Save the Vitagraph Smokestack 2.0

Those of you who have been following my blog for awhile might remember the petition I started back in early 2012, to try and rescue this piece of history from the wrecking ball.  Unfortunately, I was unsuccessful in winning over the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission, who claimed it was only a "fragment" of the original Vitagraph complex and, therefore, not eligible for status.

Today I was contacted by Melissa Friedling, founder of Slouch Productions and teacher at the prestigious New School; the smokestack has scaffolding around it and looks in danger of imminent demolition, an action sure to break the hearts of film and history-savvy New Yorkers.  So...

Ms Friedling is taking up the gauntlet and refusing to let the smokestack go without a fight.

Please, all of you, sign her petition and support this cause!   Perhaps it's not too late after all!

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/save-the-vitagraph-smokestack

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Save the Vitagraph Smokestack Update!

WCBS radio in New York interviewed me yesterday about the petition to save the Vitagraph smokestack!  Hoping that lots of local folks were listening and lend their support to save this important bit of history!

Click below to hear it:

Save the Vitagraph Smokestack

A priceless piece of early movie history is in danger of being lost forever.  Sign the petition and help save it for future generations!

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