I think this note may be of particular
interest to several of my fellow NYHist-L subscribers. It announces a new
web page that reports on the preservation of stone eagles and other WPA-era
building ornamental elements from the ex-jail which is to be demolished to
make way for the Gateway Center at the Bronx Terminal Market redevelopment
project now in progress in the Mott Haven section. Their "reutilization" is
among the measures agreed upon to mitigate the adverse historical impact of the
building's demolition.
A "Bronx House of Detention eagles: Where headed,
landed?" page has been added to the New York Correction History web
site.
It can be accessed from the NYCHS web site
home page by clicking the Bronx House of Detention eagles icon near the top of
the home page. http://www.correctionhistory.org
The direct URL for the new page is:
Tom McCarthy
NYCHS
webmaster