the Related Companies, says the $310 million project will bring jobs and much-needed businesses to the working-class neighborhood while giving new life to a neglected landmark that has sat vacant for more than a decade.

But the project has many detractors, among them the Bronx borough president, Rubén Díaz, Jr., and a coalition of labor, religious and local groups. {contd.}

omg finally they’re doing something with that place jfc •