St. Francis Dedicates Academic Center

By on October 1, 2009 2:27 pm in Brooklyn Heights

buidling-dedicationaSt. Francis College officially dedicated the Frank and Mary Macchiarola Academic Center with a special celebration last week. The new center was named after the school’s Chancellor, Frank Macchiarola, who previously served as the college’s president for 12 years.

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  • http://instaputz.blogspot.com ts

    Is it true those kids were singing an ode to President Obama?

  • anon1000@aol.com

    Didn’t watch the video so not sure if this is mentioned but Machiorola and his wife now live in Brooklyn Heights. Both are very lovely people.

  • Topham Beauclerk

    The Macchiarolas may be very lovely people but the building that bears their name is decidedly unlovely and, what’s worse, a fine building was sacrificed to make way for it.

  • the banned

    Is this the building that took the place of the 1850’s Brooklyn Union Gas Company Headquarters? The one that had been so beautifully converted into a library? That was the loveliest historic commercial edifice in the Borough. It was in the words of the AIA Guide a “miraculous survivior”. Oh my gosh, it was such a mistake to tear it down and to not even save the exquisite facade. Shame, shame, shame, forever. How could any professionally licensed architect have taken part in that travesty?

  • hoppy

    “DING! DING!—FRANK MACCHIAROLA, ‘THE FIGHTING PROFESSOR!!!'”….

    I can’t believe I remember that bizarre comptroller campaign commercial from twenty years ago.