"We're continually growing and changing, but we also preserve a lot of what makes this city architecturally distinct and unique, from different periods over literally hundreds of years,"
"The renovation unlocked a lot of different parts of the space that you can skateboard on and hang out on,"
New York continues to grow and change while preserving architectural distinctiveness from different periods spanning hundreds of years. Preservation-driven reinvention is creating modern uses for beloved institutions, warming nostalgic residents. Observers welcome a recent wave of projects that restore historic structures without erasing their past. Five landmarks have been freshly reimagined this fall, finding present-day relevance through adaptive reuse. The Brooklyn Banks, a long-favored skate venue beneath the Brooklyn Bridge, was used by skaters since the 1970s and appeared in a Y2K Tony Hawk video game. Closed in 2010 for bridge construction, the Banks re-emerged this year as part of a 9-acre Gotham Park redevelopment, with renovations unlocking skateable and social areas.
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