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Mark Fromm from protectthepalisades.org writes:
Please join us at UPPER SCHOOL, 143 Charlotte Place, Englewood Cliffs on April 30 to tell Englewood Cliffs enough is enough! The meeting starts at 7:30pm, but please arrive early.
In an after-the-fact attempt to justify its approval of LG's 143-foot tower, the Englewood Cliffs Planning Board wants to redo its master plan, a move which would forever erase the zoning rules that limit buildings adjacent to Palisades Interstate Park to 35 feet. (For background: http://bit.ly/Ocev1s.)
THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS OUR BEST CHANCE TO TELL ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS TO PRESERVE THE PALISADES!
We need everyone who cares about the Palisades to let Englewood Cliffs, a town of just 5,281 people, know it can't ruin the Palisades for the millions who treasure it.
It made a bad move when it granted variances for LG's new headquarters, and now it wants to make things worse.
A changed master plan would not only allow for LG's tower, but it would also open the door for more high-rise development along the Palisades.
Your presence will make a difference (speaking is optional). Please join us at UPPER SCHOOL on April 30 to tell Englewood Cliffs enough is enough! The meeting starts at 7:30pm, but please arrive early.
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LG can build LOWER ( 35′, the way it has been respected for 100 years) and have the same number of JOBS (the win win solution). The construction workers want to go to work either way (at the meeting they told us they could support a lower design), BUT LG and Mayor Parisi insist on the 143′ tower that would look like a giant middle finger all the way north and west to the Ramapo Mountains, and all the way east to the people on the north shore of Long Island. It’ll be like taking a giant dump on the Palisades. The 143′ foot tower (eight 18′ stories) will be 80′ feet over the tree line. LG will take advantage of a National Historic Landmark (a world monument and a national natural landmark) by juxtaposing the view (the beautiful Palisades and the Hudson River) with the LG tower (with the LG logo in blinking neon red lights on top of the tower) to concoct a genius advertisement scheme ! (NEGATORY) The other reason why they won’t budge is because their CEOs will have a one of a kind impressive view of the Palisades, the GWB and the NYC skyline to impress themselves and their clients. Pats on your own back are in order you goons! When the NJ State Legislature approves the bill to stop this nonsense, it will be up to (guess who?) Mister Chris (Soprano) Christie to sign it into law, and everyone knows at this point he wants to save his own ass. We’ll see what the bully will do. Boycott LG and Boycott Englewood Cliffs’ businesses and sign the petition (which by the way is nearing 5000 signatures) http://www.protectthepalisades.org Do the right thing LG and Mayor Parisi.
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LG can build LOWER ( 35′, the way it has been respected for 100 years) and have the same number of JOBS (the win win solution). The construction workers want to go to work either way (at the meeting they told us they could support a lower design), BUT LG and Mayor Parisi insist on the 143′ tower that would look like a giant middle finger all the way north and west to the Ramapo Mountains, and all the way east to the people on the north shore of Long Island. It’ll be like taking a giant dump on the Palisades. The 143′ foot tower (eight 18′ stories) will be 80′ feet over the tree line. LG will take advantage of a National Historic Landmark (a world monument and a national natural landmark) by juxtaposing the view (the beautiful Palisades and the Hudson River) with the LG tower (with the LG logo in blinking neon red lights on top of the tower) to concoct a genius advertisement scheme ! (NEGATORY) The other reason why they won’t budge is because their CEOs will have a one of a kind impressive view of the Palisades, the GWB and the NYC skyline to impress themselves and their clients. Pats on your own back are in order you goons! When the NJ State Legislature approves the bill to stop this nonsense, it will be up to (guess who?) Mister Chris (Soprano) Christie to sign it into law, and everyone knows at this point he wants to save his own ass. We’ll see what the bully will do. Boycott LG and Boycott Englewood Cliffs’ businesses and sign the petition (which by the way is nearing 5000 signatures) http://www.protectthepalisades.org Do the right thing LG and Mayor Parisi.