Ridgewood should have preserved elements of old building
JANUARY 9, 2015 LAST UPDATED: FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 2015, 9:54 AM
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS
Building elements should have been preserved
To the editor:
I’m writing about your recent article “Ridgewood debate at Hudson Street lot was ‘past versus parking'” (The Ridgewood News, Dec. 26, page A1).
I’m a former Ridgewood resident who was too young in 1993 to be civically minded and involved in the parking garage debate.
In retrospect, my question for the town is why weren’t elements of the old fire house preserved? Even after the structure was torn down, parts of the original building could have been preserved, even if just a piece of a brick wall or the building’s cornerstone. Imagine how a dull, boring asphalt lot would look if cars passed through the building’s original arches to reach parking spaces.
I think there was a failure on the part of town leaders to think outside the box. If there is any follow-up article I would love to see similar questions asked.
Andrew Higdon
Roslindale, Mass.
The old fd building had character.
The new one is likely more functional, but it’s very ugly .
Typical new joisey what-exit cookie cutter building.
yes so true. what did they get out of taking it down,
8 spaces,
people the top dogs in this town are keeping up in what needs to be done , the village buildings need repair’s that they are not making.
Who the f&$@ care’s?
This was done YEARS ago and the lackeys toadies and sycophants that were running the town then are long gone and still sucking cash out of you via pension. Move on people and worry about the current lackeys toadies and sycophants.
The old firehouse could have easily been refurbished.They do it all the time in NYC. They could have set up trailers while work was being done.It was so sad to demolish the building and then build in the flood zone. Nice work Ridgewoood.