Posted on 02/12/2010 11:49:46 AM PST by Species8472
There'll be little room for history in Anderson Cooper's new home.
Before he bought his century-old firehouse in Greenwich Village, bronze plaques honoring members of Fire Patrol 2 who died in the line of duty -- including on 9/11 -- were stripped from the building to make it easier to sell.
The plaques were rescued from a pile of trash by Arnie Roma, whose son, Keith, a member of the fire patrol that worked out of the building, died on Sept. 11, 2001, rescuing people from the World Trade Center. A plaque in his son's honor graced the firehouse's facade.
"If you want, come up here and get them because we don't know what to do with them," Roma said he was told by the insurance group. "They were laying in a corner with dust and garbage all around them."
The four plaques that once hung at the firehouse had been pulled down and removed by the building's former owners, fearful that the presence of the historic plaques might have made Cooper reluctant to buy the building, Roma said.
The board sold the firehouse to Cooper for $4.3 million late last year. The CNN newsman is now renovating it into a home.
Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/plaque_hack_at_cooper_emgtKdx5mAnNs2z86tU8xN#ixzz0fLvn3F3i
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Was this the firehouse that was rented years ago by Venkman, Spengler, and Stantz?
exactly:)
...bronze plaques honoring members of Fire Patrol 2 who died in the line of duty -- including on 9/11 -- were stripped from the building to make it easier to sell. The plaques were rescued from a pile of trash by Arnie Roma, whose son, Keith, a member of the fire patrol that worked out of the building, died on Sept. 11, 2001, rescuing people from the World Trade Center. A plaque in his son's honor graced the firehouse's facade. "If you want, come up here and get them because we don't know what to do with them," Roma said he was told by the insurance group. "They were laying in a corner with dust and garbage all around them." The four plaques that once hung at the firehouse had been pulled down and removed by the building's former owners, fearful that the presence of the historic plaques might have made Cooper reluctant to buy the building, Roma said.Oh yeah, that was the reason. Thanks Species8472.
How do I get that image removed from my brain???
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