What follows is a selection from a "Request for Evaluation" sent to the Landmarks Preservation Commission last week to calendar 239 Elizabeth Street for landmarking. Author of the pitch, building resident Beth Joy Knutsen-Papaleo, even received letters of endorsement from Debbie Harry and Martin Scorsese.

"I am dead sick of tasteless developers who never wanted to live in NYC deciding what's right for a neighborhood. The neighborhoods are like small towns and have their own histories and identities which are vitally important to maintain and remember. Let's keep the many flavors and colors that make New York City such a special place, not just another bland expression of greedy commercialism and bad architecture." –Debbie Harry

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