Saturday, April 30, 2011

National Guard wants to junk Admirals' Row

From Brownstoner:

Here's the latest in depressing Admiral's Row news: According to Fort Greene-Clinton Hill Patch, last week the National Guard sent a letter to local politicians telling them Building B has been deemed beyond repair, which means the Guard has washed its hands of one of only two buildings on the row that were supposed to be preserved. In February, the National Guard said the other building that was supposed to be salvaged, the Timber Shed, was also too far gone to be preserved. According to last week's letter, one of Building B's walls has partially collapsed and is unstable. Thus, the Navy Guard is not going to make any moves to preserve either building while it has custodianship of the row; as noted last week, it's unclear when the Navy Yard Development Corporation will be able to take control of the row and, in the meantime, the Development Corp. is not allowed to access the buildings in order to try and preserve them.

4 comments:

ew-3 said...

By what laws does the National Guard have jurisdiction there ?

Admirals Row is easily a landmark site.

Anonymous said...

what amount is going to that building that no one attends in the middle of that unkempt mess of a park? the queens museum?

$65 MILLION FREAKIN' DOLLARS?!?!?!

WHILE NOT A PENNY FOR ST SAVIORS? THE STEINWAY MANSION? ONDERDONK HOUSE? ETC ETC

BULLSHIT.

EVEN MORE PATHETIC THAT NO ONE IN THE CULTURAL COMMUNITY OF QUEENS SAYS JACK SHIT ABOUT THIS.

Anonymous said...

What Cultural Community in Queens?

Anonymous said...

Are there any 99c stores nearby?