Of Interest

There is an article in Chronogram: The River about the efforts to save the historic Stuyvesant Falls bridge: "The Bridge at Stuyvesant Falls: A Preservation Battle." 

Photo: Barbara Reina

Of particular interest for preservationists is this paragraph from the article:

. . . in a letter from The National Trust for Historic Preservation to the county, Elizabeth Merritt, deputy general counsel, states that the county's proposal is not meeting mandatory federal requirements. "We urge the county to suspend its demolition plans, and work with the FHWA [Federal Highway Administration] to develop a revised proposal that would be consistent with the preservation requirements," including "all possible planning to minimize harm" to the historic property. "We see no evidence that any effort has been initiated to comply with this strict preservation mandate in the development of plans for the bridge replacement project."

The entire letter can be found here.