Lamartine Place on "MindfulWalker.com"
Local NYC blogger Mindful Walker has taken an interest in the issues surrounding Lamartine Place, the proposed historic district in Chelsea with a notable abolitionist history. After learning that the most significant building was being threatened by unsympathetic alterations, she wondered:
“Is the architectural and historical integrity of a New York City mid-19th century row house that served as a “safe house” for the Underground Railroad during the Civil War being imperiled again? Neighbors and local historic preservationists certainly believe so, and they’re again fighting to stop construction at the Hopper-Gibbons House, at 339 W. 29th St., in Manhattan. The row house was a sanctuary that runaway slaves used while making their escape to freedom along the Underground Railroad.”
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