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The Plot Thickens
By Carter Horsley   |   From Archives Wednesday, March 9, 2005
An undeveloped, landmark-protected building lot at

27 Wooster
in central

SoHo
was purchased by developer/architect Axel Stawski in January 2005 for 15 million dollars, who has filed a building variance and residential zoning application to erect a luxury condominium.

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Architecture Critic Carter Horsley Since 1997, Carter B. Horsley has been the editorial director of CityRealty. He began his journalistic career at The New York Times in 1961 where he spent 26 years as a reporter specializing in real estate & architectural news. In 1987, he became the architecture critic and real estate editor of The New York Post.