The Bialystoker Nursing Home is closed, but the Art Deco building still stands, virtually dependent on a landmark designation to design or fall to a developer's wrecking ball. "It is really a matter of doing it before something happens to the building. We've had a lot of experience on the Lower East Side of owners doing damage to buildings to make them less eligible for landmarking. We don't want to see that happen." [The Villager; previously]
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