E-BULLETIN OF THE HISTORIC DISTRICTS COUNCIL
February 2014, Volume 11, Number 5
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Continuing Education: Working with Historic Buildings
$25, Friends of HDC/ $30, General Public
New Design in Historic Districts
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Do Traditional or Modern? This is the conundrum facing new rowhouse projects in NYC historic districts. Brendan Coburn, the founding principal of CWB Architects, will discuss how his firm approached the design of three different new rowhouse projects in Brooklyn’s Cobble Hill and Prospect Heights Historic Districts. The final designs, which all received the unanimous support and approval of the Landmark Preservation Commission, were informed by the firm’s knowledge of how particular districts value contextualism, combined with the clients’ desires, and a sensitive approach to specific physical adjacencies. The presentation will also highlight political and architectural considerations that influenced the designs.
1 AIA and New York State CES Credit
To register for this even click here
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The Bank of New York Mellon
Wednesday, February 26, 2014 at 4 P.M.
The Historic Districts Council invites you to tour three spectacular spaces in the Art Deco tower at One Wall Street. Built across from Trinity Church as the Irving Trust Building, the limestone skyscraper is a private wonder occupied today by The Bank of New York Mellon.
Visitors will explore the bank’s museum, 49th floor reception room, and The Red Room, with its spectacular red and gold mosaics. The museum’s artifacts illustrate the architectural and institutional history of BNY Mellon in Lower Manhattan. On the top floor, gilded shells from the Philippines decorate the angular ceiling of the three-story reception room. The adjacent observation decks provide splendid views in four directions. Christine McKay, BNY Mellon archivist, will guide visitors through the historic building.
Price: $50 Friends of HDC, $75 for Guests
Location and directions will be provided one week prior to the tour.
Business or business casual attire is requested.
Please note: Photography is not permitted inside the building
To register for this event click here
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The Historic Districts Council is kicking of the 20th Annual Preservation Conference on Friday, March 7, 2014 with the Design Awards Ceremony and Opening Reception. The inaugural HDC Design Awards will be presented by jury chair James Stewart Polshek, FAIA. The ceremony will be followed by a reception where attendees can meet the awardees and view their projects. The following day, Saturday, March 8, 2014 will consists of two morning presentations and panels, one with the award winners themselves presenting their projects and the other featuring a discussion of “What is ‘Good’ Design?”. More specific information on speakers and times is available below. Selected groups will present relevant projects and programs as part of HDC’s Annual Preservation Fair in the gallery adjoining the Conference auditorium throughout the morning.
See below for more information, or click here to register.
Friday, March 7, 2014
HDC Design Awards Ceremony and Opening Reception
6:00-9:00pm
Steelcase
Southwest corner of West 58th Street and 8th Avenue, Manhattan
$35/person/ $30/person for Friends of HDC, Students, Seniors
Saturday, March 8, 2014
Conference and Preservation Fair*
New York Law School
185 West Broadway, Manhattan
8:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
$35/person-$25/person for Friends of HDC, Seniors- Free/student (with valid school ID)
*Includes continental breakfast
Walking Tours
Meeting times, locations and directions for tours will be provided upon registration. Tours generally begin between 11am and 1pm and last approximately two hours.
Brooklyn Academy of Music as New Design
Sunday, March 8, 2014, 11am
Join HDC and 2013 HDC Landmarks Lion recipient Hugh Hardy, as we visit several Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) interiors and exteriors, which were renovated, restored and reused under the guidance of Hardy, an architect of many theatrical spaces. Attendees will see the award-winning and unusual interior renovation of the BAM Harvey, discuss the exterior restoration at the Gilman Opera House and have a chance to view the new flexible theater spaces at BAM Fisher, itself an adaptation of a landmarked building. The tour will be followed by a discussion with Hardy and Sharon Lehner, archivist of BAM, about the history and evolution of the BAM cultural campus.
$25/person/$20 for Friends of HDC/Seniors/Students
Modern Interventions in Park Slope
Sunday, March 30, 2014
While there is rarely room in Brooklyn’s Park Slope Historic District for an entire new building, that doesn’t mean there are not a myriad of examples of modern additions and alterations to historic structures. Join tour leader Matt Postal as he highlights some of the contemporary responses in this largely residential community, both inside and outside the designated historic district.
$10/person/$5 for Friends of HDC/Seniors/Students
Brooklyn Heights Historic District at Nearly 50
Saturday, April 5, 2014
Brooklyn Heights was the very first historic district in New York City, designated in 1965. In the decades since, this largely residential enclave has seen numerous additions and alterations to its diverse stock of row houses, distinguished churches and cultural landmarks. Join our guides, urban historians Francis Morrone and Liz McEnaney, to explore what new design looks like among the bricks and brownstones of New York’s oldest historic district.
$10/person/$5 for Friends of HDC/Seniors/Students
Saturday, April 26, 2014
The Douglaston Historic District is one of the preeminent examples of suburban-style housing with large, free-standing homes in a range of architectural styles. The houses are made more impressive by their sizable lots and mature greenery. The arcadian and expansive nature of the community has allowed for many new buildings to be constructed while still maintaining the historic character of the neighborhood. Join Kevin Wolfe, an HDC adviser and the architect of numerous new buildings within the district, as he presents some of his own landmarks-approved projects and discusses what appropriateness means in Douglaston.
$10/person/$5 for Friends of HDC/Seniors/Students
For more information and to sign up for the 2014 conference you can go to our website by clicking here,
calling 212-614-9107, or emailing [email protected]
The 20th Annual Preservation Conference is co-sponsored by HDC’s Neighborhood Partners, more than 500 community-based organizations across the city.
Support is provided in part by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. Additional support is provided by City Councilmembers Margaret Chin, Inez Dickens, Daniel Garodnick, Vincent Gentile, Sara Gonzalez, Stephen Levin, and Rosie Mendez.
Support for the HDC Design Awards is provided, in part, by The Architect’s Newspaper, Steelcase, Leo Blackman & Ken Monteiro, Françoise Bollack & Tom Killian and Anna May & Tim Feige.
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2013 Walking Tour Brochures are now available for purchase, and as downloadable PDFs.
All six brochures can be yours to own for only $10 (plus tax).
To purchase or download the 2013, 2012 or 2011 brochures click here or call 212-614-9107
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