Banca Stabile Petition
TO: Robert B. Tierney, Chairman
NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
One Centre Street, 9thFloor North
New York, NY 10007
We, the undersigned, urge the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission to calendar for a public hearing the historic Banca Stabile Row at 181-189 Grand Street in Little Italy. No commercial building within the Chinatown & Little Italy National Register Historic District is more symbolic of the Italian-American history of Little Italy than the Stabile Bank. The misguided plan to evict the tenants and sell the historic buildings to a tear-down developer would drastically and irreversibly alter the very character of traditional Little Italy and further diminish what is left of Italian culture in this city.
These are the most symbolic buildings of N.Y.C. Italian Heritage. They are not replaceable at any cost. They have been maintained in almost mint condition for centuries. Please preserve at any cost.