Bill Schechter: Family owned United Meat Mkt. 1935-1982. Went swimming in the Vitagraph pool,played ball on the vacant lot in front of the Smoke Stack on Ave.M between E. 14th & Finch Lumber ( E 15th.) Lot became A&P Supermarket in later years. Celebrities used to eat in Dorman Square Restaurant, Zimbarras, and after 1945, Bonaparte Restaurant, Cookies,Zimbarras.
Also frequenters of Bonaparte Restaurant, Gambino, Castellano and others.
I lived on M from 10 yrs old till I was 23. I am now 84. Boy how time flies, when you're having fun.
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William Schechter
11 years ago
I lived at 1602 Ave. M from 1940 till 1953( Marine Corps 1951 - 1953 ).
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William Schechter
11 years ago
I lived at 1602 Ave. M from 1940 till 1953( Marine Corps 1951 - 1953 ).
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Chuck Howell
11 years ago
That this landmark has survived this long already is a miracle. To destroy it now would be a tragedy.
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Chuck Howell
11 years ago
That this landmark has survived this long already is a miracle. To destroy it now would be a tragedy.
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Edward Harbur
11 years ago
America has a notorious reputation for desregarding and destroying its own past. Please don't let this happen. The Vitagraph Smokestack is a monument to a uniquely American form of art - to lose this stunning monument would be criminal.
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Dino Everett
11 years ago
I have said this before, if something that has survived over 100 years is not worth fighting for, then what is?
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Ross Kendall
11 years ago
My great-grandfather Harry Kendall acted in many silent Vitagraph films that would have been produced here. It would be a real shame to loose it!
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Chris Yogerst
11 years ago
This is an important piece of film and mass communication history. The history of movies in this country is, in a big way, the history of 20th century America.
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Rob Burns
11 years ago
Please save this important part of our film history.
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Scott Hamrah
11 years ago
This important monument to cinema history deserves landmark status. It should be preserved.
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Albert Haim
11 years ago
Our historic patrimony must be preserved. If we allow historically significant structures to be demolished, future generations will be ignorant of the great technological advances made possible by their predecessors.. .
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Linda Danz
11 years ago
We cannot keep erasing the history of our city. Surely this landmark deserves a place in the present for its contributions to the past.
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Linda Danz
11 years ago
We cannot keep erasing the history of our city. Surely this landmark deserves a place in the present for its contributions to the past.
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Richard Usifer
11 years ago
Please do whatever is necessary to preserve this tower. It is an icon that generations have grown up with, and one that symbolizes an important part of Brooklyn's and the city's history. That history must not be forgotten.
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Jinjer Stanton
11 years ago
Smokestacks are architecture too!
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Peter Hannan
11 years ago
Save it for god's sake! And everyone else's sake too!
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Christine Hall
11 years ago
This wonderful landmark should be preserved and restored.
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Michael Townsend Wright
11 years ago
The smokestack is certainly a cinematic historical treasure that deserves to remain standing.
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Anonymous
11 years ago
Do not destroy this piece of history. It's criminal to allow that to happen.
Bill Schechter: Family owned United Meat Mkt. 1935-1982. Went swimming in the Vitagraph pool,played ball on the vacant lot in front of the Smoke Stack on Ave.M between E. 14th & Finch Lumber ( E 15th.) Lot became A&P Supermarket in later years. Celebrities used to eat in Dorman Square Restaurant, Zimbarras, and after 1945, Bonaparte Restaurant, Cookies,Zimbarras. Also frequenters of Bonaparte Restaurant, Gambino, Castellano and others. I lived on M from 10 yrs old till I was 23. I am now 84. Boy how time flies, when you're having fun.
I lived at 1602 Ave. M from 1940 till 1953( Marine Corps 1951 - 1953 ).
I lived at 1602 Ave. M from 1940 till 1953( Marine Corps 1951 - 1953 ).
That this landmark has survived this long already is a miracle. To destroy it now would be a tragedy.
That this landmark has survived this long already is a miracle. To destroy it now would be a tragedy.
America has a notorious reputation for desregarding and destroying its own past. Please don't let this happen. The Vitagraph Smokestack is a monument to a uniquely American form of art - to lose this stunning monument would be criminal.
I have said this before, if something that has survived over 100 years is not worth fighting for, then what is?
My great-grandfather Harry Kendall acted in many silent Vitagraph films that would have been produced here. It would be a real shame to loose it!
This is an important piece of film and mass communication history. The history of movies in this country is, in a big way, the history of 20th century America.
Please save this important part of our film history.
This important monument to cinema history deserves landmark status. It should be preserved.
Our historic patrimony must be preserved. If we allow historically significant structures to be demolished, future generations will be ignorant of the great technological advances made possible by their predecessors.. .
We cannot keep erasing the history of our city. Surely this landmark deserves a place in the present for its contributions to the past.
We cannot keep erasing the history of our city. Surely this landmark deserves a place in the present for its contributions to the past.
Please do whatever is necessary to preserve this tower. It is an icon that generations have grown up with, and one that symbolizes an important part of Brooklyn's and the city's history. That history must not be forgotten.
Smokestacks are architecture too!
Save it for god's sake! And everyone else's sake too!
This wonderful landmark should be preserved and restored.
The smokestack is certainly a cinematic historical treasure that deserves to remain standing.
Do not destroy this piece of history. It's criminal to allow that to happen.