Some felt that the suggestion is impractical. Our guests from 186 Pinehurst expressed concern about the impact of construction on adjacent buildings and about the impact on the immediate neighborhood of such an institutions presence. The first choice use for this lot seemed to be a park of some kind, and there was talk of a neighborhood initiative to buy it for that purpose, if someone would come forward to spearhead such an initiative. In principle the idea of the Hudson Heights Athenaeum was welcomed but the hope was expressed that the group looking to put this idea into practice would look for pre-existing buildings in the neighborhood rather than build from scratch on the vacant lot. An expenditure of ca.
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The meeting took place at 180 Cabrini Blvd. Also present were Commercial Associate members William Ryder of Hilltop Pharmacy, Caroline Brown of William B. May and Simone Yen Song of Simone Song Real Estate. Also present were Jennifer Metrick and Bella Bankoff of 186 Pinehurst. Charlotte Russell was present at the beginning of the meeting. The draft February minutes were reviewed and approved.