Upcoming Events at the Museum of the City of New York

The High Line: Reviving New York’s Avant-Garde Architecture Thursday • September 11 • 6:30 PM Join Museum of the City of New York curators Donald Albrecht and Thomas Mellins; architect Neil Denari; architectural historian Kenneth Frampton, Ware Professor of Architecture at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation at Columbia University; Sherida Paulsen, architect […]

Upcoming Events at the Museum of the City of New York

The High Line: Reviving New York’s Avant-Garde Architecture Thursday • September 11 • 6:30 PM Join Museum of the City of New York curators Donald Albrecht and Thomas Mellins; architect Neil Denari; architectural historian Kenneth Frampton, Ware Professor of Architecture at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation at Columbia University; Sherida Paulsen, architect […]

For Sale: Nonprofit Sites = Air Rights

From our friends at Landmatk West! Today, the NYC Board of Standards and Appeals (BSA) gave a green light to Congregation Shearith Israel (CSI)-and to all nonprofit and religious institutions seeking to turn the air above their sites into luxury condo revenue streams, even where laws designed to protect neighborhood character and property values explicitly […]

Volunteer Opportunity! Come work on an historic coastal oil tanker!

Join PortSide New York and help restore the Mary A. Whalen! Summer 2007, we began volunteer work days on the Whalen. Come join! Get out on the water and join a cheerful horde doing boat work! Folks of all ages and skill and fitness levels can help. We have something for everyone. Volunteer Shipwork occurs […]

The clock is ticking! Save Marx Brothers Place TODAY!

First there was this. Then this. And then, even THIS. With so much reason to support the preservation of Marx Brothers Place, you must ask yourself: have YOU signed the petitions yet? Please, support this important cause. Click on the two links included below and show your support by signing these petitions today! Petition to […]

The clock is ticking! Save Marx Brothers Place TODAY!

First there was this. Then this. And then, even THIS. With so much reason to support the preservation of Marx Brothers Place, you must ask yourself: have YOU signed the petitions yet? Please, support this important cause. Click on the two links included below and show your support by signing these petitions today! Petition to […]

Salt on the Wound

BROOKLYN SKATING RINK PUT ON ICE DOT PLAN MEANS MAJOR DELAYS FOR PROJECT By RICH CALDER August 14, 2008 A much-anticipated ice-skating rink planned for under the Brooklyn Bridge is on hold indefinitely because the city Department of Transportation plans to use the prime real estate for storage, officials confirmed yesterday. The 85-acre Brooklyn Bridge […]

Salt on the Wound

BROOKLYN SKATING RINK PUT ON ICE DOT PLAN MEANS MAJOR DELAYS FOR PROJECT By RICH CALDER August 14, 2008 A much-anticipated ice-skating rink planned for under the Brooklyn Bridge is on hold indefinitely because the city Department of Transportation plans to use the prime real estate for storage, officials confirmed yesterday. The 85-acre Brooklyn Bridge […]

East Village/Lower East Side Rezoning to Come Before City Planning 8/13

If you are interested in testifying before the City Planning Commission regarding the proposed East Village/Lower East Side rezoning, please read the information below regarding the hearing’s time, location, etc. Procedures for City Planning Commission Hearing on August 13, 2008 On Wednesday, August 13, 2008, at 9:00 a.m., at Tishman Auditorium of Vanderbilt Hall, New […]

Show your Support for the Ridgewood Theater!

Friends of The Ridgewood Theatre, established by Michael Perlman of the Queens Preservation Council & Four Borough Preservation Alliance board of directors, is spearheading a campaign to preserve and reopen the 1916 Ridgewood Theater (55-27 Myrtle Ave, Ridgewood, Queens, NY), designed by America’s foremost Thomas Lamb. We are seeking a historically-sensitive tenant/buyer who sees the […]