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March 23, 2007

Desktop Day: Ward Bakery, Atlantic Yards

Brit in Brooklyn

It's "Desktop Day" on BIB and Adrian Kinloch is giving away a detail of the Ward Bakery Building.

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If you want to understand why preservationists are going gray over the thought of losing this building, check out Kinloch's post showing details of the white-glazed terra cotta facade. Down to the crackling of the glaze, they don't make buildings like this anymore.

Posted by lumi at March 23, 2007 10:21 AM