Harold Evans in New York wall spat
Posted by
Jeffrey Blyth
on 2 May 2006 at 13:18
Tags: Journalism, Sunday Times, United States
It’s not quite the Berlin Wall, but Sir Harry Evans is having problems with a wall that divides his New York apartment from his next-door neighbour. It’s is only a foot thick, but it does – at the moment – provide the former Sunday Times editor and his wife Tina Brown some privacy when they hold a garden party.
Now a developer has bought the adjacent property and, according to the New York Post, is planning to tear down the property and replace it with a 15-storey apartment complex.
And that – according to Sir Harry, who claims ownership to six inches of the wall - could mean the end to their privacy. As he put it: “This guy comes in like Ronald Reagan and says ‘Tear down the wall’â€? – a reference to former American president’s famous 1987 speech in Berlin.
It’s expected the battle over the wall will end up in a New York court.
Tags: Journalism, Sunday Times, United States
