One of the Historic Districts Council's
most important programs is our newsletter, District Lines, which
is produced three times a year. Published regularly since 1987,
District Lines highlights current preservation issues throughout
New York City. Recent issues have reported on the illegal demolition
of Dorothy Day’s cottage in Staten Island, as well as the
issue of hardship claims caused by the Landmarks Law, in addition
to reporting on HDC’s programs and activities. Special care
is given to highlight broader issues of preservation that have an
impact on public policy.
District
Lines Spring 2008 (Volume XXII Number 1)
P. 1 ~ HDC Annual
Conference Eyes Preservation's Role in the Future of New York
City p. 1 ~ Cleaner, Greener, Fewer Landmarks
p.2 ~ When "Calendar" Is a Verb p.
2 ~ HDC Turns the Spotlight on "Neighborhoods At
Risk" p. 3 ~ Addisleigh Park: Uncovering
African-American History in Southeast Queens P. 4 ~
A Preservation Manifest: Tony Wood on His New Book p.
5 ~ HDC Auction Highlights Little-Known Modernist Masterwork
p. 7 ~ HDC Celebrates Lisa Ackerman as Our 19th
Landmarks Lion p. 8 ~ President's Column p.
10 ~ Recent Gifts and Grants
District
Lines Autumn 2007 (Volume XXI Number 2)
p.1 ~ You Can Ignore the Landmarks Law but Not
the Law of Gravity p.2 ~ President's Column p.4
~ Preservation's “Quiet Force,” Lisa Ackerman, Is
HDC's 2007 Landmarks Lion p.5 ~ New Commissioners
Join the LPC Table p.6 ~ HDC Honors Local Grassroots
Advocates at 17th Annual Event p.7 ~ Kitty Carlisle
Hart and Giorgio Cavaglieri Die, Both in Their 90's p.8
~ District Profile: Vinegar Hill Historic District, Brooklynp.11
~ Recent Gifts and Grants
District
Lines Spring 2007 (Volume XXI Number 1)
p.1 ~ Sunnyside Up! Queens Community Is on LPC's
Front Burner at Last p.2 ~ President's Column
p.3 ~ HDC Inaugurates Program to Educate Electeds
Before They Take Office p.4 ~ Heard and, Maybe,
Designated Later p.6 ~ HDC's 13th Annual Conference:
For a Green Future, Plant Preservation p.7 ~
Preservation is Sustainability: Keynote Address by Donovan Rypkema
p.8 ~ District Profiles: South Street Seaport
Historic District, Manhattan p.11 ~ Recent Gifts
and Grants
District
Lines Winter 2007 (Volume XX Number 3)
p.1 ~ Towers Atop 980 Madison Avenue... I. Public
Hearing p.3 ~ ...Implications... II. District
Integrity III. Manipulating 74-711 p.4 ~ Updated
"Creating an Historic District" Is Now Available p.5
~ President's Column p.6 ~ New Yorkers Mourn
Death of 2 Leading Preservationists p.7 ~ Robert
Silman Recieves HDC's Highest Honor p.7 ~ HDC
Adds Five New Advisers p.9 ~ District Profiles-Weehawken
Street Historic District, Manhattan p.10 ~ Recent
Gifts and Grants
District
Lines Autumn 2006 (Volume XX Number 2)
p.1 ~ Robert Silman Upholds Landmarks Literally-
Structural Engineer Is Named Landmarks Lion p.3 ~ President's
Column p.3 ~ Medical Sites of Yore: Two Talks
and a Tour p.4 ~ A Pair of Century-Old Schools
With Vastly Different Fates-P.S. 64 and Morris High School p.6
~ Albany Passes Tax Credits for Owners of Historic Houses
and Buildings p.8 ~
Signs of the Times: Streetscape Controls Are Changing
Them p.10
~ Two
New Players on the Landmarks Stage p.11 ~
Recent Gifts and Grants
District
Lines Spring 2006 (Volume XX Number 1)
p.1 ~ Lost: A Sense of Place p.2 ~ President's
Column p.2 ~ HDC Conference Tackles Major Issues
p.5 ~ Doomsday Closes In On Houses of Worship p.6
~ Is Moynihan's Dream of a New Pennsylvania Station Beginning
to Turn into a Civic Nightmare? p.8 ~
Extensive Rezoning by Bloomberg Administration Changes
Shape of City Neighborhoods p.10 ~
