The History of YORKVILLE/KLEINDEUTSCHLANDPRESENTED AT IMMANUAL LUTHERAN CHURCH 88TH STREET AND LEXINGTON AVENUE (ENTER RED DOOR ON LEXINGTON AVE. NEXT TO CVS) SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8 1 – 4 PM An exhibit/lecture by Yorkville Historian, Kathy Jolowicz. 18 photo panels depict the life and times of this once internationally famous landmark in New York City called […]
The Manhattan Borough Historian’s Office Cordially Invites You to THE SIXTH ANNUAL TRIBUTE CEREMONY (AND HISTORY BIKE TOUR!) IN HONOR OF ANDREW H. GREEN, NYC’S FORGOTTEN CIVIC GIANT Join us in Central Park on Saturday, November 8th as we raise a toast to Andrew H. Green, the unsung 19th century master planner, reformer and preservationist […]
On October 18, 2008, the New York Times ran the following editorial, which is of interest to anyone who is concerned about preservation in New York. The Missing Landmarks Commission Late last month, the Museum of Arts and Design reopened in its new home at 2 Columbus Circle. That home is the controversial reworking of […]
On October 18, 2008, the New York Times ran the following editorial, which is of interest to anyone who is concerned about preservation in New York. The Missing Landmarks Commission Late last month, the Museum of Arts and Design reopened in its new home at 2 Columbus Circle. That home is the controversial reworking of […]
Dorothy was a friend and mentor to HDC. We awarded her with the Landmarks Lion Award in 2001. From the New York Times October 23, 2008 Dorothy Miner, 72, Legal Innovator, Dies By DAVID W. DUNLAP Dorothy Marie Miner, who developed legal protection for historic landmarks nationwide in her longtime role as counsel to […]
Dorothy was a friend and mentor to HDC. We awarded her with the Landmarks Lion Award in 2001. From the New York Times October 23, 2008 Dorothy Miner, 72, Legal Innovator, Dies By DAVID W. DUNLAP Dorothy Marie Miner, who developed legal protection for historic landmarks nationwide in her longtime role as counsel to […]
The Staten Island Museum is pleased to announce: The Staten Island Ferry: A History A Book Signing and Celebration Saturday, October 25, 2008, 2 p.m. Staten Island Museum, 75 Stuyvesant Place, Staten Island RSVP-to this e-mail or call 718/727-1135 x123 The Staten Island Ferry: A History is the first comprehensive documentation of New York City’s […]
Westsiders for Public Participation Invites You to a Benefit Concert offered by MARTA FELCMAN Leading Argentine Pianist Performing the works of Brahms, Debussy, Rorem and Schumann Saturday, November 8, 2008 8 PM Second Presbyterian Church 6 West 96th Street (corner Central Park West, entrance on south side of 96th Street “AT THE RED DOOR”) Contribution […]
The CGNA and the Social Action Committee of the Kane Street Synagogue invite you to a screening of Twilight Becomes Night: a neighborhood documentary 36-minute film by Virginie-Alvine Perrette The screening will be followed by a discussion with Virginie-Alvine Perrette, filmmaker; Craig Hammerman, District Manager CB6; City Councilmember David Yassky and Chelsea Mauldin, Montague Street […]
If you’re on our mailing list, you should be receiving your copy of District Lines shortly (it’s also posted online at http://www.hdc.org/DL-Autumn08.htm). The lead story, “New Initiative Makes Preservation Hot Election Topic” deals directly with HDC’s League of Preservation Voters program and was written before the issue of extending term limits was brought before the […]
