E-BULLETIN OF THE HISTORIC DISTRICTS COUNCIL
May 2013, Volume 10, Number 3
Please join the Historic Districts Council along with the Green-Wood Historic Fund for an exclusive event for the Friends of HDC
Green-Wood Cemetery
500 25th Street Brooklyn, NY 11232
Twilight Tour and Catacomb Visit
Thursday, May 16th 5:30 to 8pm
Admission: $50/$75
Two is better than one on this exclusive joint tour with members of the Historic Districts Council and the Green-Wood Historic Fund. Among Green-Wood’s stunning spring landscape, mix and mingle with fellow members and some Green-Wood and HDC staff at an intimate outdoor reception.
After a drink and a snack, embark on a twilight tour with Green-Wood Historian Jeff Richman. You’ll enjoy the many fascinating sites and stories of Green-Wood’s 478 acres, including the stunning sculpture of New York mayor (among other vocations) DeWitt Clinton, the recently rediscovered Zouave Boy inside the Anderson Mausoleum, and gorgeous bronzes by Augustus Saint-Gaudens in collaboration with Stanford White. You’ll take in Green-Wood’s rolling hills and spring blooms at dusk, and even get a chance to enter the catacombs, an area closed to the public.
Please call 212.614.9107 or click here to RSVP for this special event.
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Have you been wondering how you’re going to explore and discover this great city over the summer? Well here’s your answer!
Join HDC on our fantastic walking/ bike tours of the Six To Celebrate neighborhoods. The tours will run from May through October.
TOMORROW – SPACES STILL AVAILABLE!!
Harrison Street, Staten Island
BUS/WALKING TOUR led by Barnett Shepherd, architectural historian
Saturday, May 11, 10:30AM
The Mud Lane Society for the Renaissance of Stapleton, 53 Harrison Street
Visit Staten Island’s next historic district! Down the hill from the stately Stapleton Heights historic district, the “Stapleton Nook” is a charming enclave of eclectic 19th century houses, built largely for workers in Staten Island’s busy transit hubs, A rare example of historic rowhouse architecture on the Island, Harrison Street is currently under consideration by the Landmarks Commission as the borough’s fourth historic district.
The tour will visit both Stapleton historic districts and time permitting, the beautiful Alice Austen House Museum and Fort Wadsworth.
For more information about the tours click here
For information about the 2013 STC click here
For information about the STC program click here
Don’t forget we have the 2012Walking Tour Brochures are now available for sale on our website!!!!
Only $10 for all six brochures (shipping included).
To purchase the brochures click here.
Six to Celebrate is generously supported by The New York Community Trust. Support for the Six to Celebrate Tours and walking tour brochures is provided by 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 Councilmembers Margaret Chin, Inez Dickens, Vincent Gentile, Daniel Garodnick, Stephen Levin and Rosie Mendez.
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Presentation on Greening NYC’s Historic Buildings: Green Rowhouse Manual
Please join us on Wednesday, May 15, at 9:00 AM, for our presentation and discussion of Greening NYC’s Historic Buildings: Green Rowhouse Manual, published by MAS, in partnership with the Landmarks Preservation Commission and researched and written by Terrapin Bright Green and COOKFOX Architects.
During this program, we will talk about the overarching reasons for creating the manual—the first of its kind in the city—as well as offer specific advice for owners interested in improving the energy efficiency of their rowhouses without compromising distinctive architectural features.
Speakers include: Amanda Lehman, LEED AP, Associate COOKFOX Architects
Michael Kreigh, RA, LEED AP, Certified Passive House Consultant
Renee Epps, Chief Officer for Facilities, Henry Street Settlement
Cory Herrala, Senior Technical Advisor, New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission
This event is presented by The Municipal Art Society of New York and co-sponsored by the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, The New York Landmarks Conservancy, Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Districts, and the Historic Districts Council.
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Historic Districts Council 2013 Grassroots Preservation Awards and Annual Preservation Party
Date: Thursday May 23, 2013
Location: Village Community School, 272 W 10th St New York, NY 10014
Time: 6:30 pm
This year’s Grassroots Awards recipients are:
• The Myrtle Avenue Revitalization Project
• New Amsterdam Market’s Robert LaValva
• NYC Parks advocate Geoffrey Croft
• NYU Faculty Against the Sexton Plan
• The Aquinas Honor Society of the Immaculate Conception School
• Friend in High Places: Council Member Stephen Levin of Brooklyn’s 33rd District
• Friend from the Media Award: The Tribeca Trib.
Week of May 6th – Highlighted 2013 Grassroots Awards Recipients:
The NYU Faculty Against the Sexton Plan (NYUFASP)
NYU Faculty Against the Sexton Plan
NYUFASP: is a group of more than 400 New York University faculty members who are fighting the University’s proposed multi-billion-dollar expansion in Greenwich Village. Among other potentially destructive elements, the proposal includes demolishing the award-winning Sasaki Garden at Washington Square Village to build almost two million square feet of mixed-use space in this National Register-eligible mid-century apartment complex. The group believes the plan is financially and institutionally reckless and will only serve to further erode the physical character of Greenwich Village. In 2012 the City Council voted to approve the zoning changes necessary to enact the NYU plan, and in response NYUFASP put together a legal action challenging the decision, which is currently being deliberated in the courts.
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