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This week, a few workers were on site at 42-10 Vernon Boulevard, the 1892 building that served as the office for New York Architectural Terra-Cotta Works and is now an abandoned landmark. The DOB issued permits for general remedial repairs earlier this year, although the historically decrepit building needs more TLC than that. A few years ago, Silvercup Studios planned to build a studio on the lot behind the building and restore the Vernon Boulevard landmark. Plans stalled after the economic downturn. Public records do not show any recent sales of this building; it fell into disrepair after CitiBank purchased it in 1970. It looks like CitiBank unloaded it to the entity “Terra Cotta LLC” in 1999. Here’s hoping that the current construction work serves more purpose than to simply keep the building standing, although we doubt it… GMAP


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