Welcome to Neumannville? Flow’s plans in El Portal incite local ire

The Rader Memorial United Methodist Church in South Florida’s El Portal had a hole beneath its steeple. A chain-link fence encircles the shuttered sanctuary, and on a recent weekday in February, a half dozen residents clustered nearby as an excavator idled beside the two-story building, hoping to save it from Adam Neumann’s wrecking ball.  Dust and debris spilled from the breach in the façade as neighbors surveyed the damage, which felt more than physical. For 75 years, the church had been the village’s signature property, and tearing it down seemed like proof that billionaire Neumann was moving forward with plans […]

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