Back in July, a plan by the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation to accelerate the demolition of the houses on Admiral’s Row gained momentum, with backing coming from Community Board 2 and the Brooklyn borough president. But a group of local preservationists has has continued to press the case for saving and restoring the houses. Eric J. Deutsch, president and chief executive of the development corporation, says that the Admiral’s Row houses “are neither financially nor physically preservable.” Instead, the corporation would rather see a supermarket that would serve the three public housing projects nearby. People like Cathy Wassylenko, a Clinton Hill resident who is quickly gathering information from the National Trust for Historic Preservation about emergency measures that can be taken to prevent the demolition of historic buildings, gaven’t given up yet. “At this point,” she said, “we’ll do anything. Because once they’re gone, they’re gone. You can’t bring them back.”
Hopes Fade for Admiral’s Row [NY Times]
Admiral’s Row: Retail over Preservation? [Brooklyn Eagle]