Metropolitan Fashion Center, 1990-1992

Proposed production facility at the Brooklyn Army Terminal serving Chinatown manufacturers, financed by a grant from the State of New York, with training of factory workers provided by GIDC. Letter from NYS Department of Economic Development Commissioner Vince Tese to Metropolitan Fashion Center, notifying of award of grant, Mar. 27, 1992; description of center; report, "A Day Care Center in the Brooklyn Army Terminal: A Needs Assessment: Current and Potential Demand," prepared by the ILGWU with the cooperation of the Public Development Corporation, Dec. 6, 1990; letter from NYC mayor David Dinkins to ILG president Mazur thanking him for doing the needs assessment for a pilot day care center; memo from ILG vice president Susan Cowell to Mazur re ILG support for day care center as an economic development issue, Feb. 6, 1991; draft marketing proposal by ILG exec. asst. James Parrott, with cover letter, Jan. 4, 1991; update, Feb. 15, 1991; hand-edited draft of letter/request for proposals for consultant to develop marketing plan; Request for Proposals for Women's and Children's Apparel Marketing and Technology Study; ILG memos expressing frustration with MFC for not putting up its share of funds for the marketing project, concern that further delay will damage credibility of ILG and GIDC, Aug. 1991; correspondence between MFC principals Sherman Ng and Edison Wong and ILG exec. asst. James Parrott, NYS director of Industrial Effectiveness Programs, and others, re MFC's cash flow projections, shifting commitment to the project, 1990-91; press releases from MFC and equipment maker Juki Corporation, 1990; newspaper clippings, handwritten notes