HSA condemns Hotel Gansevoort’s broken promise
HORATIO STREET ASSOCIATION
83 Horatio Street
New York City, New York 10014
May 6, 2005
Mr. Elon Henchington
Manager Director
Hotel Gansevoort
18 Ninth Avenue
New York City, NY 10014
Dear Elon Henchington,
Your April 6 gathering at the Hotel Gansevoort was clearly a gesture to reassure the community that the Hotel wishes to be a good neighbor. Obviously, the Horatio Street Association applauds your desire and took measured satisfaction from your promise that the roar from exhaust fans would be fixed by May 6th. Now our cynicism seems justified. Nothing has happened.
As we all know, New York City is a vast map of small communities within which the quality of daily life is at stake – and for owners their property values. From the vantage point of a block association we see the underside of the city dynamics – a slow motion struggle between these small communities and the vast power of money pushing development that seems indifferent to the welfare of residents and the future city itself. Our only protection is from our elected officials. In this case we can appeal to you, asking, “How would you like to live near the Hotel Gansevoort, feeling enveloped by a fog of noise sounding on a still night like a jet engine?â€
I do not exaggerate. My point is underlined by the enclosed letter from a resident who lives with the problem 24 hours a day.
Mr. Henchington, keep your promise!
Sincerely yours,
Richard Meryman, President HSA
CC: Mayor Michael Bloomberg
Jim Smith, Chair CB2
Peter Falk, President, West Village Committee
Tom Duane, State Senator
Commissioner Emily Lloyd, Department of Environmental Protection
C. Virginia Fields, Manhattan Borough President
Councilmember Christine Quinn
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Assemblymember Deborah Glick
Mr. Levine, Enforcement Bureau of the State Liquor Authority
Marilyn Dorato, Greenwich Village Block Association
Diana M. Schneider, Bureau of Environmental Compliance, EPA
Al Amiteau, The Villager
