Harlem Bespoke: There was a petition to save the Coliseum Theatre in Washington Heights that received over
9,000 signatures back in 2017 but it appears that all the efforts did not get the attention of local politicians. We walked by the abandoned historic site on the corner of 181st Street a couple of weeks back and took the above photos which show that demolition plans have already started for the historic building that turned 100 years old this year.
Adding a new structure on top as an adaptive reuse development would have been an interesting direction to take but replacing the entire corner with a generic glass block commercial building appears to be the end goal. More photos of the original theater facade and the final plans can be found in our past post:
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HarlemBespoke.com 2020
Insane that something with so much history, so much architectural importance - and such a potential asset to the community - can still be razed in this day and age.
ReplyDeleteDidn't we learn these lessons in the 1950s-60s?