http://www.gothamist.com/2006/12/14/design_roundup_8.php All comments for Design Roundup, Landmarks Edition en-us 2007 design_jill Tue, 05 Jun 2007 16:26:27 -0500 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss jpriluck@earthlink.net jpriluck@earthlink.net 60 http://www.gothamist.com/2006/12/14/design_roundup_8.php#comment-818761 http://www.gothamist.com/2006/12/14/design_roundup_8.php#comment-818761 Comments Thu, 14 Dec 2006 14:57:05 -0500 <p>From that Observer article: "In other recent years, the commission’s Manhattan-centric push rings even louder. "In fiscal year 1998, during the reign of Rudy Giuliani, whom Mr. Wolfe accuses of rendering “the undead commission only … undeader,” 19 of the 25 landmarks designated were in Manhattan. Nineteen of 25 were also in Manhattan in the previous 12 months; and, in the succeeding 12 months (fiscal year 1999), 17 of 25 were in Manhattan." I appreciate Wolfe's tweaking of the LPC. However, the LPC's Manhattan-centric policies are denuding Queens of its historic buildings, as one by one they have fallen to the greed and duplicity of developers, as in Maspeth and Middle Village alone, the 1730 Morrell House has been razed, the 1850 Niederstein's Restaurant has been removed (for an Arby's!) and St. Saviour's church is standing today only because a dedicated civic organization has fought a developer tooth and nail. Mr. Wolfe, come to Queens. If you can stand it. www.forgotten-ny.com</p>