They got several 'bonuses' from the City in exchange for 'saving' the old York Hotel façade and incorporating it into a new 'cultural' building. The chief of which I remember being that they were allowed to build far more parking than what would have been otherwise, being allowed to cross underneath 6th Avenue.
In the end they never did build the other building, because "@#$% you", I guess. Supposedly the brick façade of the old hotel is still being kept in some warehouse somewhere.
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