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impodaothistodcalbuilding andalsoasa structurethat,owing10its ftagmenlary

character, doesnot utrdulyobscurethevisuallyopednatue of tbis portiofl oflie


waterftod park.Thus,I stongly believe,rheTobaccoInspectiooWarehouse shouldbe
preservedin its present,rooflessstate,Irot newlyroofedoverto beleused asI'r enclosed
structure.It shouldbe regalded,i.4its presentstate,asa temendousasset----a gift-to the
plarnersof Brookb'nBridgePark.It is seldompossiblein New York to adaptsomething
like t}teconservation pmcticesadvocated in I q'LcenruryErlglald by JobnRuskin-
$/illiam Monis, andthe Societyfor the Protectionof AacientBuildings,in which ruirs
weretrotto betansfomed into somethingelsebut protectedandveleratedaspoignant
punctuations ofthe living landscape.Whensucha circumstalce-itr this casea ruin that
is alreadywithin desighated poraand-We\ts itself, we might do well to seizethe
uoiqueopportunityfor a speoialkind ofenriohmeotofthe wban enviroDment.Theraw
monumental beautywith whichthis ruio evokesBrooklyn'spa$tcouldendowthe park
foreverwith a feature--bothomamentaland asa venuefor gatherings, p@ctical*of
inimitablemagic.

FraocisMorrone
ArchitecturalhistoriaDatd atthor of An ArehitechtralGaidebookto Broouj'n
July12,2010

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