From the Queens Chronicle Sunnyside’s ‘Garden City’ Earns Designation by Jennifer Manley , Assistant Editor After years of preservationists pushing for it, months of impassioned arguments against it, and even a few last-minute protests, the Landmarks Preservation Commission has ended the debate in Sunnyside Gardens — voting unanimously Tuesday to designate it a historic district.The […]
LANDMARK DAY IN QNS.New York PostBy TOM TOPOUSISJune 27, 2007 — Sunnyside Gardens, a 16-block residential enclave in Queens, won approval as a historic district yesterday by a unanimous vote. Queens Neighborhood Is a Landmark; Domino Plant Is Likely to …New York TimesBy Michael Wilson Area of Sunnyside, Queens, Is Given Landmark StatusNew York TimesBy […]
This morning the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) voted to designate Sunnyside Gardens as the seventh and newest Historic District in the borough of Queens, bringing the total number of districts citywide to 88. Sunnyside Gardens, one of the most significant planned residential communities in New York City, is internationally recognized among planners and urbanists for […]
Some people are never happy. That a city agency is checking its work with citizens and residents should be applauded, not derided. And what’s not being reported here is the fact that LPC had been chased away during their surveys by some of the same people now complaining. June 24, 2007SunnysideWho’s Calling That a Peaked […]
In case you missed it, at the LPC’s public hearing/meeting on Tuesday, June 26;there’s a vote scheduled for the Sunnyside Historic District at 9:30am, followed by a vote on the Crotona PlayCenter & Interior. Then there’s a public hearing on Domino Sugar where testimony will be taken. See http://www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/downloads/pdf/calendar/06_26_07.pdf for details.
From the Queens Chronicle (a truthful albeit a little too fairhanded take on Tuesday’s hearing) Landmarking Opinions From Both Sunny Sidesby Jennifer Manley, Assistant Editor In three-minute increments, Sunnyside Gardens residents bent the ears of the city’s Landmarks Preservation commissioners for nearly five hours on Tuesday. “We are here today not to talk, but to […]
HDC exhorts everyone who cares about landmarking to attend the Landmarks Preservation Commission’s public designation hearing of Sunnyside Gardens this Tuesday, April 17th at 2:00pm in the Municipal Building, at Centre and Chambers Streets, 9th Floor North. As you have no doubt heard, the road just to get to this hearing has not been an […]
Posted on Queens Crap (to which we’re incredbily thankful for their eagle eye and patience in monitoring the flood that is Thursday’s local media coverage) Landmarking: Pro & Con From Queens Courier:Many questions — no answers (about the Broadway-Flushing landmark bid) A response from Councilman Avella: Clarifying the Constitution Letter to the Times Ledger: Why […]
From the Times-Ledger 04/12/2007Landmark battle intensifiesBy Adam Pincus Days before a critical public hearing, both opponents and advocates of a proposal to landmark Sunnyside Gardens are optimistic about their chances of winning the fight over creating a historic district in the tree-shaded neighborhood, but at least one political figure appears to be squirming. Miriam Allen, […]
From the Queens ChronicleLandmarks Will Hear Case For Sunnyside by Jennifer Manley, Assistant Editor04/05/2007After several contentious meetings, residents divided over the proposed landmarking of Sunnyside Gardens will get to argue their case before the commission who will decide their fate. A public hearing of the Landmarks Preservation Commission is scheduled for Tuesday April 17, at […]
