A historic Keith Haring mural at an aging former West Village community center, featured in the film 'Raging Bull', could be destroyed during demolition. Advocates fear the loss of the mural and urge the city to preserve it. While the city plans to replace the building with a public park, the future of the mural remains uncertain.
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“However, there has been no clear indication from city officials whether the mural is guaranteed to remain intact or if it might be affected by any future redevelopment plans,” Vazquez said. The building is landmarked because it is located in the Greenwich Village Historic District and also because of its history as the former Carmine Street Public Baths.
Haring was a hugely influential pop artist in the 1980s who started with chalk drawings in the city’s subway system. He died of AIDS in 1990 at age 31 — and his paintings have been sold for as much as more than $6.5 million since. Rich Caccappolo, Manhattan Community Board 2 Parks & Waterfront chair, said, “When you walk around, you get a sense that the building is in a … very difficult-to-salvage state.Several longtime West Villagers believe that answer is a resounding yes.
“There is no reason to demolish the building,” Andrew Berman, executive director of Village Preservation, told The Post. “It’s a waste of money, it’s environmentally the wrong thing to do. It’s always greener to reuse a building, if you can, rather than tear it down and build a new one.”
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