Opps...typo...that should read "he left no WILL" He was also the president of the "state agricultural society" per the obituary available through the Brooklyn Eagle online site. Does such an organization still exists? If so, perhaps their weight added to the preservation cause might be useful. Deborah Gizzi wrote: > I haven't had a chance to read it in full yet, but there is also an > interesting article here: > http://www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/downloads/pdf/reports/potterbldg.pdf about > an office building he had built in 1883-1886 in NYC which NYC has > designated as a landmark building. The entire article looks to be > interesting reading. The landmark designation is on page 14, his bio > included in the article indicates that he left no well, per a NYTimes > article dated January 10, 1894. > > Granted underground cattle tunnels are not as impressive as an early > "skyscaper" office building, however, it does show the man is a person > of significant historical importance. > > WOLF6PACK@aol.com wrote: > >> >> Is this correct or the 2nd bio????? >> http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/potter.html#R9M0J9UKA >> Potter, Orlando Brunson (1823-1894) — of New York. ... Son of Lucien B. >> Potter and Clarinda L. Potter; married to Margaret D. Richardson. Republican. >> Source Information: >> Ancestry.com. America's Successful Men [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: >> The Generations Network, Inc., 1997. Original data: Hall, Henry, ed.. >> America's Successful Men of Affairs: An Encyclopedia of Contemporaneous Biography. >> New York, USA: The New York Tribune, 1895-1896. >> >> >> >> >> ************************************** Get a sneak peak of the all-new AOL at >> http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour >> *************************************** >> Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywestch/ >> *************************************** >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYWESTCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > *************************************** > Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywestch/ > *************************************** > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYWESTCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
A link to the article can be found here: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/14/nyregion/14mystery.html?ex=1342152000&en=90ec799c31538194&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink">Race to Solve the Mystery Tunnels</a>