New York City developer John Wu has two problems: His plans for an eight-story building at 178 Bleecker Street are going to block the light in the private gardens behind Vogue editor Anna Wintour’s house on Sullivan Street, and he’s never heard of Anna Wintour before. He’s so screwed.
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’)When Wintour caught wind of the plans to tear down an 19th-century row house and replace it with a jazz club–art gallery–apartment building last February, Anna Wintour penned a letter to the Landmarks Preservation Commission, calling the plans “totally out-of-scale” and “inappropriate,” according to The Post. Change of plans, John.
The Department of Buildings sent a Jan. 7 letter to Wu saying it 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, violating the city's "sliver law" which regulates height on narrow plots.
We wonder if she recycled the same letter for Thom Browne after his runway show for Moncler Gamme Bleu.
The secret gardens behind Anna Wintour's house on Sullivan Street, hemmed in by Bleecker, MacDougal and West Houston.


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