GROUP LOBBIES AGAINST GARMENT DISTRICT REZONING.(Council of Fashion Designers of America and New york City officials, Garment District Inc.)(Brief article)

From: WWD | Date: August 14, 2007| Author: | Copyright information

Byline: Whitney Beckett

NEW YORK - The Garment District is under attack, according to those who gathered on Wednesday to discuss Garment District Rezoning: The End of the Fashion Industry in New York?

Savethegarmentcenter.com leaders asked the approximately 20 people at a meeting to sign petitions and appeal to people in power, like members of the Council of Fashion Designers of America and city officials, to protect the 1987 zoning law that dedicates half of the space in the Garment District to apparel companies. The meeting, held at the Penn Plaza Pavilion, followed ...

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