Letters to the Editor
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‘1975 and 2007′
I greatly appreciated Seth Lipsky’s op-ed page article about the fall of Vietnam, and the role of Congress in precipitating that fall [Op-ed, “1975 and 2007,” November 10, 2006]. One of my most poignant sets of memories is of the spring of 1975, during which I was in San Clemente while the final rout of South Vietnam was taking place. Each day I’d go down to what had been our Western White House offices and sit with President Nixon, by then out of office, as we both absorbed the impact of those unfolding events — with both of us fully aware that they didn’t have to happen, and that they wouldn’t have happened if Watergate hadn’t left him, first, so weakened that he couldn’t stop Congress from blocking his enforcement of the peace accords, and, then, from deliberately pulling the rug out from under the South Vietnamese. To me, as I think they were to him, those spiteful, vicious, and calculated actions by Congress were the most disgraceful betrayal of an ally in America’s history. Thanks for reminding your readers of it.
RAYMOND PRICE
New York, N.Y.
‘City Set To Present Plan for Lower East Side’
Renaissance? I thought I was living in the East Village, not a bad Xerox of midtown [New York, “City Set To Present Plan for Lower East Side,” November 1, 2006]. We have been mega dormed to death mostly by New York University but also by New York Law School, The New School for Social Research, and Cooper Union. Yet another NYU mega dorm and the tallest building ever in the East Village will be built and Saint Ann’s Church from 1847 fell to NYU’s greed and need to build yet another NYU mega dorm. Amanda Burden supports this dorm being the tallest building yet in the East Village. So far Amanda Burden has ignored our community pleas for zoning protection.
City Planning’s incentives to developers in the name of affordable housing is a Trojan horse for developers to further supersize our historic area. The mayor and City Planning seem to care only for housing for NYU students and developers with luxury condos and mirrored hotels that reflect a history that is being destroyed. A community is no longer welcome. We have asked for preservation and protection of our long term community members, and if more isn’t done to protect us you will have to visit a re-creation of the East Village, Bowery, and Lower East Side in Las Vegas or in a museum.
SUZANNAH TROY
New York, N.Y.
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