Urgent Message to JPCA Members:
Save St. Savior's Church in Maspeth!
A landmark status request for the St. Savior's property was filed by the Juniper Park Civic Association on January 16, 2006. To date we have not received a response from the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission, Robert Tierney, Commissioner.
We now understand that a demolition permit was issued on the property.
St. Savior's (Gothic style church), constructed out of redwood, was copied from an old English country church that the Maurice family (Maspeth pioneers) had seen on their European trip. The building was designed for St. Savior's by the architect of Trinity Church, Manhattan, Richard Upjohn, and the cornerstone was laid on November 1, 1847. The Bishop of Western New York, the Right Reverend William DeLancey, consecrated the new church on June 28, 1848.
The structure (and property) is rich in history and significance to our community.
We are asking as many residents as possible to call and complain to 311 about the lack of response from NYC Landmarks Preservation.
Please ask the 311 operator to file your complaint against the city agency: "Landmarks Preservation" for not responding to a landmark application SENT ON JANUARY 16, 2006 from your organization, the Juniper Park Civic Association. St. Savior's is located at 57-02 57th Road, Maspeth.
HAVE PAPER AND PEN READY TO WRITE DOWN COMPLAINT NUMBER AND PLEASE SEND IT TO: INFO@JUNIPERCIVIC.COM
Thank you,
Robert F. Holden
President
Juniper Park Civic Association, Inc.
718-651-5865