From Brownstoner (check it out for the action photos alone) BREAKING! LPC Approves Historic Designation for Domino “Just moments ago, the Landmarks Preservation Commission unanimously voted to designate the Domino Sugar refinery building as a New York City Landmark, ending once and for all months of speculation about the historic manufacturing building’s fate. Although the […]
From Brownstoner: http://www.brownstoner.com/brownstoner/archives/2007/09/fort_greene_cli.php A mash-up of the Fort Greene & Clinton Hill District Expansion proposals. Include the Wallabout proposal (http://www.myrtleavenue.org/WallaboutCulturalResourceSurvey.pdf) and you’ve got a lot of this section of northern Brooklyn which is surveyed but still unprotected. The three proposals have a lot in common – in a good way. All three of these surveys […]
The Staten Island Museum announces: The new exhibition… This Was Our Paradise: Spanish Camp-1929 to Today October 12, 2007-January 13, 2008Opening reception: Friday, October 12th, 6pm-8pm. The story of a unique summer bungalow community as it flourished and met its end. Oral history, vintage photos, and a poignant photo essay by Michael Falco Lunch and […]
The Fall 2007 Newsletter is now available online at http://www.docomomo-us.org/files/Fall07_dr8F.pdf The issue focuses on modern religious buildings, a number of synagogues in NY, NJ, PA, RI & MI are highlighted. There is also a piece on stained glass in modern buildings, including the NY Hall of Science, a legacy of the ’64-’65 World’s Fair. The […]
From the Staten Island Advance Controversial Bedell House up for sale; Asking price is $1.1Mby Staten Island AdvanceSunday September 23, 2007, 10:08 PM A Tottenville house that was nearly destroyed by its angry owner before being resuscitated through city landmarking is up for sale for $1.1 million. The landmark Bedell House on Amboy Road was […]
LANDMARK WEST! invites you to attend a series of day-long seminars designed for real estate brokers, planners, residential and commercial building owners and neighbors. A Preservation PrimerMonday, October 15, 2007 The Evolution of Architecture and Living Styles in ManhattanMonday, November 12, 2007 Green Building and Historic PreservationMonday, December 10, 2007 Each seminar is NYS- approved […]
We present to you photos, courtsey of Meg from OuterB, from a tour of the Riker-Lent Homestead, one of the privately-owned historic houses of Queens. http://www.outerb.com/?p=704 For more info, see http://www.rikerhome.com/ (just remember not to believe everything you read on the Internet, especially about building dates).
From Brownstoner http://www.brownstoner.com/brownstoner/archives/2007/09/push_to_make_fi.php This afternoon the Waterfront Preservation Alliance of Greenpoint & Williamsburg will submit a historic district nomination to the LPC for Fillmore Place. A couple of real estate developers built up the Williamsburg side street (bounded by Metropolitan, Grand, Driggs and Roebling) in the 1850s according to a master plan, and it contains […]
From the Queens Courier FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 21, 2007Big Changes ComingDevelopments already planned for downtown JamaicaBY PETE DAVIS The downtown Jamaica area Queens residents see today could be very different in a few short years with many private developments and public infrastructure improvements on the horizon. When the city council certified the Jamaica Plan, the largest […]
DOCOMOMO New York/Tri-State sponsored lecture Tuesday, September 25, 6:30pm Knoll, Inc.76 Ninth Avenue, 11th floor (W. 15th) Between 1954 and 1967 Albert C. Ledner, AIA, designed 14 projects for the National Maritime Union. Four were built in New York; all are expressive mid-century modern. In 2003 the dormitory building was reborn as the signature Maritime […]
