Even though the National Guard and the city agreed to preserve the Timber Shed at the deteriorating Admiral's Row in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, it turns out the structure may not stand a chance (the recent winters haven't helped it out!). WNYC has an update today that states the National Guard Bureau engineers think it can't be repaired, and should be demolished instead. However, at least one architect believes it has enough structural integrity to be saved. He explains, "The 19th-century development is solid, plume, level and square. The 20th-century development is what is falling off."
As Curbed points out, the building's only hope lies in the Section 106 process, which is a "formal preservation agreement that will be created for the Navy Yard according to the National Historic Preservation Act." The agreement is set to be discussed again on February 8th.
