Architexturez. wrote: > Last week, The New York Sun reported that Rogers had been quoted in an > Israeli newspaper saying he supported "targeted activities" against > Israel - a claim Rogers denies. "I call upon Hamas to renounce terrorism > and recognize Israel's right to exist," Rogers said Monday in a statement. > > Rogers has acknowledged that he let the architects' group hold a meeting > at his London office as a favor to a friend. He said in Monday's > statement that he left after 10 minutes and did not vote for the boycott. > .... >
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York political leaders and an umbrella group of Jewish organizations on Thursday gave up their opposition to using British architect Richard Rogers for the $1.7 billion expansion of the Jacob Javits Convention Center in Manhattan. .... Controversy erupted after Rogers allowed the group in early February to hold its first meeting at his office in London. .... Hoenlein said Rogers explained on Thursday that he had allowed the group to use his office at the request of a friend and that he had attended only the first 10 minutes of the meeting. "He did it as a convenience to a friend and has disassociated himself from the group," Hoenlein said. cont'd.... http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=domesticNews&storyID=2006-03-10T000832Z_01_N09226493_RTRUKOC_0_US-LIFE-ARCHITECT.xml&archived=False _______________________________________________ in-enaction mailing list http://mail.architexturez.net/mailman/listinfo/in-enaction + Architexturez collaborative at http://portal.architexturez.org/
