Chinatown Second-Graders Push for Local Landmarking
CHINATOWN — Call them pint-sized preservationists.
Chinatown students are petitioning the city to landmark historic neighborhood sites like Confucius Plaza
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A group of second-graders is pressing the city to landmark a Chinatown housing complex after learning about the area’s historic significance during the school year.
The students, from PS 42 at 71 Hester St., are meeting with the Landmarks Preservation Commission’s legal counsel Tuesday to make their case for designating Chinatown’s Confucius Plaza, located at the intersection of Bowery and Division Street, a city landmark.
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