At a LPC Public Meeting on November 18, Commissioners did not take a final vote but made comments on the proposal for South Street Seaport’s Pier 17 by the General Growth Properties. Of the total eleven members of the Commission, three were absent (Commissioners Joan Gerner, Christopher Moore and Roberta Washington) and the remaining eight […]
Ever since last month’s article about Tin Pan Alley broke the news about the threats to these buildings, we’ve been contacted from people across the country wanting to help save these them. “American popular standards are among the most treasured contributions America has made to the world. Tin Pan Alley is the invaluable physical reminder […]
Barnes & Noble Bookstore Celebrates 15 Years on the Upper West Side with a Regional Historians Roundtable and book signing. Tuesday, November 25th 7:00 pm Barnes & Noble Bookstore 2289 Broadway @82nd Street Upper West Side Featuring: Eric K. Washington, Manhattanville: Old Heart of West Harlem, Michael V. Susi, Columbia University and Morningside Heights, and […]
This article from Sunday’s New York Times highlights the architecture of West End Avenue, as well as the hard work of our friends at the West End Preservation Society and Landmark West! Streetscapes | West End Avenue Homage to the Humdrum By CHRISTOPHER GRAY November 21, 2008 A NEIGHBORHOOD coalition, the West End Preservation Society, […]
This article from Sunday’s New York Times highlights the architecture of West End Avenue, as well as the hard work of our friends at the West End Preservation Society and Landmark West! Streetscapes | West End Avenue Homage to the Humdrum By CHRISTOPHER GRAY November 21, 2008 A NEIGHBORHOOD coalition, the West End Preservation Society, […]
From the Downtown Express, November 21-27, 2008 Landmarks Commission slams Seaport project despite city support By Julie Shapiro The city Landmarks Preservation Commission had harsh words Tuesday for General Growth Properties, the developer hoping to revamp the South St. Seaport. The L.P.C. did not take a vote, but nearly all of the commissioners urged General […]
COMMISSION APPROVES LANDMARK STATUS FOR THREE MODERNIST PROPERTIES, TWO LATE 19TH CENTURY COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS AND TWO CIVIC SITES City’s Latest Landmarks Are NYU’s University Village in Greenwich Village; the Guardian Life Insurance Company Annex at Union Square East; the Morris B. Sanders Studio and Apartment in Turtle Bay; the New School’s Former Baumann Bros. Store off […]
David is a Board member and past president of HDC. New York Times: August 22, 2003 PUBLIC LIVES Man With a Mission: Saving Beauty, Saving Grace By ROBIN FINN THINKING of paving paradise and putting up a parking lot? If paradise includes an edifice over the age of 75, you may catch an irritable earful, […]
As some readers might remember, The New York Times wrote an editorial last month (“The Missing Commission“) pointing to the back-log of requests to the Landmarks Preservation Commission. LPC Chair Robert Tierrney wrote a response, which was published. HDC also wrote a letter to the Editor responding, that went unpublished until now…. To the Editor, The […]
As some readers might remember, The New York Times wrote an editorial last month (“The Missing Commission“) pointing to the back-log of requests to the Landmarks Preservation Commission. LPC Chair Robert Tierrney wrote a response, which was published. HDC also wrote a letter to the Editor responding, that went unpublished until now…. To the Editor, The […]
