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Several locations both inside of New York City and outside the city were
indicated as good locations for the hall of fame. The federal customs house
downtown was one such location. It was later redesigned to be the Museum for
the American Indian. The World Trade Center location was proposed. Had it
been worked out for a move there, the world would certainly know about the
Hall of Fame today. The Botanical Gardens in the Bronx were considered to be
a good location. Several suggested that as New York University retreated to
their original Washington Square site, the Hall of Fame should go with the rest
of the University. A study of the cost of moving the busts and reconstructing the
colonnade, however, was found to be excessive and out of reach (Nelson 1990,
“A Fresh Start”).
A February 2003 visit to the Hall of Fame found that an adjunct assistant
professor of history, Dennis McCovey, at the Community College, was “in
charge” of the facilities (Interview February 11, 2003). In 2008,