After a year of avid campaigning, the local community board voted 4-2 against the construction of a casino on the six-acre site in Manhattan that its sponsor, the Soloviev Group, had proposed. This was the last proposal ‒ other candidates in Times Square and Hudson Yards were also turned down. Manhattan doesn't want a casino.
As a going-away present, here are some views of the proposed-but-doomed casino that have been rarely seen.
A bird's-eye view.
Looking downtown.
Looking down 1st Avenue at the planned hotel.
Atop the hotel, life is luxe, with an infinity pool behind the trees.
Goodbye.
And there great rejoicing!
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ReplyDeleteIt was a completely insane not thought through idea. Family neighborhood, UN Headquarters. Hey, I think we need a casino. Absurd.
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