Apparently people all over the country are upset about some pro forma decision made by a local community board in my town not to give landmark status to an old coat factory and to instead permit a religious organization to build a Y type community center. You wouldn’t think this would have a big effect outside of the immediate neighborhood, but I guess Manhattan really is the center of the universe or something.
Tags: lower Manhattan mosque, religious freedom United States, WTC Mosque
Posted by Marion
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I’ve been to a bar on the same block. Let me tell you, the gorgeous Colombian barmaid’s er, “twin towers” are landmarks.
But Chaim, did she let you touch her hallowed ground?