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THURSDAY • JULY 17 • 6:30 PM

Civic Talk: Battles over Development

at the Museum of the City of New York, Fifth Avenue at 103rd Street

New York Civic President Henry J. Stern leads a roundtable discussion about epic development battles, including memorable fights over the Westway proposal of the 1970s and the Huntington Hartford Museum at Columbus Circle, which was designed by renowned modernist architect Edward Durrell Stone and is now being transformed into the Museum of Art and Design. The panel will include Adrian Benepe, Commissioner,  New York City Department of Parks & Recreation; Holly Hotchner, Director of the Museum of Art and Design; Alexander Garvin, city planner and President & CEO, Alex Garvin Associates; and Albert K. Butzel, attorney and former President of Friends of Hudson River Park.

Make sure to join us for this informative series created to keep up up-to-date on some of HDC’s current projects and recent goings-on at LPC.

Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Our Latest Landmarks: Recent & Upcoming New York City Historic Districts

Join us as we present an overview of recently designated and calendared historic districts throughout New York City, as well as what’s next in the pipeline. This lecture will be augmented by a question and answer session featuring hard-working preservation activists discussing neighborhoods including DUMBO and the Eberhard Faber Pencil Company in Brooklyn; NoHo in Manhattan; and Ridgewood in Queens.

Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Admiral’s Row: Historic Properties and the Federal Government

Admiral’s Row, a collection of former naval officer residences located within the Brooklyn Navy Yard, is at risk of demolition thanks to the current plans of the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation. Luckily, the federal government has finally acknowledged their ownership of these structures and a Section 106 Consulting Parties Process has been established to oversee the transfer of the property and proposed uses for the site. This lecture will feature HDC executive director Simeon Bankoff as he presents a brief overview of these historic buildings and the ongoing campaign to preserve them.

Lectures are free of charge, but reservations are required. Reception to follow. All events take place at 6:00pm at the Neighborhood Preservation Center, 232 East 11^th Street, Manhattan. RSVP at 212-614-9107 or kmorith@hdc.org.