by Geoff Cobb 
In a previous post I reported that there was an application to demolish 85 Calyer Street, the historic home of the builder of the first ironclad battleship in the United States Navy, the USS Monitor. The situation looks bleak and the historic house seems doomed. The new owner of the property, Daniel Kaykov, has received an approval to have the historic building demolished.…
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This house was “lost” years ago. Clearly nothing left to preserve at this point. Only an ugly vinyl clad box remains. Your piece was informative and fun to read but your efforts at preservation are better directed towards buildings which can still be saved.
I’m a Greenpoint Native and I am ashamed of the greed of all the developers just thrashing Greenpoint to make it look like Manhatten