In an email from Develop  Don’t Destroy this morning, I learned that there are wall paintings by artist, Sol Lewitt, a giant in modern art, who died on Sunday at the age of 70, on the walls of one of the building sin the footrprint.

644 Pacific Street is in the footprint of Bruce Ratner’s proposed "Atlantic Yards" project, specifically in the footprint of the arena itself. In that building, once occupied by one of Mr. Lewitt’s studio assistants, are at least two wall paintings by the artist.

The building is in the list of the first round of demolitions the developer intends to begin in the coming weeks. These wall paintings should be photographed for historical documentation and the Sol Lewitt catalogue.

DDDB is calling on Forest City Ratner to ensure that this happens and provide the photographs to the Lewitt collection.

Above is not a picture of the wall paintings at 644 Pacific Street. It’s a picture of a museum retrospective somewhere — maybe the Whitney.