Since you've remained in the city, how has other CBC work besides
Weeksville held up over the years?  I have recurring nightmares of about
the Little Church Around the Corner such as the 4x8 sheets of particle
board letting go and crashing down through the T&G ceiling and wiping
out the congregation. Not to mention damaging the LaFarge stained glass
windows which we left unprotected.  Were we dumb or lucky?  Probably
just dumb luck.


Mike Devonshire wrote:

> In a message dated 7/19/2001 11:30:44 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
>
>
>> what is Weeksville, briefly?
>>
>
> Deb-
>
> It's an early African American seelrment in Bedford-Stuvesant in
> Brooklyn.
> The four remaining 19th C houses adjoin the path of a Dutch road
> (Hunterfly
> Road) They have a web site I believe - check it out. Interesting
> place.
>
> We had a restoration program there in the mid 1980's during which we
> trained
> several local at-risk youts in restoration crafts while restorain the
> houses.
> Bruce's firm is about to do some major work there which includes redo
> of much
> work from the 80's which was not maintained, and construction of a new
>
> visitor's center.
>
> Twybil

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F. Mitchener Wilds, Senior Restoration Specialist
Restoration Branch
State Historic Preservation Office
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