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PROSPECT PARK “BOATHOUSE”
Acrylic/canvas 24x30” 2006
THE CURRRENT “BOATHOUSE” DATES TO 1905, ITS DESIGN BY HELMIE AND HUBERTY INSPIRED BY THE SANSOVINO’S LIBRARY OF ST. MARK BUILT IN 16TH C. VENICE. IT IS A CITY OF NEW YORK LANDMARK (1968) AND WAS ADDED TO THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES IN 1972. NO LONGER A “BOATHOUSE”, IT NOW SERVES VARIOUS VISITOR AND ADMINSTATIVE NEEDS AND OF COURSE ADDS TO THE GLORY OF PROSPECT PARK.
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