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inside this issueCorbin Building Spared by MTA • page 2TSC Advises on City Hall Station • page 2Honoring the World Trade Center Site • page 3Planning for NoHo Storefronts • page 3Urging Landmark Status for Federal Row Houses • page 4Modernization at the Museum of the City of New York • page 5Conference on Emerging Preservation Technologies • page 5A Master Plan for St. Bartholomew’s Church • page 6Plaster Restoration at Mt. Morris Ascension Church • page 7Roosevelt Island’s Historic Chapel • page 8Special Report: Restoring Wood Porches •page 10Tenth Annual Living Landmarks Celebration •page 12Fall Events •page 14Professional Circle •page 15In Memoriam: Simon Breines •page 24New Website for the Conservancy •page 24New York Landmarks Conservancy NewsletterThe newsletter is a publication of the New York Landmarks Conservancy. Questions andcomments can be directed to Kalyani Glass, Manager of Communications, New YorkLandmarks Conservancy, 141 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, 10010, 212-995-5260,kalyaniglass@nylandmarks.org.Writers include Ann-Isabel Friedman, Karen Ansis, Alex Herrera, Roger Lang,Jill Crawford, and Daniel Vincent.The cover shows the station identifier of the City Hall IRT Station, which has beenclosed for decades. The photo was taken by Alex Herrera.Photography was provided by Michael Anton (p. 10), Jill Crawford (p. 7), Kent Dieboltwww.vertical-access.com (p. 5), Walter Dufresne (p. 2), Ann-Isabel Friedman (p. 9),Alex Herrera (p. 2, 3, 5), Phyllis Hoffzimer (p. 4), James Mahoney (p. 9, 10, 11, 14, 20),Murphy Burnham & Buttrick Architects LLP (p. 6), New York Episcopal Diocese Archives(p. 8), Bill Stivale (p. 8, 9), and Joe Vericker (p. 1, 12, 13).Design and printing by The Oliphant Press.The newsletter would not be possible without the financial contributions of oursupporters, especially Catherine Dugan and The New York Times Company Foundation.A copy of the Conservancy's latest financial report may be obtained upon request fromthe New York State Attorney General, Charities Bureau, 120 Broadway, New York, NY10271 or from the Landmarks Conservancy, 141 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010.
from the presidentDear Friends,Conservancy projects often remind us ofthe layers of history that exist in New York,despite its well-deserved reputation as a“tear it down and move on” City.At the beginning of the 19th century,Lower Greenwich Street was an early enclaveof the wealthy, lined with mansions. One inparticular, at 67 Greenwich Street, is a doublewidthformer mansion with a bowed backfacade built in 1810. This little gem—and 12other Federal Houses in Greenwich Village andLower Manhattan—should not be lost to redevelopment pressures.We are urging official landmark status for these remarkable survivorsfrom that era.Our successful efforts to save the Corbin Building at Broadwayand John Streets brought back the days when this 1898 early skyscrapertowered above its neighbors. Austin Corbin was a famous financier andentrepreneur, who rated a front-page obituary in the New York Timeswhen he died. His architect was Francis Hatch Kimball, who later designedthe gothic skyscrapers on either side of Trinity Church. Because the MTAhas agreed to incorporate the Corbin into the new Fulton Transit Center,instead of demolishing it, this Romanesque beauty will contribute to anexciting public space while allowing us to appreciate of how skyscrapersdeveloped over time.City Hall station was the first subway station opened, and, though nowlong shut, it is an incredible reminder of how public spaces once conveyeda respect for citizens with beautiful design. We hope there will be a timewhen the station can be reopened to the public as a transit museum. Andwe hope the new Fulton Transit Center will be this generation’s equivalentof the City Hall station’s grace and elegance.A more recent layer of New York history is Ground Zero, which weare advocating to list on the State and National Registers of Historic Places.Listing is not an attempt to stop redevelopment on the site, but rather anadditional recognition of the importance of that tragedy and its aftermath.And it is an attempt to ensure that not just the slurry wall and other buildingelements that remain on site—but the pieces of buildings, crushedemergency vehicles, and other artifacts that were removed during the cleanup—are respected, maintained, and made available in appropriate locations.Protecting older buildings and the layers of history they representrequires keeping abreast of modern technology. The Conservancy’stechnical capacity is an important feature of our work. The conferencewe are co-sponsoring on emerging techniques for monitoring structuralmovement and preventing corrosion keeps us on the cutting-edge.Preservation uncovers and honors New York’s rich architectural layers.We’re proud to be a leading force to accomplish this.Peg BreenPresident1
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