In September 2021, Macy's accused the billboard's owner Kaufman Realty of negotiating to lease the space to an online retailer before Macy's most recent lease expired that August. Macy's claimed that the lessee was almost certainly Amazon and filed for an injunction preventing Kaufman from leasing the space to a competitor. Macy's claimed that a 1963 agreement prohibited such a lease "forever" and that an Amazon billboard would be highly visible during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
I used to work one block from there. For years I got off at that station and walked past the building but had no idea it was hiding something like that. Amazing!
ungreased0675 3 days ago [-]
That building looks horrible, do people live there?
nkrisc 9 minutes ago [-]
Based on the pictures I can’t imagine anyone legally living there.
I don’t know for sure, but I imagine usable windows are required for living spaces.
hdgvhicv 3 hours ago [-]
Ground floor is a shop, pepper floors are basically empty.
nephihaha 2 hours ago [-]
I know. I was expecting something easier on the eye. Maybe a century of being behind billboards has wrecked it. The 1906/1907 photographs look much better.
q3k 5 hours ago [-]
No, they just shop there.
Terretta 1 days ago [-]
“Hidden by billboards for over 100 years, the tiny holdout building in the middle of Macy’s is back in view”
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In September 2021, Macy's accused the billboard's owner Kaufman Realty of negotiating to lease the space to an online retailer before Macy's most recent lease expired that August. Macy's claimed that the lessee was almost certainly Amazon and filed for an injunction preventing Kaufman from leasing the space to a competitor. Macy's claimed that a 1963 agreement prohibited such a lease "forever" and that an Amazon billboard would be highly visible during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
I don’t know for sure, but I imagine usable windows are required for living spaces.
Initial word of headline necessary for comprehension