DNAinfo: NYU's Expansion Plans

GREENWICH VILLAGE — New York University’s plans for a massive 2.5-million-square-foot expansion began winding its way through the public review process on Tuesday, with residents and elected officials calling for the plan to be scaled back. Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer Stringer suggested the school nix a proposed 180,000-square-foot hotel and back down from acquiring […]

Happy 100th birthday Isham Park!

Isham Park, Inwood Celebrates its Centennial~  Wednesday, May 25, 6:30 PM  Volunteers for Isham Park kicks off the 100th birthday of the park with historic readings and cake!  May 25th is the centennial anniversary of Julia Isham Taylor’s letter offering family’s land for the creation of Isham Park around which the neighborhood of Inwood would […]

HDC Monday Morning Coffee Talk-Disponzio

Joseph Disponzio will discuss how NYC Department of Parks and Recreation is approaching the preservation of the cultural and historic landscape resources of New York City. His talk will center on the writing and use of cultural landscape reports to help guide the restoration of historic landscapes. Reports on Conference House Park in Staten Island, […]

HDC Monday Morning Coffee Talk-Disponzio

Joseph Disponzio will discuss how NYC Department of Parks and Recreation is approaching the preservation of the cultural and historic landscape resources of New York City. His talk will center on the writing and use of cultural landscape reports to help guide the restoration of historic landscapes. Reports on Conference House Park in Staten Island, […]

NYC H2O:Bronx River Bike Tour

Bronx River Bike TourSunday, June 12, 2011Soundview Park Did you know that the Bronx River Is NYC’s only true fresh water river?  It was considered a source for NYC’s drinking water in the early 1830’s. By the end of the 1800’s it was labeled “an open sewer.”  The river has made a comeback since the […]

Josef Astor's "LOST BOHEMIA"

 Josef ‘Birdman’ Astor’s new film: LOST BOHEMIA: For tickets:  http://www.ifccenter.com/films/lost-bohemia/ The new film , a searing document of the destruction of the the landmarked artists’ colony above Carnegie Hall, has very well with the critics,  but it’s in a limited run at the IFC cinema in Manhattan, so…  ”See it before it gets evicted!”  –  Michael Musto Village Voice 

Josef Astor's "LOST BOHEMIA"

 Josef ‘Birdman’ Astor’s new film: LOST BOHEMIA: For tickets:  http://www.ifccenter.com/films/lost-bohemia/ The new film , a searing document of the destruction of the the landmarked artists’ colony above Carnegie Hall, has very well with the critics,  but it’s in a limited run at the IFC cinema in Manhattan, so…  ”See it before it gets evicted!”  –  Michael Musto Village Voice 

LOST BOHEMIA

 The new film LOST BOHEMIA, a searing document of the destruction of the the landmarked artists’ colony above Carnegie Hall, has very well with the critics,  but it’s in a limited run at the IFC cinema in Manhattan, so…  “See it before it gets evicted!”  –  Michael Musto Village Voice   for tickets:  http://www.ifccenter.com/films/lost-bohemia/