Victorian Flatbush
Six To Celebrate 2013 Launch Party Photos!
Thanks to everyone who came out last night to learn more about the 2013 Six to Celebrate neighborhoods we will be working with this year. Our intentions of bringing everyone together to connect, discover and educate one another on the preservation issues of theses neighborhoods was achieved. HDC appreciates your continued support and dedication [...]
Summer & Fall Events
E-BULLETIN OF THE HISTORIC DISTRICTS COUNCIL August 2012, Volume 9, Number 2 ——————————————————————————————————- SEPTEMBER SECRET LIVES TOURS! The Secret Lives Tours Series take attendees inside some of the most unique and rarely-seen landmarked spaces in the city, both big and small, to learn about their history and preservation. Pomander Walk and Lotus Garden Thursday September [...]
Six To Celebrate 2012: Victorian Flatbush Photos
E-BULLETIN- A Movie, A Tour, A Lecture, & 3 Million dollars!!!
E-BULLETIN OF THE HISTORIC DISTRICTS COUNCIL May 2012, Volume 9, Number 2 ~Six to Celebrate Tour Series~ Come tour our 2012 Six to Celebrate neighborhoods. Learn about their diverse cultural and architectural histories. Starting in May and running throughout the summer HDC, with the help of noted tour guides and local community groups, will [...]
Come help clean up Newkirk Plaza!!
Friends of Newkirk Plaza present Greening the Plaza Day! Saturday May 5th, 2012 Raindate Sunday May 6th, 2012 9am-3pm On Newkirk Plaza Friends of Newkirk Plaza, with enormous support from Flatbush Development Corp., has raised money from many members of our community to fill the empty giant tree planters and hanging flower boxes on the newly [...]
Six To Celebrate Walking/Bike Tours
2012 Neighborhood Walking and Bicycle Tours Meeting locations and directions for tours will be provided upon registration. Tours generally last two and half hours. Space is limited. Sunday, May 6, 2pm Van Cortlandt Village, Bronx WALKING TOUR led by Anthony W. Robins, architectural historian Once the site of Revolutionary War-era Fort Independence, Van Cortlandt [...]
Victorian Flatbush, Brooklyn
Located in the heart of Brooklyn, Victorian Flatbush is known for being the largest concentration of Victorian-era homes in the country. The area presently has five New York City Historic Districts, but the blocks in between them remain undesignated and unprotected despite architecture of the same vintage and style. Six local groups representing [...]
