Boldyn Networks has asked the New York State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) to reverse their findings that the proposed three-story-tall 5G towers at 100 Horatio Street and 100 Jane Street are incompatible with the adjoining historic districts.
We need to tell the SHPO that they did the right thing and should reaffirm that these huge towers do not belong across the street from the Greenwich Village Historic District and the Gansevoort Market Historic District. See the above photo showing an accurately scaled graphic of the proposed tower at 100 Horatio Street.
Here are three things you can do to help stop these towers:
- Send a comment to SHPO using Village Preservation’s handy “one-click” email form. It’s even more effective if you personalize the text of the letter (you can edit the text on the Village Preservation form).
- Help promote the email campaign. Share the link to the Village Preservation email form on the social media platforms you are active on.
Here’s the Save Gansevoort facebook post promoting this page that you can like and share. - Tell your friends and share information about this campaign within your building. Within the next few days, we’ll post a pdf for a flyer that you can post in your lobby.
For more information, take a look at the recent detailed comments that Save Gansevoort has submitted on the 100 Horatio Street tower. These comments amplify the extensive comments we previously filed on December 12th.
We’ll be submitting similar comments for the 100 Jane Street tower (which is actually on West 12th Street) in the next few days. As discussed in our comments, the one change that Boldyn has made is that they are removing the advertising screens from these two towers. However, simply removing these screens does not constitute the kind of redesign that would be necessary to mitigate the towers’ adverse effects. Additionally, while Boldyn says it is for the moment “not pursuing” towers at 807 Greenwich St., 771 Greenwich St., and 100 Gansevoort St, Boldyn has confirmed to us that these towers could be resubmitted at nearby locations (or in the case of 771 Greenwich the same location) in the near future.