Public+Bath+House

=LaGuardia Public Bath House c.1901= www.loho10002.com

www.googlemaps.com www.historicalmapworks.com Side view Photo Credit: Neela Wickremesinghe


 * Public Bath House**

More info [|here] Metro History Info [|here]


 * Architect:** Bernstein and Bernstein 1907

Some ideas about where to get original plans ect. - [|Art Commission of NYC], located in City Hall

Questions to be answered:
 * Whey was this building spared?
 * The closing date is somewhere around the early 1970s, after much of the housing was finished, how was it used by the community?
 * Local politicians want it opened instead of being an [|"eyesore"] (link to new york times article about a possible re-opening in 2007)
 * Why were they built in the first place? [|Public Baths in New York Article]
 * Others have been land-marked, why has this been left?
 * 1904 [|NY Times article] about the popularity of the public baths

Asser Levy Public Bath, NYC Landmark www.nyc-architecture.com