America sadly neglects its film history! Don't let it happen to Vitagraph!
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Donna Roberts
11 years ago
Brooklyn history needs to live on!
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Dominic Ambrose
11 years ago
protect our borough's history!
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Susan Gabbay
11 years ago
The film industry pre-talkies was a huge part of Brooklyn's history. It would be a shame to see this go.
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Sandra Fitzgerald
11 years ago
There is SO little left...please fight to keep this!
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Drew Powers
11 years ago
As if this one-of-a-kind historical monument is taking up all that much space to begin with. And the loss of this will improve Brooklyn HOW?
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Lenny Markh
11 years ago
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This smokestack is the modern face of Vitagraph studios. The entire Hollywood system as it existed in the 1900s and even today was developed in Brooklyn and this is all that remains. This is not only a landmark in the realm of film, but Brooklyn as a whole.
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Colleen O'Brien
11 years ago
This smokestack is an important piece of Brooklyn history and should be preserved!
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Carol Hughes
11 years ago
Please save this historic SMOKESTACK!
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Dee Dee Dailey
11 years ago
Please preserve one of the last vestiges of Brooklyn's film history
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Robert Freidin
11 years ago
Well let's get it Landmarked!!!!!
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James Phillips
11 years ago
Please save a part of Brooklyn's film history for future generations.
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Joanie Schaffer
11 years ago
Save our smokestack, a piece of our neighborhood's (and our city's) unique history.
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Carolyn Krinsky Adinolfi
11 years ago
It's unbelievable to me that this is not a protected landmark!
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Susan Bernstein
11 years ago
This should remain a part of the Brooklyn skyline.
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Stephen Myers
11 years ago
Save it!
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Helen Perera
11 years ago
I am heartbroken that this incredible monument to early film history might be demolished. The Vitagraph smokestack connects us today to the magical history of movie-making in Midwood, and is a symbol of the innovation, aspiration, and achievement of the Vitagraph studios, representing a quintessentially "American" success story.
I am comforted when I spot it, a proud architectural artifact of Midwood's glorious past, still standing in an ever-changing city scape.
Destroying it makes me feel like we are losing so much more than its physical presence: we lose another connection to the rich inspiring and often "hidden in plain view" history of our neighborhoods.
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William Coleman
11 years ago
An importan piece of film history that should be preserved.
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Peter Olofsson
11 years ago
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Larry Kanter
11 years ago
Seems that it is all that's left of an important part of Brooklyn Histor
America sadly neglects its film history! Don't let it happen to Vitagraph!
Brooklyn history needs to live on!
protect our borough's history!
The film industry pre-talkies was a huge part of Brooklyn's history. It would be a shame to see this go.
There is SO little left...please fight to keep this!
As if this one-of-a-kind historical monument is taking up all that much space to begin with. And the loss of this will improve Brooklyn HOW?
This smokestack is the modern face of Vitagraph studios. The entire Hollywood system as it existed in the 1900s and even today was developed in Brooklyn and this is all that remains. This is not only a landmark in the realm of film, but Brooklyn as a whole.
This smokestack is an important piece of Brooklyn history and should be preserved!
Please save this historic SMOKESTACK!
Please preserve one of the last vestiges of Brooklyn's film history
Well let's get it Landmarked!!!!!
Please save a part of Brooklyn's film history for future generations.
Save our smokestack, a piece of our neighborhood's (and our city's) unique history.
It's unbelievable to me that this is not a protected landmark!
This should remain a part of the Brooklyn skyline.
Save it!
I am heartbroken that this incredible monument to early film history might be demolished. The Vitagraph smokestack connects us today to the magical history of movie-making in Midwood, and is a symbol of the innovation, aspiration, and achievement of the Vitagraph studios, representing a quintessentially "American" success story. I am comforted when I spot it, a proud architectural artifact of Midwood's glorious past, still standing in an ever-changing city scape. Destroying it makes me feel like we are losing so much more than its physical presence: we lose another connection to the rich inspiring and often "hidden in plain view" history of our neighborhoods.
An importan piece of film history that should be preserved.
Sweden
Seems that it is all that's left of an important part of Brooklyn Histor