At a Sept. 15 2006 hearing, the City Council gave a final unanimous vote to landmark this culturally, historically and architecturally significant building. Many, many thanks to all of you who worked toward this victory for our community.
Previously, on Tuesday, June 20, the Landmarks Commission unanimously declared old P.S. 64 a landmark, which means that the school cannot be destroyed or replaced with a skyscraper. (Read eloquent speeches about the building by Commissioner Roberta Brandes Gratz andCommissioner Christopher Moore .) Unfortunately, the owner still holds a permit to strip the building’s facade (see renderings of the “denuded” building), which — for inexplicable reasons — has just begun.
