Reaction to Trump SoHo Accident: 'A Monument to Greed and Hubris'
By Tom Acitelli
January 14, 2008 | 3:03 p.m
We have a statement from Andrew Berman, executive director of the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, and one of the leading opponents of Trump SoHo:
First and foremost, our thoughts are with the victims of this tragedy and their families and loved ones. But this is a tragedy that never should have happened. This building was illegal and never should have been approved by the City. But the City bent over backwards to push it through, and then the developers worked at lightning speed to get the building up while the legal challenge has been making its way through the system. This building was already a monument to greed and hubris; now, sadly, it will be a monument to tragedy as well.
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