Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour is simply not pleased with a developer's plan to build a condo in her Greenwich Village neighborhood. She put pen to paper (official Vogue letterhead, to be exact) and wrote a letter to the Landmarks Preservation Commission, calling the project "a totally out-of-scale, inappropriate eight-story building" and an "unwelcome intrusion." According to the NY Post she wrote the letter in February 2009, but just last week sent an appeal to City Council Speaker Christine Quinn.
Her actions, as well as those of other outspoken area residents, have allegedly yielded results. The Department of Buildings told the developer they "intended to revoke its approval of the project if its objections were not addressed. Among the objections are that the new building would be too tall." The developer plans to fight the decision, however.
What is it that Wintour finds so unattractive about the proposed plan, which includes a jazz club, an art gallery and six apartments? The building would be on Bleecker Street and block the MacDougal-Sullivan Gardens, a private outdoor space accessible to residents of 22 townhouses — including Wintour's. Aha! Though, we never really pictured Wintour as an outdoorsy type.
