Pencil Factory Landmarks Hearing

by JustineOctober 29, 2007

Received an email from a reader with this heads-up:

PUBLIC MEETING ITEM No. 4
LP-2264
Staff: D. Presa
Time: 12:10-1:30 PM

The Landmark Preservation Commission is holding one of its biennial blockbuster meetings on Tuesday. On the agenda [pdf] are votes or hearings for over a dozen significant buildings or districts.

Eberhard Faber Pencil Company Historic District (Greenpoint, Brooklyn): Eberhard Faberis credited with bringing German lead-pencil-making techniques to the United States transforming his…

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