Events Galore!
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.
Sponsored in part by and all images © of:
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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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Save the New York Public Library Rally – May 8, 2013
On May 8th the Committee to Save the New York Public Library and HDC met with other organizations and members of the community to rally against the Central Library Plan. Below is a video taken of the rally (Part 2)
Citizens protest the NYPL “Central Library Plan.”
http://www.savenypl.org/
E-BULLETIN- Save New York’s Public Libraries, Save New York’s Public Parkland, Save New York!
E-BULLETIN OF THE HISTORIC DISTRICTS COUNCIL
May 2013, Volume 10, Number 2
Help Save the New York Public Library from Itself
Rally & Leafleting on Wednesday, May 8, 3:30pm – 5:30pm
RAIN or SHINE
The late Ada Louise Huxtable called it “a plan devised out of a profound ignorance of or willful disregard for not only the library’s original concept and design, but also the folly of altering its meaning and mission and compromising its historical and architectural integrity. You don’t ‘update’ a masterpiece” (Wall Street Journal)
The Central Library Plan (CLP) threatens to demolish the historic book stacks and install a new circulating library at the New York Public Library, one of the world’s great reference libraries and a New York City Individual Landmark designed by architects Carrère and Hastings in 1911.
The Plan will:
- Cost $350 million (probably more), of which $150 million will come from New York City taxpayers.
- Threaten the 42nd Street Library’s status as one of the world’s great research libraries.
- Endanger the architectural integrity of the landmarked 42nd Street building.
AND
- It was conceived in a closed door process, with minimal public notification and zero public input.
The Committee to Save the NYPL calls for a halt to the CLP until an independent agency can conduct a detailed cost analysis.
Michael Kimmelman states in his scathing New York Times review of the CLP on January 29, 2013, “A new Mid-Manhattan branch should cost a fraction of gutting the stacks and could produce much better architecture.”
Take action by joining the Committee to Save the NYPL in a public rally on Wednesday, May 8th at 3:30PM sharp in front of the NYPL facing Fifth Avenue, during the meeting of the NYPL Trustees.
For more information, see www.savenypl.org. To subscribe to the Committee’s newsletter, click here.
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Rally for the World’s Fair Grounds!
Thursday the 9th at 12 noon!
Flushing Meadows Corona Park, designed for the 1939 and 1964 World’s Fairs, is threatened by the development of yet another stadium. The city plans to lease 13 acres of the park for $1 per year to Sheik Mansour bin Zayed al-Nahyan for a Major League Soccer stadium. This is in addition to plans for the expansion of the National Tennis Center and the construction of a shopping center on the site of the former Shea Stadium, all part of the unfortunate trend that includes selling off schools, libraries, and even public housing land to private developers. Mayor Michael Bloomberg said the area eyed for the stadium (the remains of the 1964 Pool of Industry) “isn’t very much and isn’t in good shape,” but a visit on the weekend proves that, despite willful neglect by the city, it is a lively piece of a very popular park. The Flushing Meadows Corona Park which has provided New Yorkers and visitors alike countless happy memories deserves our respect and protection.
Please join HDC and The Fairness Coalition of Queens on Thursday for a press conference and rally to stop the Bloomberg administration from giving away our parkland.
What: rally and press conference
When: Thursday, May 9 at 12 noon
Where: United Arab Emirates Embassy – 305 East 47th Street, New York, N.Y. 10017
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E-BULLETIN- Help Save the New York Public Library from Itself-Rally & Leafleting 5/8/2013
E-BULLETIN OF THE HISTORIC DISTRICTS COUNCIL
May 2013, Volume 10, Number 1
Coffee Talk- Requests for Evaluations with Mary Beth Betts
May 6
8:30 – 10:00 AM
Neighborhood Preservation Center 232 East 11th Street New York, NY 10003
Each year, the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission receives and evaluates approximately 200 Requests for Evaluation for new landmarks, historic districts and historic district extensions. The LPC’s RFE form, available on their website, requests that applicants provide as much information about the property as possible, including photographs. A strong RFE package can make a great impact in the achievement of preservation priorities.
The LPC’s Director of Research, Mary Beth Betts, will present pointers on filing effective and thorough RFEs, as well as answer your questions on the designation process and research resources in New York City. Check out Cityland for a recent interview with Mary Beth.
Events is FREE, but reservations are required.
For more information on this series or to RSVP, please contact Barbara Zay at bzay@hdc.org or 212-614-9107
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Help Save the New York Public Library from Itself
Rally & Leafleting on Wednesday, May 8, 3:30pm – 5:30pm
The late Ada Louise Huxtable called it “a plan devised out of a profound ignorance of or willful disregard for not only the library’s original concept and design, but also the folly of altering its meaning and mission and compromising its historical and architectural integrity. You don’t ‘update’ a masterpiece” (Wall Street Journal)
The Central Library Plan (CLP) threatens to demolish the historic book stacks and install a new circulating library at the New York Public Library, one of the world’s great reference libraries and a New York City Individual Landmark designed by architects Carrère and Hastings in 1911.
The Plan will:
- Cost $350 million (probably more), of which $150 million will come from New York City taxpayers.
- Threaten the 42nd Street Library’s status as one of the world’s great research libraries.
- Endanger the architectural integrity of the landmarked 42nd Street building.
AND
- It was conceived in a closed door process, with minimal public notification and zero public input.
The Committee to Save the NYPL calls for a halt to the CLP until an independent agency can conduct a detailed cost analysis.
Michael Kimmelman states in his scathing New York Times review of the CLP on January 29, 2013, “A new Mid-Manhattan branch should cost a fraction of gutting the stacks and could produce much better architecture.”
Take action by joining the Committee to Save the NYPL in a public rally on Wednesday, May 8th at 3:30PM sharp in front of the NYPL facing Fifth Avenue, during the meeting of the NYPL Trustees.
For more information, see www.savenypl.org. To subscribe to the Committee’s newsletter, click here.
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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.
Sponsored in part by and all images © of:
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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.
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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.
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 Brochuresare 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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Exclusive Green-Wood Cemetery Twilight Tour and Catacomb Visit
E-BULLETIN OF THE HISTORIC DISTRICTS COUNCIL
April 2013, Volume 10, Number 11
Coffee Talk- Requests for Evaluations with Mary Beth Betts
May 6
8:30 – 10:00 AM
Neighborhood Preservation Center 232 East 11th Street New York, NY 10003
Each year, the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission receives and evaluates approximately 200 Requests for Evaluation for new landmarks, historic districts and historic district extensions. The LPC’s RFE form, available on their website, requests that applicants provide as much information about the property as possible, including photographs. A strong RFE package can make a great impact in the achievement of preservation priorities.
The LPC’s Director of Research, Mary Beth Betts, will present pointers on filing effective and thorough RFEs, as well as answer your questions on the designation process and research resources in New York City. Check out Cityland for a recent interview with Mary Beth.
Events is FREE, but reservations are required.
For more information on this series or to RSVP, please contact Barbara Zay at bzay@hdc.org or 212-614-9107
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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.
Sponsored in part by and all images © of:
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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.
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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.
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 Brochuresare 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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