Preservationists call for landmark designation for two Brooklyn Heights buildings
Historic properties are part of Montague Street's 'Bank Row'
Landmark these buildings — ASAP.
On Tuesday, preservation advocates called on the city Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) to designate two buildings on Brooklyn Heights’ so-called Bank Row as individual city landmarks.
The historic properties are the People’s Trust Company Building at 181-183 Montague St. and the National Title Guaranty Company Building at 185 Montague St.
Because of “intense development pressure,” the two buildings are vulnerable and should be landmarked now, Otis Pratt Pearsall testified during public hearings at the LPC’s Lower Manhattan headquarters.