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Destruction Of The Farm Colony
Since the Farm Colony’s closing back in 1975, many different ideas were thrown around over what the nearly one hundred acre campus should be turned into. Some Staten Islanders see today’s farm colony as a place of hopeless disrepair, where graffiti artists and vandals can wander in peace (Dunlap 2). On the other hand, some view the abandoned colony as a historical landmark that should not be touched. However, the first demolition began in 1999, when a city councilman persuaded City hall to allow for one of the historical dormitories to be destroyed due to safety hazards. (Dunlap 2) The plan was supposed to continue with the demolition of all of the farm colony buildings, however that changed this past January when a new idea came to fruition.
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