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MEGHAN CLYNE writes today in the New York Sun: The secretary-general, Kofi Annan, is recommending that the United Nations abandon its plans to use a proposed 35-story building, to be constructed over a neighboring city park, as temporary relocation facilities while the world body renovates its Turtle Bay headquarters.

So where are they going to put it now…?

“The only site that would fulfill U.N. requirements for both office space and conference space is “part of a larger development in downtown Brooklyn,” the report said.” Hmm…

“It consists of both office space, some of which could be occupied as is, and space that the developer would build out to accommodate conferences,” the report said.

“Some U.N. observers have speculated that the site is part of developer Bruce Ratner’s Atlantic Yards project, which would bring an arena for the Nets basketball team and office, retail, and housing space to the Brooklyn Navy Yards and adjacent properties.”

Link: Secretary-General Urges United Nations To Abandon ‘Swing Space’ Plan [New York Sun]