Standing Together for the Palisades: U.S. Congressman Eliot
Engel, Senators Klein, Espaillat and Assemblyman Dinowitz Join NY and NJ
Environmental Groups in Call for LG Electronics to Lower Planned Height of
Building Headquarters in Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Following
the recent decision by Bergen County Superior Court to uphold LG Electronics’
plan to construct a 143 foot building headquarters by the Palisades in
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, State Senator Jeff Klein, U.S. Congressman Eliot Engel,
State Senator Adriano Espaillat and Assemblyman Jeff Dinowitz joined
representatives from the coalition group, Protect the Palisades, in calling for
LG Electronics to lower the height of their planned construction.
A variance in the zoning law along
the Palisades authorized LG Electronics to build above the 35 foot maximum
height restriction. If constructed, the LG Electronics headquarters would
pierce above the Palisades’ treeline, scarring an iconic landscape and setting
a precedent for similar development.
Standing with the Palisades as a
backdrop, the elected officials, community leaders and environmental leaders
from both sides of the river underlined the importance of preserving the
Palisades, urging LG Electronics to reconsider their design.
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