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WWW.BOWERYALLIANCE.ORG David Mulkins: [email protected] Chair November 12, 2010 David Mulkins (631)901-5435 Vice Chairs The Honorable Robert J. Tierney, Chairman Michele Campo Landmarks Preservation Commission Jean Standish Municipal Building Secretary 1 Centre Street, 9th Floor Sally Young , NY 10007 Treasurer Jean Standish RE: 35 Cooper Square Landmarks Committee Chair Mitchell Grubler Dear Chairman Tierney:

Co-Founders Anna L. Sawaryn The undersigned representatives of the organizations listed below urge David Mulkins you and the Commission to calendar 35 Cooper Square for consideration as an individual NYC landmark. This federal-style building is a rare survivor from the Bowery’s early 19th century development as a residential Board of Advisors: quarter while reflecting the historical transformation of the famed street to mixed commercial/residential use when the first elevated railroad was Doris Diether, introduced in the 1870s. Zoning Consultant Simeon Bankoff, In addition to its architectural significance, its important historical and Director, Historic Districts cultural associations range from a direct descendant of Peter Stuyvesant Council to the building's much later habitation by Diane DiPrima, the most Kent Barwick, influential woman of the Beat Generation. This much-beloved little Former Chair, building has been both a significant participant and a surviving witness to Landmarks Preservation history for 200 years! Under the stipulations of the Commission Landmarks Law, it qualifies on architectural, historical and cultural criteria Eric Ferrara, for designation as a NYC individual landmark. Director, History Project Please read the enclosed RFE and research materials, including the cited Michael Geyer, documentation, which so clearly justifies the case for designation. Architect Bob Holman, Thank you for your prompt consideration of this RFE. Poet & Proprietor, Bowery Poetry Club Sincerely, Michael Karp, Writer

Keith McNally, Restaurateur, Mitchell Grubler Simeon Bankoff Balthazar / Minetta Chair, Landmarks Committee Executive Director Tavern Bowery Alliance of Neighbors Historic Districts Council Victor Papa, President, Two Bridges Neighborhood Council

Luc Sante, Historian Andrew Berman Richard Moses Executive Director Executive Director Greenwich Village Society Lower East Side For Historic Preservation Preservation Initiative