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    GUEST COMMENTARY: Demarest Be Damned

    Jeffrey A. Kroessler

    The Demarest Building, at 339 Fifth Avenue. Image Credit: Google Maps

    Landmarks decisions should not be made behind closed doors. Yet they are when the Landmarks Preservation Commission refuses to hold a hearing as it recently did with the Demarest Building. (read more…)

    Tags : 339 Fifth Avenue, demarest building, guest commentary, landmark calendaring, Landmark Designation, Landmarks Preservation Commission
    Date:01/30/2020
    Category : Commentary
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    Landmarks Calendars Five Sites For Designation Near Gowanus Canal

    Calendaring  •  Gowanus, Brooklyn

    The Gowanus Flushing Tunnel Pumping Station. Image Credit: NYC LPC

    The buildings all hold a connection to the Gowanus Canal’s industrial history. On June 25, 2019, the Landmarks Preservation Commission voted to calendar five buildings in Gowanus section of Brooklyn for potential designation as individual landmarks. The five buildings – the Gowanus Flushing Tunnel Pumping Station and Gate House, the Somers Brothers Tinware Factory (later American Can Company), Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (BRT) Central Power Station Engine House, Montauk Paint Manufacturing Company Building and the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) Rogers Memorial Building. All of the buildings hold a connection to the Gowanus Canal’s industrial history. (read more…)

    Tags : gowanus canal, landmark calendaring
    Date:08/19/2019
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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