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2005-05-11 International-UN-NGOs

U.N. weighs move to gritty downtown Brooklyn

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Posted by PlanetDan 2005-05-11 07:24|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Move them 12 miles east.

Posted by ed 2005-05-11 08:12|| 2005-05-11 08:12|| Front Page Top

#2 Zimbabwe's nice this time of year. So's Somalia...

Posted by tu3031 2005-05-11 08:40|| 2005-05-11 08:40|| Front Page Top

#3 I still think they should move it to the center of the largest mass-gave in Iraq. Somehow I think it would be fitting.

1.6B to only renovate the building? You could probably build a new one with - in fact it does, that includes the 'new building' they will build to for a 'temporary' location.

Posted by CrazyFool 2005-05-11 09:08|| 2005-05-11 09:08|| Front Page Top

#4 Under the plan's initial version, a new 30-story office tower was to be built in Robert Moses Park near U.N. headquarters to temporarily house the staff.But that ran into a brick wall when the New York State Legislature, caught up in a wave of anti-U.N. sentiment in the United States, declined to give it the necessary approvals. Maybe it wasn't anti-UN sentiment. Maybe they just didn't want to build a 30 story office tower in a park. On the other hand, I kind of like the idea of New York sticking it to the UN after 50 years of unpaid parking tickets and othe UN shennanigans. I once worked for The Gruzen Partnership, Architects in New York City. Loved the reataurants, theatre, and museums but it was just too big for a South Alabama farm boy.

Posted by Deacon Blues">Deacon Blues 2005-05-11 09:30|| 2005-05-11 09:30|| Front Page Top

#5 You know, no matter what we want, they'll whine and cry and will end up with something. I recommend, unlike the Dems, to actually offer an alternative. Move the lot to San Francisco, their first home. Then once we get them all moved in and confortable, make the city independent like Vatican City. Hehehehe.

Posted by Spoluper Hupenter1939 2005-05-11 09:56|| 2005-05-11 09:56|| Front Page Top

#6 Deacon, that "park" is a playground. One of the few, if only, ones in the area.

Here is a nice short writeup about how NYC got shafted with the UN in the first place, as well as a nice rundown of the local opposition.

That said, they'll never move to Brooklyn. I cannot imagine any diplomats having to cross the river. As it is now, most can walk to the UN, or drive their cars and park illegally. Plus, Mayor Bloomberg will probably cut some deal for Manhattan space, claiming the city would lose lots of money if the UN left.

Posted by growler 2005-05-11 11:11|| 2005-05-11 11:11|| Front Page Top

#7 growler - RINO Bloomberg can claim whatever he wants, but it's a sure bet that NYC will GAIN bigtime if the UN leaves town.

I suggest we ~~push~~ encourage the UN to move to Paris. I'm sure they'll love it there - a metropolitan city with lots of shopping, restaurants, cultural places and events, etc., AND they wouldn't have to deal with uneducated, coarse, simplisme Americans.

Send 'em to America-hating, jealous Phrogistan - they'll fit right in.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2005-05-11 11:43|| 2005-05-11 11:43|| Front Page Top

#8 They won't move to a third world nation no matter how ironic or just it might be. They might move to France and France might take them. Win/win for everyone. Then the third world can come to the UN in time as the French economy sputters.

Posted by rjschwarz">rjschwarz 2005-05-11 12:58|| rjschwarz.com]">[rjschwarz.com] 2005-05-11 12:58|| Front Page Top

#9 They might move to France and France might take them.

I'll throw support behind that idea.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-05-11 14:10|| 2005-05-11 14:10|| Front Page Top

#10 I hear Arafat's old headquarters are available....

Posted by CrazyFool 2005-05-11 14:15|| 2005-05-11 14:15|| Front Page Top

#11 The phrase "rape 'em on the rent" springs to mind...

Posted by mojo">mojo 2005-05-11 15:40|| 2005-05-11 15:40|| Front Page Top

#12 It looks like the UN will be sharing digs with the Nets! Heh.

Posted by someone 2005-05-11 15:52|| 2005-05-11 15:52|| Front Page Top

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