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Save The Vitagraph Smokestack!

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Harold Steinblatt
11 years ago

I am a 1976 graduate of the school which purchased the former studio, but had no inkling of the building's history. I played ball right under the smokestack an,

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Greg Glenn
11 years ago

I'm not from New York but I do see the historical value in this stack. I mean it says "Vitagraph" right down the side.

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Gary Theroux
11 years ago

Roscoe Arbuckle would be proud.

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Dean Treadway
11 years ago

It's part of movie history! It must be preserved!!

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Coleen Fitzgibbon
11 years ago

Keep the Vitagraph as a landmark

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Alejandra Espasande
11 years ago

Let's save this iconic piece of American history!

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Larry Dachslager
11 years ago

There is nothing they could replace the Vitagraph Smokestack with that would be nearly as significant or as vital as what this monument represents.

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Herb G.
11 years ago

Save it!

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Phoebe Green
11 years ago

Emblematic -- a Brooklyn beacon!

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mary mallory
11 years ago

This historic landmark represents what made this neighborhood and kept it going. Keep it!

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Lutz Bacher
11 years ago

An important film-historical landmark!

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Andrea Coyle
11 years ago

This smokestack stands a testament to the roots of film production in Brooklyn, NY

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Timothy Warren
11 years ago

United States

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Robert Sweeney
11 years ago

This essential part of film history needs to be preserved.

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Matias A. Bombal
11 years ago

This must be preserved!

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Christopher Weedman
11 years ago

Please save this essential part of New York film production history!

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Michael Quinn
11 years ago

Midwood was Hollywood before Hollywood was Hollywood!

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Ron Schweiger
11 years ago

The Vitagraph smokestack is 105 years old. I have two photos taken in 1908 and 1909 on Locust Avenue. The Vitagraph Studios are visible in both. However, the smokestack first appears in the 1909 picture. Any way I can help, you may contact me. I am the official historian for the Borough of Brooklyn, appointed by the Borough President. Contact me at [email protected].

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Caroline Barry
11 years ago

This is an important piece of history!!

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John Veglak
11 years ago

Save it!!!