tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post5651215563836003209..comments2024-03-28T15:08:02.548-04:00Comments on EV Grieve: What the Mars Bar would be torn down forUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-34695391656086136942010-12-09T14:20:51.817-05:002010-12-09T14:20:51.817-05:00Where all the roaches and rats go. They will be go...Where all the roaches and rats go. They will be gone never to come back. This is the end of Mars Hank will be dead without the bar. Without a place to sit out front or at the bar being a lone shark to all the drunks at 50% interest. What will he do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-60183800152957161762010-12-08T16:08:32.983-05:002010-12-08T16:08:32.983-05:00I don't understand? Is this part of the Coope...I don't understand? Is this part of the Cooper Square development? If it is then the deal was cut around eight years ago, which means that what ever goes there will be market rate. Its just a matter of which asshole gets the contract and how much damage will be done. <br />According to zoning they can add additional stories to a structure but then a certain percentage of the units have to be affordable.<br /><br />Does anyone know if this is part of the Cooper Square development?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-66184366472853034832010-12-08T13:29:52.470-05:002010-12-08T13:29:52.470-05:00Yes, they dangle the "low-income housing"...Yes, they dangle the "low-income housing" out there as bait to get the OK to go ahead and bulldoze not only the physical structure, but the entire Mars/Bowery/EV culture as well. If closes, it won't come back - it can't.<br /><br />The more I think about it, the less sad I am and the more angry I become...Laura Goggin Photographyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517481509431547970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-84082260308881017292010-12-08T13:10:31.909-05:002010-12-08T13:10:31.909-05:00just awful. the "low income housing" th...just awful. the "low income housing" thing is nothing but a SCAM to get around height limits on development. another similar scam is the "retail space that benefits the community." they will yes you to death to get their little free pass and then those thing NEVER come to fruition and the developers NEVER suffer any consequences from whoever is supposed to regulating these bastards.<br /><br />just AWFUL.glammanoreply@blogger.com