Frederick A. Bland has resigned from the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission after 17 years and emphasizes the challenge of preserving religious architecture. He highlighted the decreasing demand for ecclesiastical buildings and proposed that the commission consider relaxing preservation standards to allow for their reuse. Bland stated that the commission has handled numerous reviews concerning landmark churches, advocating for a more flexible approach to changes that enable these structures to continue serving the community. His remarks come amid concerns for the future of specific buildings, such as West Park Presbyterian Church in Manhattan.
"I want to suggest to the commission, but to the city really, that the most difficult aspect that the commission will face, has faced, is facing now, and will face for the foreseeable future, is this issue of religious architecture in the city."
"The city has decreasing needs for these extraordinary, extraordinary buildings, many of which but not all of which are landmarked," he said. "This is a challenge which the city itself has to deal with, but the landmarks commission will certainly be at the center of it - and very soon, very prominently, as we all know, past my time on the commission."
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