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(PAID ADVERTISEMENT) March 21,1974 PHOENIXhistoric fortoreenethe book that set a new standard %u2022 going into a second printing %u2022 over 200 pages include:Fort Greene: The Rationale for Landmark Designation James Marston Fitch, Director of Historic Preservation Graduate School of Architecture, Columbia UniversityFort Greene: Historic Perspective Albert Fein, Director Lois Gilman, Research Assistant Donald Simon, Adjunct Professor Urban Studies Program, Long Island UniversityFort Greene: Landscape to Cityscape Charles Lockwood, Architectural Historian Author of Bricks and BrownstoneFort Greene: Block-by-Block Description 75 Research Assistants and Theodore H. M. Prudon, Research Associate Graduate School of Architecture, Columbia UniversityHere%u2019s What They Say About Historic Fort Greene:%u201c This is the best, most thoroughly-prepared presentation that hasbeen made to this commission.\Harmon H. Goldstone, ChairmanLandmarks Preservation Commission/November 30,1973%u201c The quality of the research work that the members of the FortGreene Landmarks Preservation Committee have done as well asthe unique social and architectural qualities of the area convince usthat the effort to obtain historic district status should be given themost serious consideration.\James Hurley, Executive Director, Long Island Historical Society%u201c I should like to join the many New Yorkers in asking the LandmarksPreservation Commission to designate the Fort Greene area of Brooklyn as a landmark....This community has stood, since the early daysof the City of Brooklyn, as the location for many homes of beautiful19th century architecture, as the center of the melting-pot of ourBorough, and as the residence of good, stable middle-class families,many of whom have been there for generations. Further, the effort(and) pride in being designated a landmark will encourage residentsto keep up a standard of preservation which will benefit the entirearea including the Brooklyn Academy of Music....%u201dHarvey Lichtenstein, Executive DirectorBrooklyn Academy of Music%u201c From the point of view of architectural history the proposed districtconstitutes an encyclopedic collection of a century and a quarter ofAmerican building.%u201dJames Marston Fitch, Director of Historic PreservationGraduate School of Architecture, Columbia University%u201c Fort Greene is a living record of Brooklyn%u2019s development....Thatit has been the home throughout its history of diverse ethnic andeconomic groups is reflected in the district%u2019s different architecturalstyles%u2014 not just the brownstone.%u201dAlbert Fein, Director of Urban Studies, Long Island University%u201c If Stanford White%u2019s Martyrs%u2019 Monument over the remains of 11,500Revolutionary War dead in Fort Greene Park were located insteadon a mountain in North Dakota, every schoolchild in America wouldknow what it looked like. And if Fort Greene%u2019s historic houses werein some far-off Disneyland, thousands would pay to see them eachyear.\Allard K. Lowenstein, Member, Democratic National Committee%u201c We are vitally interested in the designation of the Fort Greene Community as a Landmark District.%u201dHarry Silverman, Brooklyn Chapter Member, Committee forHistoric Preservation, American Institute of Architects\habited by a diverse population which is united in trying to preservean historically important area.%u201dHarvey L. Strelzin, Member, New York State Assembly%u201c I have been in conference with many institutions, community leadersand residents of the area and they are all in support of this worthwhile effort.%u201dAbraham G. Gorges, Member, Democratic State Committee%u201c Olmstead and Vaux%u2019s Fort Greene Park is a jewel box of greenerysprawling alongside breathtaking homes. An area of stable middleand working class populations of blacks, whites and Puerto Ricans,it is a beautiful example of harmonious integration and exciting selfhelp.%u201dCharlene Victor, Executive DirectorBrooklyn Arts and Culture Association%u201c Fort Greene is a happening %u2014 one that should occur throughoutthe city %u2014 where people of all races, creeds and backgrounds areattempting to build a viable community.\Mary Pinkeit, Member, New York City Council%u201c Fort Greene is so rich in history that it is surprising that the Landmarks Preservation Commission has not hustled to give it a landmarkdesignation.%u201dJoseph B. Milgram, Program DirectorSociety of Old Brooklynites%u201c The riches of Fort Greene%u2019s history are almost outshown by thewarmth and charm of its architecture.\Elizabeth White, Local History LibrarianBrooklyn Public Library%u201c This area was the scene of notable historic events from the earliestyears of the republic and even before.... Fort Greene residents haveshown by their expert research that the future of the district wouldbe in very good hands indeed.\Edwards F. Rullman, President, Brooklyn Heights Association%u201c The pull of its Victorian houses alone has been the force that hasaffected the comeback of this neighborhood which so recently wasconsigned to the urban trash heap. Today we can see what a valuableresource New York almost lost.\Margot Wellington, Vice PresidentDowntown Brooklyn Development Association, Inc.%u201c Some of the largest and best preserved brownstone-front Italianateand Second Empire row houses in the city are to be found in therecently improving Fort Greene area.\Charles Lockwood, Bricks and Brownstone%u201c For the jewel that is Fort Greene Park, surrounded by magnificenthomes stretching down to the Navy Yard, the Academy of Music,Pratt Institute %u2014 landmarks designation is a positive step the city cantake to halt the erosion of one of our historic downtown neighborhoods. We strongly urge it.\Mike Armstrong, The Phoenix November 22,1973%u201c We support unanimously and with enthusiasm the effort of the FortGreene Landmarks Preservation Committee to obtain landmark statusfor the proposed district.\Fr. Anthony Faiella, Chairman, Community Planning Board #2\nize the efforts of the residents of the Fort Greene Community to havea portion of their community designated a landmark area.\Carol Bellamy, Member, New York State Senate%u201c The future of the city is dependent upon the civic identity, responsibility and pride of its residents. This feeling is strong in the FortGreene community and worthy of propagation.%u201dLeon M. Goldstein, President, Kingsborough Community College\the view of those who see the next few years as critical for FortGreene.%u201dLouis Weiss, Principal, Brooklyn Technical High School'In recent years I have noted with much interest the fine renovationvork and progress made to restore the many fine brownstones andother houses surrounding the hospital. I strongly urge that all effortsbe made to constructively preserve this historically unique area ofBrooklyn.\Vernon E. Dressier, Executive AdministratorBrooklyn Eye and Ear Hospital\marks Preservation Committee. We stand ready to help in any waywe can.%u201dMrs. Miles M. Kastendieck, President, Brooklyn Music School%u201c In Historic Fort Greene one of the great residential neighborhoodsof New York at last gets a worthy tribute. Fort Greene is a communitythat more people should know about.\Evelyn Ortner, Chairman, Cultural and HistoricResources Committee, Park Slope Civic Council%u201c The renovation which is taking place in Fort Greene is very muchin keeping with the extraordinary architecture along the tree-linedstreets of this historic neighborhood at the transportation and cultural hub of Brooklyn.\Nathanial Hendricks, PresidentBrooklyn Brownstone Conference\restoration and growth of our community.\Jean Booth, Chairman, Pratt Area Community Council\Cuyler voiced the hope that his home would be a meeting place for'rich and poor, young and old, black and white.%u2019 Although he nevervisualized the eight decades of change and development, I suspecthe would be proud of the Landmarks Preservation Committee andof this publication.%u201dDr. George Litch Knight, PastorLafayette Avenue Presbytenan ChurchReserve Your Copy of the Second Printing Now!V- 1 ip a n a mail inis c u u p u nwith check payable to 'Fort Greene Landmarks'W . 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