expanding historic district boundaries

In 2003, HDC reviewed all the existing NYC historic districts to determine if the streets immediately surrounding the designated district retained the same integrity of historic architecture. The resulting survey, published here, reveals often they do: Designated historic districts are almost invariably smaller than their historic neighborhoods, sometimes so much so that several blocks of intact historic buildings are left in jeopardy.

HDC's Boundaries project consists of two sections:

The following examples represent some of the most vivid cases of the “under-designation” dilemma. Their boundaries were too narrowly and arbitrarily drawn to provide full protection for the traditional neighborhoods:

Park Slope Under consideration	Mount Morris Park A Six to Celebtate neighborhood	Jackson Heights A Six to Celebtate neighborhood
Fort Greene	St. George	TriBeCa

Two examples that illustrate how the Landmarks Preservation Commission successfully expanded an under-designated historic district

Hamilton Heights/ Sugar Hill	NoHo