Sir: It is my pleasure to offer a correction to your article entitled “A Wrecker’s Dozen” (February, 1970). The Emmanuel Shearith Israel Synagogue which you have pictured will not be torn down as part of an urban renewal project. The synagogue was placed on the National Register of Historic Places … before final go-ahead for federal funds was authorized. …

Robert Fink
Assistant to the Director
State Historical Society of Colorado Denver, Colorado