From Curbed:The owners of the almost-two centuries-old wood frame house at 135 Bowery fought hard against its landmarking, arguing that saving the building would cost too dearly. The City Council sided against preservationists in a 2011 decision, voting 49-1 against landmarking, and demolition of the 1817 Federal-style Hardenbrook Somarindyck House began. In an ironic twist, the current owner of 135 Bowery, First American International Bank, is marketing the property — the dust from the demolished house still settling — as valuable due to its probable inclusion in a historically significant neighborhood that would restrict other development, reports Bowery Boogie. Since the City Council's vote against landmarking, The Bowery was added to the State Registry of Historic Places, paving the way for inclusion on the federal historic places list.
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And that's Manhattan!
Queens is totally invisible to the Betts-Tierney
(the Devil's duo) demolition team at the LPC!
When landmarking is part of the game, add "timing" to "location, location, location."
Queens is totally invisible to the Betts-Tierney (the Devil's duo) demolition team at the LPC!
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1. So where is the civic culture of Queens that should be making a stink?
2. So where is the Queens delegation in City Council which should be making a stink? (see today's Crappy puff piece on Vallone getting his drawers out of joint over energy companies)
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