SESAME STREET – Referring to the iconic location as an “eyesore”, Vancouver-based developers have announced plans to tear down 123 Sesame Street and replace it with a pair of 40-storey luxury condominiums.
“We imagine Sunny Day Condominiums as a place where friendly neighbours meet,” said landlord David Mervin. “Just like any other condominium.”
Critics of the project claim it will remove badly needed low-income housing in an area where many people are already living out of garbage cans.
“The number of the day is clearly 100 million,” said 123 resident, The Count, referring to the amount for which the property was sold. “Even I can’t count the number of people who will be hurt by this decision.”
Controversy struck the project earlier in the year, when Mervin was overheard referring to the residents of 123 as “a bunch of little miss piggies and cookie junkies.”
“I’m concerned by Mr. Mervin’s lack of empathy,” said Kermit Frauge, a representative of the poverty outreach organization, The Letter P. “Most of the residents of 123 work hard at low-paying jobs, like fast food service, or explaining the difference between light and heavy.”
Sources say the company has already brought in marksmen to clear the area of “unwanted and unnatural” avian life.
This is not the first time a local landmark has lost out to a development deal. In 2012, the historic Fraggle Rock was bulldozed to make way for the Trump International Hotel and Tower.
