A step forward for Green-Wood Cemetery’s proposed visitors’ center
It’s a green light for Green-Wood’s demolition of part of the Weir Greenhouse.
The famed cemetery will send in the wrecking crew as part of a project to turn the greenhouse into a visitors’ center.
The city Landmarks Preservation Commission voted unanimously late Tuesday afternoon to allow Green-Wood to demolish two ancillary buildings attached to the gorgeous octagonal-domed glass greenhouse structure. All three buildings make up a single city landmark.
A visit the commissioners made to the greenhouse at 749-750 Fifth Ave. convinced them that the demolition of the ancillary brick and frame structures was “appropriate,” Chair Meenakshi Srinivasan said.