NEW YORK/TRUMP BUSINESS: “When Donald J. Trump purchased the muddy stretch of abandoned rail yards alongside the Hudson River in 1985, he envisioned building a complex called ‘Trump City’ on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. The deal didn’t quite come together, but nevertheless, in the scaled-back version that rose between West 72nd and West 59th streets, the word “Trump” was splashed in gold on six apartment towers. Soon none will say ‘Trump.’ On Friday, the board of one tower, 220 Riverside Boulevard, notified residents that it will remove the Trump lettering from above its front door. This decision comes one day after the only other remaining “Trump Place” building, 120 Riverside Boulevard, said it planned to remove the name. In doing so, both towers — 220 and 120 — join the four other neighboring buildings in the complex that have, since 2016, each moved to wipe the president’s name from their facades, erasing Mr. Trump from the pocket of Manhattan he once imagined would be his own eponymous city.”
–Sarah Maslin Nir, “The Upper West Side’s Banishment of ‘Trump’ on Buildings Is Almost Complete,” The New York Times online, February 22, 2019