/PRNewswire/ More than 150 people attended an impassioned and informative town hall event on the critical issue of health equity on Chicago s West Side on.
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By Jairo Mejia
New York, Feb 20 (efe-epa).- The $25 billion Hudson Yards housing, office and retail complex was supposed to spur economic development in New York, but the promise of a bright future has given way to a bleak present dominated by the impact of Covid-19.
Last month, the site’s main tourist attraction, a free-standing spiraling staircase known as the Vessel, was closed after a third person committed suicide by jumping from the top of the 150-ft (47.5 m)-tall structure.
With many of the shops and restaurants closed while offices and luxury condos sit empty, Hudson Yards, which covers 28 acres (11 hectares) on Manhattan’s West Side, has become a symbol of an approach that the pandemic has shown to be outmoded if not ridiculous.