18th Annual Hamilton Heights House & Garden Tour, Sunday 6/4The Hamilton Heights House & Garden Tour is a self-guided tour of open houses in one of New York’s most prestigious landmark neighborhoods – The Hamilton Heights/Sugar Hill Historic Districts in Harlem. Each year, for five hours on the first Sunday in June, visitors are invited […]
Architectural Literacy Americans Abroad: Thomas Jefferson, John Merven Carrère & Thomas Hastings, and John Russell Pope Friday, June 16; 2 – 7 pm~ Lectures & DiscussionSaturday, June 17; 10 am – 4 pm ~ Walking Tour $210 ($189 Members); 10 AIA/CES LUs As part of the ICA & CA’s ongoing Architectural Literacy program, this series […]
The City Council public hearing on Margery H. Perlmutter, Mayor Bloomberg’s nominee to the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC), has been rescheduled for Wednesday, May 24, at 10:30 AM in the Council Chamber at City Hall. The announcement of Ms. Perlmutter’s nomination a few weeks ago raised considerable concern about potential conflicts of interest based on […]
PLEASE COME & CELEBRATE the history & culture of the East Village! with us & GET LOCAL !!! Be a part of the East Village Community Coalition’sfirst membership drive…Because this neighborhood needs YOU, & we NEED YOUR SUPPORT ! When and Where:Monday, May 22nd 20066.30 – 9 pm295 East 8th StBuzzer #7, 3rd Floor– Corner […]
From GVSHP: Plans have recently been announced for new dorm for the School of Visual Arts (SVA) on an empty development site at 3rd Avenue and 10th Street. While we rarely find news of a new dorm in our dorm-saturated neighborhood cause for celebration, this case is different. Zoning for this area allows a 90% […]
From GVSHP: Plans for Huge Miami-Beach style Hotel in Meatpacking District: GVSHP has reached out to hotel developer Andre Balazs with our very serious concerns about his plans to build a 250-ft. tall, 330 room hotel at 848 Washington Street (btw. 13th and Little West 12th Streets) over the High Line in the Meatpacking District. […]
A little self-promotion here….but it really is a good book chock-a-block fully of useful information. Here’s what the Queens Tribune has to say….. From the Queens Tribune: http://www.queenstribune.com/news/1147969067.html Guide Gives Hope For HistoryBy JEFF FEINMANWith a number of Queens advocate groups pushing for historical district designations, the Historic Districts Council has released the third edition […]
A TALK BY WITOLD RYBCZYNSKIThursday, June 8, 20066pm“Frederick Law Olmsted: Beyond Central Park”New York Society for Ethical Culture, Central Park West @ 64th Street While Frederick Law Olmsted is best known as the co-designer and builder of Central Park in New York, his work and influence as a landscape architect goes far beyond that project. […]
From the Villager – READ THE VILLAGER!http://www.thevillager.com/villager_159/eastvillageturnsout.html By Sarah FergusonPreservationists, community advocates and East Village residents packed the hearing room of the Landmarks Preservation Commission on Tuesday to sing the praises of the former P.S. 64 on E. Ninth St.With owner Gregg Singer still determined to raze the back half of the building to put […]
From the Queens Chronicle: http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=16657790&BRD=2731&PAG=461&dept_id=574907&rfi=6 by Rick Archer , [email protected] A group of civic organizations will be going before a judge later this month to argue against the demolition of a former Maspeth church. The groups have also secured a restraining order preventing developers from doing further work to tear down the former St. Savior’s […]
