In the op-ed, Professor Jackson
calls out LANDMARK WEST! claiming that "its leaders would be happy to stop any change at
all between 59th Street and 125th Street." He goes on to accuse
that "those who oppose changes like the East Midtown
plan may love New York, but they don't understand that they are compromising
its future as the world's greatest city."
On Friday, September 6, the NYT published our response letter to Professor Jackson in both
its print and online editions. You can read the LW! letter here, along with six other featured letters to
the editor compiled as "More Glass Towers for New York?"
LW! proudly stands by our
record not only as champions for the buildings and many people of the Upper West Side, but also as stewards of responsible
growth and economic development within our vibrant, diverse, and yes, historic
community.
We know that Professor Jackson does not speak for all of us when he claims that New York must make an either/or decision if it wants to remain "the wonder city" or if it should "follow the paths of Boston, Philadelphia, Charleston and Savannah in emphasizing its human scale, its gracious streets and its fine, historic houses." In fact, LW! believes that New York should be proud to be included in the same sentence as these remarkable world-class cities.
The Times stopped accepting online comments in reply to Jackson's op-ed at 2:41pm after posting 89 comments -- the majority of which called the professor to task for his dubious argument to turn East Midtown into an exclusive playground for real estate developers.
We know that Professor Jackson does not speak for all of us when he claims that New York must make an either/or decision if it wants to remain "the wonder city" or if it should "follow the paths of Boston, Philadelphia, Charleston and Savannah in emphasizing its human scale, its gracious streets and its fine, historic houses." In fact, LW! believes that New York should be proud to be included in the same sentence as these remarkable world-class cities.
The Times stopped accepting online comments in reply to Jackson's op-ed at 2:41pm after posting 89 comments -- the majority of which called the professor to task for his dubious argument to turn East Midtown into an exclusive playground for real estate developers.
LW! was shut out of the online comments section, but you
shouldn't be. Please take this opportunity to publicly respond to Professor
Jackson's op-ed by emailing us at landmarkwest@landmarkwest.org
and we will include your comments here on the LW! blog in our next post.
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