Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Landmarks Preservation Commission spares historic stable from the condo afterlife


From the EV Grieve inbox...

After a six-year campaign led by the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation (GVSHP), the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) today voted unanimously to landmark 128 East 13th Street, between 3rd and 4th Avenues. The building is believed to be the city's last surviving horse auction mart building, served as the studio of artist Frank Stella, and during World War II was an assembly-line training center for women. The structure was designed in 1903 and by the firm of Jardine, Kent, and Jardine.

In July 2006, the GVSHP discovered there were plans to tear the place down to make way for a seven-story condo.

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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousMay 15, 2012 at 7:12 PM

    A great win for the neighborhood!

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  2. AnonymousMay 15, 2012 at 10:55 PM

    There were plans to tear the building down and replace it with a condo? Doesn't NYU own that building?

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  3. JeffMay 16, 2012 at 2:37 PM

    Hooray! Stables and other horse-buildings are some of my favorite. Great reminders of how much horses contributed to building and working this city.

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  4. AllisonMay 17, 2012 at 11:01 AM

    I was told the building at 123 East 12th Street was also landmarked this week and it backs up to this building. Were they ever connected?

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