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Coyotl

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Fri Nov 18, 2016, 01:00 AM Nov 2016

Trump's Name Will Be Removed From Apartment Buildings After Residents Demand It


Trump's Name Will Be Removed From Apartment Buildings After Residents Demand It
November 15, 2016 Jim Zarroli

President-elect Donald Trump's name will be removed from three apartment buildings on Manhattan's West Side, after almost 600 residents signed a petition demanding it.

Three of the rental buildings now known as Trump Place will be renamed 140, 160 and 180 Riverside Blvd., according to a statement emailed to NPR from the Chicago-based real estate company Equity Residential.

"We are assuming a more neutral building identity that will appeal to all current and future residents. We took a number of items into our decision including the input of our residents," the statement said.

The buildings were part of a large complex along the Hudson River that Trump developed together with a group of billionaires from Hong Kong in the 1990s. ..........
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Trump's Name Will Be Removed From Apartment Buildings After Residents Demand It (Original Post) Coyotl Nov 2016 OP
I hope someone films the removal of the letters. MADem Nov 2016 #1
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