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PHOENIX, Page ElevenBrooklyn Heights LandmarkArches/ Swirlsin 1 8 7 9BY LYNNE GRIFOA corner of Brooklyn Heights that is probably unfamiliar to most of the area's residents is the spot where Joralemon St. slopes down toward the East River and joins with Furman St. There, at the foot of Joralemon, stands a large building that remains practically as it was in 1879 when it was built. The building is the White Apartment House, and its architecture and design are quite unusual.Each apartment has its own door opening onto an outdoor balcony. The stairway up to the top is visible from the front of the building through archways at each landing. The purpose of including such unique structural elements was to provide the tenants with as much fresh air as possible and protection from fire.The dark, impressive, building was sponsored as housing for the needy by Alfred T. White, a wealthy Heights resident who was involved in a number of similar philanthropic enterprises.11th Hour For PierrepontContinued from Page 3drugs, and prostitution at the hotel,which, according to senior citizenswho reside there, are comm onplace occurrences. Thecommittee, chaired by Jim Benson, has solicited help from electedrepresentatives and city officialsto plan action to remedy thesituation at the Pierrepont.The committee has taken abroad approach to the problems atthe Pierrepont, considering thewide range of difficulties involvingthe safety and well-being of seniorcitizens who reside there. Inresponse to the com m ittee%u2019srequest, the police and seven cityinspectors made a full inspection ofthe Pierrepont on Dec. 8th, finding62 minor fire, safety, health andbuilding violations. However, thecommittee is convinced that many,more critical violations were bypassed, so they have initiated aninvestigation of their own. Theirreports have been made availableto the police and city regulatoryagencies, and have proved successful in impressing upon theseofficials the crisis situation at thePierrepont and the need for immediate action.In order to bring the issue to ahead, the committee has lookedinto the ownership of thePierrepont and investigated legalrecourses that the communitycould use to force the owners toalleviate the glaring deficiencies atthe hotel. The owners, who areM MYU, lumiibii,mmmore!doors plyw ood ceiling tile sheetrock paneling mouldingsuspended ceiling materials paints and toolsQ Q Q Qr t C I I V / C B V A M V U I l i r n e Vkibi %u00bb I I f v n C K EBOOK & SON, Inc253 Fourth Avenuea t C a rro ll St.Ill 7.7AAZP H O EN IX Photo by Lynne G rlfoCouncil Firm on LICH Accountabsentee landlords, have not involved themselves in any substantial way with the maintenanceof the building or the well-being ofits tenants. The committee hascompiled information about all theevident violations and have sent aletter to the owners demandingthat they respond in good faith tosubstantially improving conditionsthere. If the owners do not respondby Feb. 1st, massive pressure willbe brought to bear by communityaction groups, the bank that holdsthe mortgage, realty interests,legal and social agencies.This type of action has beensuccessful in dosing down similarsingle-room occupancy hotels onthe Upper West Side when ownersdid not respond to deterioratirigconditions at their properties. JimBenson and his committee areconfident that their action, too, willprove effective.N%u00abw BranchBids for the new Red HookBranch Library are being acceptedthrough February 6, the PublicWorks Dept, has advised. Thelibrary, to be built at the corner ofWolcott and Dwight Sts., is thetenth of 19 new libraries to bestarted within the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973.The Red Hook branch will be aone-story air-conditioned buildingwith an area of 75000square feet.LICH%u2019s recently announced plansto erect three 15-story buildings,plus staff housing and a new Schoolof Nursing building in the CobbleHill section of South Brooklyn. TheHospital has publicly stated that ithas no master plan.An amendment to the CPCresolution, proposed by Dan Leahywho has been extensively involvedin community battles against ParkSlope%u2019s Methodist Hospital, wasadopted to provide sanctions ifLICH does not reply and comply tothe request for a planning study.%u201cIf LICH does not agree to complyby March 1, 1973,%u201d the amendmentstated, %u201c the SBDC will immediately urge the State HealthDepartment and all other relatedagencies to declare a moratoriumon the hospital%u2019s expansion plans.%u201dIn other action, SBDC PresidentIra Levine announced that theBoard of Estimate Hearings on theRed Hook Containerport have beenpostponed to February 8 because,Levine said, %u201cthe lease with thePort Authority is at hand%u201d and theE D. A. does not want to go beforethe Board of Estimate without thelease.A resolution was passed afterdiscussion of the controversialcontainerport plans. The SBDCvoted to support the containerportplans, provided the followingconditions are met: (1) that thecity must take action on the%u201cOperation Main Street%u201d programthat it had agreed to earlier; (2)that the relocation of tenants andbusinesses is assured before theyare forced to leave; (3) that atraffic study be done to determinethe impact of the amended planand that consideration be made ofthe Commission of Traffic andTerminals%u2019 proposal to build arailroad from Williamsburg to theRed Hook area via Queens; (4)that a comprehensive study ofrezoning plans to preserveresidential enclaves be undertakenas originally promised.**XXXX-**XXXXXXXYOU ARE INVITED ITO HAVE A COFFEE BREAK W ITH A FLAVOR A N D TASTE Y O U %u2019LLNEVER FORGET. N O W YOU CAN BREW, IN LESS THAN THREEMINUTES. 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