The 1928 Beaux-Arts Institute of Design - No.The Lost 1849 Free Academy Building -Lexington Av.The 1911 Switzer Home and Institute for Girls - 2.The 1842 Rutgers Street Church - Rutgers and Henr.The 1903 Lyric Theater - 213 West 42nd Street.The Lost 5th Avenue Hotel - 5th Avenue and 23rd S. Hopefully it survives long enough for someone to respect it's history. Unfortunate that every once in awhile this blog reminds one how poorly we teach our children in this country and the lack of concern we place on our past will definetely bite us one day as our rankings in the world continues to drop in most education categories. So few actually care about their own surroundings and the importance of preservation is it any wonder that a former home of one of this country's presidents is barely known outside of a blog like this? I would bet most people walking on the street infront of this building today would even know the person who lived there was actually one of this countrys presidents, since most students of high school age probably cant even tell you who the current Vice president is or where Malaysia is located but they surely can tell you what is the latest tweet from K Kardashian. No the "massacring of this building" is not anyone's fault but our own lack of respect for historical and important cultural institutions, structures, and sites across this entire country.
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