THE only way to understand the city is to read the city," said Peg Breen, the president of the New York Landmarks Conservancy.

Ms. Breen - the president of the New York Landmarks Conservancy, a nonprofit group that published the book - was on the floor.

"We're not opposed to new ideas down here," said Peg Breen, president of the New York Landmarks Conservancy, another of the coalition groups.

Peg Breen, president of the New York Landmarks Conservancy, estimated that structural work could cost as much as $10 million.

Pat Breen, president of the New York Landmark Conservancy, based in Manhattan, said that deteriorating church buildings are by no means unique to Long Island.

"It's a superb restoration, one of the most significant restorations in the country," said Peg Breen, president of the New York Landmarks Conservancy.

And Peg Breen, president of the private New York Landmarks Conservancy, said, "I think we're moving."

Peg Breen, president of the New York Landmarks Conservancy, said that the organization's board was deeply divided about whether the building deserved landmark status.

"Once this building is gone, you will never see its like again," said Peg Breen, the president of the New York Landmarks Conservancy.

"It looks like a rain forest over there, and it didn't have to happen," said Peg Breen, president of the New York Landmarks Conservancy.