http://hdc.org/Conference2011.htm •Opening Reception:March 4th, $30.00 for Friends, seniors, and students,$35.00 for Non-friends, see below for details. •Preservation Conference:March 5th $35.00 for Friends and seniors,$45.00 for Non-Friends; includes a box lunch. Students with valid school ID will be admitted free of charge;lunch not included. See below for details. •Tours:March 6th – Highbridge; Ridgewood; Wallabout; Sniffen Court […]
http://hdc.org/Conference2011.htm •Opening Reception:March 4th, $30.00 for Friends, seniors, and students,$35.00 for Non-friends, see below for details. •Preservation Conference:March 5th $35.00 for Friends and seniors,$45.00 for Non-Friends; includes a box lunch. Students with valid school ID will be admitted free of charge;lunch not included. See below for details. •Tours:March 6th – Highbridge; Ridgewood; Wallabout; Sniffen Court […]
Happy Birthday General Washington!!
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/19/nyregion/19metjournal.html?pagewanted=1&nl=nyregion&emc=ura1 Cooper Square was an unnamed but thriving business district about 1825 when a descendant of Peter Stuyvesant, Nicholas William Stuyvesant, built what is now one of the oldest remaining Federal-style houses on the Bowery. In its day, the house, now known as 35 Cooper Square, was nestled among three similar dormer-roof structures. Today it […]
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The Manufacturers Trust Building interior finally landmarked! On February 15th LPC officially granted interior landmark status to the Skidmore, Owings & Merrill-designed building; which has floor to celing windows. Thie office opened in 1954, making it one of the first glass ‘curtain wall’ structures built. http://www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/downloads/pdf/reports/2467.pdf
The Manufacturers Trust Building interior finally landmarked! On February 15th LPC officially granted interior landmark status to the Skidmore, Owings & Merrill-designed building; which has floor to celing windows. Thie office opened in 1954, making it one of the first glass ‘curtain wall’ structures built. http://www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/downloads/pdf/reports/2467.pdf
LPC Docket Number: 108326 Brooklyn, Block: 1063, Lot: 7 75 7th Avenue aka 180 Berkeley Place – Park Slope Historic District A Romanesque Revival style apartment house designed by M.J. Morrill and built in 1888. Application is to install an exhaust duct and new storefront infill. HDC Testimony In general, the proposed storefront is an […]
Well-known local architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro are working on another “swooping sling of steel and glass,” a new pedestrian overpass on 65th between Broadway and Amsterdam to be called the Presidents Bridge and to replace the bulky overpass of Milstein Plaza that was taken down in 2006. http://myupperwest.com/upper-west-side/lincoln-center-continues-extensive-renovations-65th-street-bridge/
WOODSIDE, Calif. — There may not be an app for it, but Steve Jobs did have a permit. And with that, his epic battle to tear down his own house is finally over. Enlarge This Image Woodside History Committee The demolition process began Monday on the so-called Jackling House in Woodside, Calif. For the better […]
