{"id":6087,"date":"2010-06-17T06:59:37","date_gmt":"2010-06-17T11:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/?p=6087"},"modified":"2010-06-17T06:59:37","modified_gmt":"2010-06-17T11:59:37","slug":"well_always_have_those_scavenger_hunts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/archives\/2010\/06\/well_always_have_those_scavenger_hunts.html","title":{"rendered":"We&#8217;ll Always Have Those Scavenger Hunts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If there were ever such a thing as a pro-development borough historian, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/ny_local\/queens\/2010\/06\/17\/2010-06-17_new_historian_sez_it_wont_be_the_same_old_same_old.html\">I think we found him<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Pledging to connect with the public instead of library shelves, Jack Eichenbaum said he will offer scavenger hunts to help students learn the under appreciated legacy of their neighborhoods.<\/p>\n<p>. . .<\/p>\n<p>Eichenbaum stressed he will embrace an &#8220;educator&#8221; role rather than becoming an advocate who leads landmarking rallies to save &#8220;just every old building.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Pressed on whether he would seek landmark status to protect historic sites, Eichenbaum replied, &#8220;I don&#8217;t see myself championing those types of causes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Instead, he said, he will refer preservationists who seek advice on landmarking causes to other experts or museums.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If there were ever such a thing as a pro-development borough historian, I think we found him: Pledging to connect with the public instead of library shelves, Jack Eichenbaum said he will offer scavenger hunts to help students learn the under appreciated legacy of their neighborhoods. . . . Eichenbaum stressed he will embrace an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-follow_the_money","category-queens"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6087"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6087\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6088,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6087\/revisions\/6088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}