Photo: The long-shuttered Engine Co. 212 opened to the public for an evening’s event. (L to R) Deborah Masters, Peter Gillespie, Jackie Moynahan, Michael Ballou, Dan McCarthy, Geoffrey Wilcox, and Danny Rivera.
Debora Gilbert looks at the efforts to save the People’s Firehouse.
Firehouse Engine Co. 212 on Wythe Avenue on the Northside, an endangered part of neighborhood history and the focus of historical local activism, is in the process of being transformed and saved for posterity. A joint proposal from Neighbors Allied for Good Growth (NAG) and the People’s Firehouse, Inc. (PFI) to save and restore the 212 building as a community center, museum, and home offices for the groups, was accepted by the City in June 2008.