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road, Barwick says, looking up at the building erected in 1868 aa a kindergarten for children of the working class. They are trying to prove they have a hard- says Barwick, a tall, angular man with a sense of humor. "If they do, then they can sell the Home Delivery is Easier macys Shop Sandgy 12 to building unless we can come up with an equal offer. One buyer wants to tear it down and build a factory and the commission has just a few weeks to find someone else to buy the building. The commission is now considering designating the Art Deco Marine Air Terminal at La-Guardia Airport as a landmark.

The building features a whimsical blue-and-gold frieze of flying fish around the perimeter or the building. Inside the terminal, workers are scraping away up to 18 coats of paint that cover a mural painted in the 1930s by Works Progress Admin-lstratrion artist James Brooks now considered an important piece of work. Perhaps one i on the list of historic sites is the Hunters Point Historic District along 45th Avenue, between 21st and 23rd Streets in Long Island City. There, a row of late 19th-Century, four-story townhouses stand serenely, contemplating the Manhattan skyline to the west Nothing is too big or too small to be designated a landmark. The Queensboro Bridge is, but so is the giant weeping willow tree behind the Bowne House in Flushing, itself a landmark.

Barwick, who was named to the job by Mayor Edward I. Koch in J. 978, clearly eqjqys his job. His aide, Jim Dillon, who lives in Jackson. Heights, says he is aware that some New Yorkers arent keen about the commission and its work.

"As far as were concerned, Dillon says, "this is another code that has to be enforced. We have health codes, fire codes and sanitation codes. This is just another code. MTA Fire-Safety Dispute Mineola Fourteen years ago, orders were issued to equip the East River tunnels used by the Long Island Rail Road with a fire-fighting system. Last week, the MTA still was grappling with the question of when the job would be done and who should pay.

Ike Long Island Committee of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority instructed ORB officials Wednesday to submit updated estimates iff the type and cost iff equipment needed. MTA officials said they want a fire-fighting system installed but dont want to pay for it Ike URR routes more than 350 trains a day, carrying thousands iff passengers, through two of the four Amtrak-owned tunnels that connect Pennsylvania Station with Queens. In 70 years of operation there has never been a serious fire in any of the three-mile-long tunnels. But IJRR President Francis Gabreski said Wednesday, doesn't mean there couldn't be. In documents released Wednesday, Gabreski said it was "highly questionable whether a tunnel could be evacuated safely.

The New York City Fire Department told the LERR on Dec. 27, 1965, that the tunnels were fire tiamwU, But water lines and smoke ventilators were not iii4 Ike work was postponed by the financial plight of the tunnels former owner. slfesfl) (And there's no extra charge) Imagine very carnal and only 24.99. the new wid very tailored pebMe leather handbags at Tsjepprr look (porting latcheii. hobo.

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