Public Hearing for Renken Dairy Building Coming Up
A public hearing is coming up at the Landmarks Preservation Commission for the Renkin Dairy building at 584 Myrtle Avenue. The former dairy-supply building was calendared in November. The public hearing is scheduled for April 2. The LPC will not make a vote to landmark at that time, they’ll just listed to any public comment….

A public hearing is coming up at the Landmarks Preservation Commission for the Renkin Dairy building at 584 Myrtle Avenue. The former dairy-supply building was calendared in November. The public hearing is scheduled for April 2. The LPC will not make a vote to landmark at that time, they’ll just listed to any public comment. According to the LPC, the Renkin building “is an unusual example of the Moderne style of architecture applied to a small commercial structure in Brooklyn… This office building was designed by the firm of Koch & Wagner in the Moderne style, popular in the early 1930s. This style was a simplified version of the earlier Art Deco style, featuring light colors and straight lines to provide a sense of dynamism related to machines and their speed, seen as emblematic of the 20th century. The building design is expressed through horizontal bands of red brick against a light brick background and projecting or recessed planes on the building’s facades.” Read the full writeup from the LPC here.
Myrtle Avenue Dairy Building Set for Landmarking [Brownstoner]
Photo by the LPC
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