Krawchuk

Mr. Krawchuk preferred to play down the Parks Department's herculean efforts to cleanse the structure of graffiti, and its success at keeping it off using anti-graffiti coating, for fear that spotlighting their exertions might tempt vandals to deface it afresh.

Inside the Washington Arch Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011

My guide was John Krawchuk , the New York City Parks Department's director of historic preservation, and the project manager for the arch's 1997-98 and 2001-04 renovations.

Inside the Washington Arch Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011

"At one point this was a Parks office," Mr. Krawchuk explained, but obviously not an ideal one given the calisthenics required to reach it.

Inside the Washington Arch Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011

Daniella Zalcman for The Wall Street Journal Parks Department head preservationist John Krawchuk At the moment the space, illuminated by several small skylights, is empty except for the stockpile of light bulbs and fluorescents used to light the exterior.

Inside the Washington Arch Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011

Mr. Krawchuk said that in 1917 a group of "Bohemians" led by the artists Marcel Duchamp and John Sloan and the poet Gertrude Drick broke into the arch and climbed to the roof.

Inside the Washington Arch Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011

As goes the Washington Square Arch which, Mr. Krawchuk cautioned me, is officially known as "the Washington Arch", so goes the city.

Inside the Washington Arch Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011

But Mr. Krawchuk said no, and not just because they were concerned about the roof springing leaks.

Inside the Washington Arch Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011

John Krawchuk, the director of historic preservation for the Department of Parks, says the salt and moisture in the air are causing the concrete to disintegrate.

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They're not allowed on the ice without it, Greg Krawchuk, the former president of the South Side Athletic Club, told the Journal.

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Environmentalists 'plates are full, but fires are well worth piling on, Krawchuk said.

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