A group of Occupy Wall Street protesters were evicted Monday
from a Lower Manhattan space that had served as an informal headquarters and a
crash pad for the movement's stalwart supporters, according to a Wall St Journal report. A late-day request to stay the eviction was
denied by a judge, leaving the group without a central location to plan several
coming events, including what they hoped would be a galvanizing May Day march
that is being coordinated with labor unions.
Protesters moved into the space in late October, a few weeks
before New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg ordered police to clear out the
group's Zuccotti Park encampment. The loft space at 40 Exchange Place is
located a few blocks away from the park that served as the heart of the
anti-corporate movement until the Nov. 15 raid.
Occupy didn't have a lease for the Exchange Place loft but
had been using the space—dubbed the "Magic Mountain"—at the behest of
the original tenant….
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