The Fort Lee Historical Society Creates Petition Against Demolition of Saloon
Rambo's Saloon, better known to locals as Gus Becker's, faces demolition.
The Fort Lee Historical Society met Tuesday to discuss petitioning the Mayor and Council and the Fort Lee Zoning Board of Adjustment to save Rambo's Saloon, a house dating back to the Civil War era, from demolition. Rambo's, better known to locals as Gus Becker's, is located on First Street in the Coytesville section of Fort Lee. Because of its prominent role as a site location in the early film industry that once dominated Fort Lee, the saloon is listed on the Bergen County Register of Historic Buildings. However, according to Tom Meyers, founder and Executive Director of the Fort Lee Film Commission and founder of The Fort Lee Historic Committee and member of The Fort Lee Historical Society, that designation offers no real protection …
Shawn Kelly
7:29 pm on Friday, March 15, 2013
Its a shame but I think the people who are against saving this building must not remember what the town used to look like. Perhaps they have no roots there? The last few decades I have watched piece by piece be leveled and carted away in a dumpster. A lot of them my own families houses. While I understand you can't save the world how about saving some of the towns history? This is critical. Other… more ›