We’ve made serious progress, but we’re not there yet. The City is no longer saying it wants to replace the Tony Dapolito Recreation Center with a non-Parks “mixed-use” tower. But they still want to demolish the beloved landmarked building that has served generations, claiming that repairing and restoring the center so it can continue to serve the public — after closing it and letting it deteriorate for five years — is too expensive and too much bother.

Community Board 2 has set a deadline of this Friday, February 14 for comments on the City’s Dapolito demolition plans following last week’s public hearing where they were overwhelmingly panned. Read our testimony submitted to the Community Board and city officials here.

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