
Thor Equities Demolition of the Henderson Building. January 5, 2010. Photo © Eric Kowalsky
Coney Island photographer Eric Kowalsky, who documented the demolition of the Bank of Coney Island in November, has eloquently captured the destruction-in-progress of the historic Henderson Music Hall in this series of images.
Eric put his camera through the gate on Henderson Walk to take the above photo of the crushed remains of part of the Henderson Building formerly occupied by Faber’s Fascination. “They took the front and side of the building down. The Bowery is still standing,” he said this morning.

Thor Equities Demolition of the Henderson Building. January 5, 2010. Photo © Eric Kowalsky
Last week we posted historian Charles Denson’s video tribute to the Henderson Theater. As we previously noted, the City aided and abetted Joey “Bulldozer” Sitt by rezoning the Henderson parcel for a high rise hotel. There are however no immediate plans to build a hotel on the site. The City’s Landmarks Preservation Commission denied landmark designation and also declined to create a historic district, which would have created tax incentives to rehab the building.

Thor Equities Demolition of the Henderson Building. January 5, 2010. Photo © Eric Kowalsky
The Henderson Building is the first sight you see on Surf Avenue when you step out of Stillwell Terminal. It is at the corner of Surf and Stillwell Avenues. We should probably use the past tense, though the demolition is still underway. The first sight you see when you step out of Stillwell will soon be another empty lot to add to Joe Sitt’s collection of empty lots.

Thor Equities Demolition of the Henderson Building. January 5, 2010. Photo © Eric Kowalsky

Related posts on ATZ…
September 29, 2010: Saved or Not? Signs from Coney Island’s Henderson Building
September 24, 2010: Coney Island Cat Is Last Tenant of Henderson Building
September 12, 2010: Video: Coney Island’s Faber’s Fascination by Charles Denson
April 29, 2010: Photo of the Day: Interior of Coney Island’s Doomed Henderson Music Hall
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