Friday, April 18, 2008

Con Ed Admits Brooklyn Power Plant
IS Being Demolished


BMT Power Plant interior gantry crane by Gerald Weinstein, courtesy of www.archiveofindustry.com

Just a month after categorically denying the landmark 1905 Brooklyn Rapid Transit Power Plant was being prepped for demolition, the same Con Edison spokesman has admitted the structure is being torn down. In a March 12th post, we broke the story, speculating as much - but quoting Con Ed's explicit denial.

Friday morning's AM New York print edition ran an article headlined "Plant powers down", in which Chris Olert from the utility's Press Office "confirmed that the building was being demolished". In March, the same Chris Olert told imnotsayin "we're just doing some spring cleaning," and insisting we "don't go spinning this into exotica...we're just cleaning up."

We can't say we're surprised that the plant is being razed, but utility's brazen denial to this blog, followed so soon by a 180-degree change in their story - with no followup to us - is frustrating.

The AM New York piece goes on to quote our friend Mary Habstritt of the Society for Industrial Architecture Archaeology, who says "We are losing a lot of power plants, but this is probably the most stunning. It tells the whole story of our subway system."

The article also mentions the fact that the city's Landmarks Preservation Committee passed over the building for consideration (the article erroneously implies Landmarks considered and "rejected" it - in fact as reported earlier here, they actually declined to consider the property). According to the piece, Landmarks spokeswoman Lisi de Bourbon "said it could be reconsidered at a later date."

Unfortunately, "a later date" will almost certainly be too late to save the historic structure.

Community Shocked as Plug Pulled on Historic Power Plant [amny.com]

Kent Avenue Power Plant: Are Renovations Prelude to Demolition?
[imnotsayin]

Con Ed: Give Power Plant to Navy Yard [imnotsayin]

7 Comments:

At 3:00 PM, Blogger Eno said...

Any idea when demolition will begin? Would be nice to get some photographs while its still up...

 
At 6:26 PM, Blogger i'mnotsayin said...

Ask Con Ed...we're sure you'd get a straight answer.

Actually for all intents & purposes, demolition is ongoing now. The original work permits say "interior demolition" and the implication (and Con Ed's media department insisted) was that they were only demolishing some interior floors as part of asbestos abatement.

The opportunity for good exterior shots is probably past...the scaffold along Kent Avenue will probably outlive the facade. But maybe some sneaky interior shots...

 
At 12:07 AM, Blogger Special Projects Studio said...

Can anything be done to stop this???

 
At 9:56 PM, Blogger Special Projects Studio said...

http://savethepowerhouse.blogspot.com/

 
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