corie

Wed, 14 Dec 2005 15:54:41 -0500

The message was written by a community member/activist seeking to have Admiral's Row landmarked and to save it from demolition. The only homeless that I have encountered in and around the houses are wild dogs-- most of which were caught/caged over the summer. They have had problems with people in the past-- a fire broke out in Quarter's L. Mechanic is right-- several of the houses are in miserable condition. Floors on many levels have collapsed and a roof or two have caved. I believe that the land transfer from the Army Corp of Engineers to the Brooklyn Navy Yard Dev. Corp. went through. There have been a lot of rumors as to what will happen on the site, though nothing officially announced. There is, however, an article in the local Brooklyn papers about it.

mechanic

Wed, 14 Dec 2005 15:36:28 -0500

...its a nice thought, but a museum? Look closely, those building (at least the ones right on flushing ave towards the end where this pic is) are already destroyed... most of the roofs are caved in, etc... One wonders if this was written by one of the homeless that take residency in these buildings (I have seen first hand someone jump the wall to enter... and one of them mysteriously went on fire a couple of winters ago). BTW. Go to the Army/Navy store a bit further down flushing ave, and in the changing room they have awesome pictures of these buildings before time had taken its toll on them.

Gothamist: Spooky Pictures of Officer's Row

corie

mechanic