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2013 Six To Celebrate Walking Tours
A list of each of the six walking tours that will be held through out the spring/summer for the 2013 Six To Celebrate neighborhoods Harrison Street, Staten Island BUS/WALKING TOUR led by Barnett Shepherd, architectural historian Saturday, May 11, 10:30AM View Pictures of the Tour Please join us for a very special tour [...]
PRESERVATION NOW! 19th Annual Preservation Conference Video
Tonight!!-Historic Districts Council 2013 Grassroots Preservation Awards and Annual Preservation Party
Each year, the Historic Districts Council honors activists and groups who have campaigned for community preservation in New York City. The Grassroots Preservation Awards are given to those who have worked tirelessly for their neighborhoods and communities, and have strove to better our city through their efforts. This Year’s Award winners are a broad group [...]
Proposed East Midtown Rezoning
Update: The Landmarks Preservation Commission released their own list of 31 buildings that are elegible for individual landmark status. HDC along with the New York Landmarks Conservancy and the Municipal Arts Society proudly support this list. To read the letter sent to the LPC Chair Robert Tierney click here. Historic Districts Council Identifies 33 Potential [...]
Six To Celebrate 2013 Neighborhoods
Six To Celebrate 2013 Neighborhoods: Join the Historic Districts Council as we announce the neighborhoods selected for the 2013 Six to Celebrate program! Tuesday – January 29, 2013 Bronx Parks System, The Bronx In 1888, more than four thousand acres was designated as parkland in The Bronx in anticipation of New York City’s [...]
Landmarks Lion 2012: Roberta Brandes Gratz-Pictures
The Historic Districts Council Honored Roberta Brandes Gratz as Landmarks Lion on Monday, November 5, 2012 at the Four Seasons Restaurant Images courtesy of Ira Fox, Gramercy Photo )
Help Save the Landmarks Law
The demolition of the Dakota Stables As widely reported, the Real Estate Board of New York recently joined forces with a handful of construction and development industry groups to create a new coalition that is calling for reforms which HDC believes would cripple the landmark designation process and damage the regulation of existing protected [...]
