Are you kidding? Bayside Historical did diddly shit..... unless you want to count the lip service (with no action) Geraldine Spinella (their exec. dir.) gave for its preservation!
Then you had that "Bovine" pro overdevelopment Shulman who was perfectly content to let St. John's University or Mattone (a Borough Hall buddy) etc. develop the land!
A group headed by activist Joyce Sheppard forced Shulman to open up the meetings to the public that were previously held behind closed doors ......concerning the fate of Ft. Totten. Otherwise it would have been up for grabs to the winning developer.
Now we've got the status quo. At least the fort is here....in bad shape....but here! Better than seeing it razed!
Italicized passages and many of the photos come from other websites. The links to these websites are provided within the posts.
Why your neighborhood is full of Queens Crap
"The difference between dishonest and honest graft: for dishonest graft one worked solely for one's own interests, while for honest graft one pursued the interests of one's party, one's state, and one's personal interests all together." - George Washington Plunkitt
The above organizations are recognized by Queens Crap as being beneficial to the city as a whole, by fighting to preserve the history and character of our neighborhoods. They are not connected to this website and the opinions presented here do not necessarily represent the positions of these organizations.
The comments left by posters to this site do not necessarily represent the views of the blogger or webmaster.
2 comments:
This is a damn shame. After all that effort a decade ago to save Ft Totten, then to quietly fall into this neglect? Inexcusible.
Bayside Historical, Queens Civic Congress, local officials, community boards, no hiding, give an account of this now!
Are you kidding? Bayside Historical did diddly shit..... unless you want to count the lip service (with no action) Geraldine Spinella (their exec. dir.) gave for its preservation!
Then you had that "Bovine" pro overdevelopment Shulman who was perfectly content to let St. John's University or Mattone (a Borough Hall buddy) etc. develop the land!
A group headed by activist Joyce Sheppard forced Shulman to open up the meetings to the public that were previously held behind closed doors ......concerning the fate of Ft. Totten. Otherwise it would have been up for grabs to the winning developer.
Now we've got the status quo. At least the fort is here....in bad shape....but here! Better than seeing it razed!
Post a Comment