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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.

https://www.northjersey.com/opinion/opinion-letters-to-the-editor/letter-to-the-editor-ridgewood-should-have-preserved-elements-of-old-building-1.1189682