Watchtower building now a college dorm

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  recovering

  I thought it was profoundly ironic , in view of the witnesses anti-education stance that one of their buildings is now a collegw dorm.

  http://www.brooklyneagle.com/categories/category.php?category_id=5&id=33701

  Former Watchtower Building in Brooklyn Now Occupied by College Students by Linda Collins ([email protected]), published online 02-22-2010
  space NYU Grad Students, NYU-Poly Undergrads Take Over ‘Sliver Building’ By Linda Collins Brooklyn Daily Eagle BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — A residential building formerly owned by the Watchtower Bible & Tract Society (Jehovah’s Witnesses) in Brooklyn Heights is now fully occupied as a dorm. A recent edition of nyunews.com, a web edition of WSN, New York University’s daily student newspaper, calls the new dorm The Livingston and describes it as “the first NYU dorm in Brooklyn.” Noting that the dorm is at 67 Livingston St., and is near Brooklyn Borough Hall and the 4/5 subway station, the article states that the building is “home to NYU graduate students and NYU-Poly undergraduates.” It also says it is in “a quaint neighborhood,” situated between Clinton and Court streets, surrounded by residential apartment buildings and only a 10 minute walk from the NYU-Poly (Polytechnic Institute of New York University) campus, which is at MetroTech. As the Eagle has reported, 67 Livingston, known locally as “the sliver building,” was previously owned by the Watchtower Bible & Tract Society (Jehovah’s Witnesses) and sold by the organization in 2007. Watchtower spokesperson Richard Devine told the Eagle at the time that the property was built in 1988 and has 76 units on 26 floors, including one-bedroom and studio apartments, many with terraces. “We acquired this building when it was still under construction,” said Devine, who is in charge of Building Maintenance and Construction for Watchtower. “It was designed to have one condo on each floor. We got it after the shell was completed so we redesigned the interior to have more and smaller units.” Nyunews.com noted that there are four room-layout options for students at The Livingston: a shared studio for two people, a low-cost studio for two people, a one-bedroom apartment for two people and a small studio for one person. “Furnished with hardwood floors, the apartments are relatively standard, each equipped with kitchen, bathroom and dining area,” reports nyunews.com. “Air conditioning is included and there is a common lounge area on the second floor. One-person studios have a small refrigerator but no sink.”
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  Mattieu

  It would be sooo funny if, once all the buildings are sold off, all were utilised by such worldly businesses such as: Alcoholics Anonymous meeting place, tobacco company headquarters, Artillery weapons factory, United Nations branch office, Swinging couples centre, Paedophile hiding place .....

  Hang on a minute, isn’t that what the buildings are being used for now under the guise of the WBTS??

  I’m sure there are a few more I missed out on....

  Mattieu...
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  recovering

  ha ha I think it should be renovated and used as A maximumum security prison for pedophiles right on Adams street. That would further reflect the irony.
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  yknot

  Kinda of expecting this too for the Farm eventually..........
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  SirNose586

  Good. Now those buildings can be used to support real education, instead of the fake "worldwide Bible education work" we used to have to tell the householders about.
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  designs

  SirNose-

  Don't you remember- reading the Awake was equal to a college education.............
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  MissingLink

  Rutherford is turning in his grave.