JOIN THE CROWN HEIGHTS NORTH ASSOCIATION ON A WALKING TOUR OF THE NEWLY DESIGNATED CROWN HEIGHTS NORTH HISTORIC DISTRICT & GARDEN TEA WHEN: Sunday, June 10, 2007 WHERE: Starting at : St. Gregory’s RC Church — 991 St. Johns Place (bet. Brooklyn & NY Aves.) Groups will meet in front of the church outside. TIME: […]
Historic Duffield Street Homes:State Historic Preservation Office Not Contacted Regarding Eligibility to National Register of Historic Places Council Member James Calls for Halt to any Seizure of Property(Brooklyn, NY)- May 23, 2007, Council Member James has learned today that the New York State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) had never made a determination on the eligibility […]
Clem Labine, Everett Ortner, Burnley Duke Dame, Kathy Evers, and Deirdre Lawrence invite you to: The “It’s Not A Done Deal” Benefit Victorian House & Book PartySpend a delightful afternoon with your neighbors and help preserve Brooklyn’s character. A Fund-Raiser for Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklynand the legal expenses to block the Atlantic Yards mega-project Sunday, […]
BENEFIT FRIENDRAISER CONCERT DON’T DEMO DOMINOJUNE 3, 20072 pm to 8 pmGrand Ferry Park, Williamsburg Contact: Mikki Halpin917 860 [email protected]@gmail.com Williamsburg, Brooklyn: Community leaders and local rock bands will gather on the Williamsburg waterfront on June 3, 2007, to participate in a benefit “friendraiser” concert to save the historic Domino’s Sugar Factory from demolition. Concert […]
It was on May 31, 1917, that numerous luminaries and dignitaries, including Staten Island Museum founders William T. Davis, Arthur Hollick, and Charles W. Leng, broke ground for Staten Island’s first museum! Join us as we celebrate the 90th anniversary of this historic day on Thursday, May 31, 2007. Located at 75 Stuyvesant Place in […]
From the Daily Times (Pakistan!) ‘Landmarks of New York’ opensBy Saadia Khalid ISLAMABAD: An exhibition of photographs titled ‘Landmarks of New York’ featuring the city’s civic buildings, office towers, universities, museum parks and worship houses will open here at Hunerkada today (Wednesday). On display will be 81 photographs, documenting some of the significant and unusual […]
From the NYT Empire Zone Blog May 22, 2007Brooklyn’s Sweetest Landmark?By Sewell Chan The city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission voted today to schedule a hearing on whether to designate the former Domino sugar processing plant in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, as a landmark. The decision today, which was made in a unanimous vote, is the first of three […]
This one’s for all the marbles. CITY OF NEW YORKDEPARTMENT OF HOUSING PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, that in accordance with Sections 201-204 (inclusive) of the New York State Eminent Domain Procedure Law (the “EDPL”), a Public Hearing will be held by the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development on behalf […]
Columbia University’s Master of Science in Landscape Design and Garden Design magazine invite you to attend two evenings of talks in June and July about international landscape design with noted landscape architects and writers. June 11 at 6:30 p.m.“The Brazilian Gardens of Burle Marx” with Raymond Jungles“South Africa at the Lengau Lodge” with Sasha Tarnopolsky’s […]
Every time you think that it’s getting easier to save buildings in Staten Island, you get hit with a roll call like this. Lighthouse Hill home landmarked1856 Italianate villa on Meisner Avenue receives designation from city Wednesday, May 16, 2007By KAREN O’SHEAADVANCE STAFF WRITERSTATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A Lighthouse Hill house that was home to […]
