Tag: Chinatown (Manhattan, NY)

Anger in Chinatown Over a Huge Jail Project: ‘We Are the Dumping Ground’

Construction has not yet started on what could become the world’s tallest jail, a 300-foot-tall tower on a site in Manhattan’s Chinatown where the remnants of a former detention center still stand. But local residents and businesses say they’re suffering through its prelude: a noisy, dusty and earthshaking demolition to lay the groundwork for the […]

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