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Save the Hudson River Powerhouse!
The Hudson River Powerhouse is a striking Beaux-Arts industrial building, designed by McKim, Mead and White, and constructed in 1904. For more than 50 years, the Powerhouse generated electricity for the IRT subway system, before being converted to a Con-Edison steam-generating plant. It's located on a full city block at West 59th Street between 11th and 12th Avenues.
Now, a new non-profit organization called the Hudson River Powerhouse Group is looking to get the Powerhouse preserved as a New York City Landmark. Landmarking the Powerhouse would protect it from demolition or alteration by it current and future owners. The group's Co-Founders, Jimmy Finn and Paul Kelterborn, point to the High Line as their inspiration for taking on the project.
The building's vast and decorative interiors could be used for a variety of purposes-- the Powerhouse Group has suggested an indoor market, public event space or exhibition space similar to London's Tate Modern. But first, the Powerhouse must be Landmarked to save it from alteration and demolition.
Click here to learn more and sign the petition.
Read the recent New York Observer article.
