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Another month has passed and the temporary trackage in front of the Ackerson
office is well on its way to completion. The tracks are now
just about level with the station and street. They appear to be
on an earthern embankment, but are actually supported by a
wooden trestle that is being filled in undernearth.
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Those working to save the station house
began gathering information about its history and information
about other landmarkings of subway system structures. They
found that three wooden elevated stations in the Bronx had
received landmark protection, and asked why this couldn’t
be done with Avenue H.
The New York City Landmarks Preservation
Commission was contacted and expressed interest in the
structure. The Transit Authority, for its part, told the
Community Board that it would
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reconsider if the Landmarks Commission was
favorable to preservation.
Landmarks
Commission Sympathetic
A meeting of the Community Board was
attended by members of the Landmarks Commission, interested
community members, Mr. Schweiger, this writer and others. The
attendees expressed the importance of the station house to the
community and discussed the treatment of the landmarked
structures in the Bronx. Among other items, the
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Commission members were shown the original
plans of the station house, brought by Mr. Schweiger courtesy
of the Ackerson Company, and vintage pictures of the station
house in its early days, provided from The Third Rail archives.
The Commission members heard the Community Board’s
presentation, reviewed the material and asked questions of the
assembled parties.
The Landmarks Commission looked favorably
upon the little station house and, in the ensuing
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