Kingsbridge Armory Approved to Become Mall

Today the City Planning Commission approved a controversial plan to turn the Kingsbridge Armory, a massive red-brick castle in the Bronx, into a mall that will include a large department store, shops and a movie theater. Outspoken opponents of the $310 million project include Bronx borough president Rubén Díaz Jr., who insists the developer should not get the green light unless future mall employees are guaranteed a living wage: "These jobs are not going to allow Bronx families to get themselves out of poverty." It's now up to the City Council to vote on the project.

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By John Del Signore in News on October 19, 2009 4:42 PM

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felixthecat2

Speaker Quinn will approve this plan because she is in the pockets of developers.

NannyState

Now I know the Armory project is totally gay.

longacre

"These jobs are not going to allow Bronx families to get themselves out of poverty."

I'm sure those people will be thrilled to find out they'll remain unemployed making $0 an hour once the developer backs out because of wannabe revolutionaries like Ruben Diaz.

HOTCUP

wannabe revolutionary? what's so revolutionary about insisting that big projects like this benefit the community that they affect? that's his job, actually.

the alternative is that this place brings another x amount of jobs without decent pay, when there's an opportunity here to improve upon that. the bronx doesn't need "jobs," it needs better jobs.

what an ignorant comment.