Guardians of the Guardian at CB 10’s Meeting
A representative of Guardians of the Guardian was at Community Board 10 last week. Thank you to these great Brooklynites for standing up for Brooklyn!
The last we heard from the Guardians of the Guardian was in 2010 when they worked to get Angel Guardian Home Landmarked. (See here)
This property was always well-maintained. The building was supposed to become yeshiva. (See photo from plans below)
The Guardians of the Guardians came to Community Board 10’s Meeting because they wanted to make sure that what is being built on the property matches the paperwork for 1222- 63rd Street. That building was knocked down and only one wall was left standing. (See red arrow below)
Josephine wrote a letter to Sarah Carroll, the Chair of the Landmarks Preservation Commission and the property received a stop work order. (See here)
Pauline shared this photo on Facebook:
The Guardians of the Guardian originally wanted to landmark the main building and the building on the side, but they weren’t able to. The Landmarking Commission said part was removed before they saw the building.
The strange thing about this landmarking incident was Andrew Gounardes was knowledgeable and led landmarking workshops, yet Gounardes did not show up as the state representative to the NYC Landmarking Meeting. The meeting are on Youtube (See here)
Gounardes deferred to Councilman Justin Brannan. Justin Brannan was not the Councilman for 12th Avenue and 64th Street (Carlos Menchaca was), so Gounardes should not have sent Brannan. Why did the NYC Landmarking meeting continue without an elected representative of the area?
The Landmarking Committee didn’t know Justin Brannan was lobbied over this property! This is how lobbyists run Brooklyn!
Politicians should not have interfered here. (See here)
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Hugs,
marlene
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