District Profiles: West 71st Street Historic District,
Manhattan p.11 ~
Recent Gifts and Grants
District
Lines Winter 2006 (Volume XIX Number 3)
p.1 ~ Friendless in Queens and Brooklyn-City Council
Nixes Two LPC Picks p.2 ~ President's Column
p.3 ~ Eminent Domain: High Court Decision Makes
Everybody Scramble p.5 ~ Five New Advisers Join
HDC's Board p.6 ~ Preservation Strategies: Landmarking
Is Only One Answer p.6 ~ HDC to Lead Talks
on Preservation Locally p.7 ~
Manhattan's West 72nd Street: Tale of an Urban Main
Street p.8
~ District
Profiles: Fort Totten Historic District, Queens
p.10 ~ Barry
Lewis, Lion p.11 ~
Recent Gifts and Grants
District Lines Autumn 2005 (Volume XIX Number 2)
p.1 ~ Landmarks Lion Award Goes to Gotham's Ultimate
Pedestrian, Public Television Star Barry Lewis p.2 ~ President's
Column p.3 ~ Like Everybody Else, Museums Face
Scrutiny for Appropriateness in Alteration Designs p.4
~ Fireboat Cruise p.7 ~ A Tale of Two
Warehouses p.10 ~ Preservationists at the Grassroots
Take a Bow at HDC
p.9 ~ District
Profiles: St. Paul's Avenue-Stapleton Heights Historic
District, Staten Island
p.10 ~ Recent
Gifts and Grants
District Lines Spring 2005 (Volume
XIX Number 1)
p.1 ~ To Make a Case for Landmarks Hardhsip is Not So
Easy p.2 ~ President's Column p.3 ~ District
Profiles: Treadwell Farm Historic District, Manhattan
p.4 ~ 11th Annual HDC Preservation Confab p.7
~ Historic Preservation: The Mayor's Report Card p.10
~ Recent Gifts and Grants
District
Lines Winter 2005(VolumeXVIII Number 3)
p.1 ~ Survival of the Fittest-90 West Street Since
9/11 p.2 ~ President's Column p.3 ~ Byrnes
Joins LPC; Olcott Returns, Replacing Kane p.4 ~ 2004
Landmarks Lion Award Presented to Beyer Blinder Belle p.6
~ City Council Leads in Land-Use Reform p.6 ~
Stop Landmarks Abuse! p.6 ~ Citywide
Panel Discussions Held p.7 ~ New Books
About Old New York p.11 ~ Recent Gifts and Grants
District
Lines Autumn 2004 (VolumeXVIII Number 2)
p.1 ~ Preservation Facade Easements-Tax Benefit or
Headache? p.2 ~ President's Column p.3
~ Libby Ryan Named LPC Commissioner p.4 ~ A
Critical Look at New Construction in Historic Districts p.7
~ Architecture Firm Beyer Blinder Belle Rings in as Landmarks
Lion p.7 ~ Save the Date p.8~District
Profiles: MacDougla-Sullivan Gardens, Manhattan p.9 ~
John Street/Maiden Lane- A Brief History p.10
~ Recent Gifts and Grants
District Lines Spring 2004 (Volume XVIII Number 1)
p.1 ~ Substitute Materials - Faux or No? p.2
~ President's Column p.3 ~ Revisiting
Boundaries of Too-Small Historic Districts p.5 ~ Can
Planning and Preservation Mix? p.5 ~ New on Our
Web Site p.6 ~ New Books about Old New York p.7
~ Conference Summary p.7 ~ HDC Conference
Explores Cultural Landmarking p.9 ~ District
Profiles: Riverside-West 105th Street, Manhattan p.11
~ Recent Gifts and Grants
District
Lines Winter 2004 (Volume XVII Number 3)
p.1 ~ In the Shadow of 9/11: Planned Fulton Street
Transit Center Threatens Historic Buildings p.2 ~ President's
Column p.4 ~ City House Prices Rise in Districts
p.4 ~ Staten Island's Good Shepherd p.5 ~ Grassroots
Preservation Awards p.6 ~ Landmark Demolition,
by Intent or Neglect p.7 ~ Explore Our Web Site
p.8 ~ A Prime-Cut Designation: The Meaty Story
of Gansevoort Market p.10 ~ District Profiles:
Prospect-Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn p.11 ~ Recent
Gifts and Grants
District
Lines Autumn 2003 (Volume XVII Number 2)
p.1 ~ Landmark Demolition by Intent or Neglect
p.2 ~ President's Column
p.3 ~ Landmarks Commission Proposes Fees for Permits—Update
p.4 ~ District Profiles: Charlton-King-Vandam
Historic District p.5 ~ "Streams of Exotic,
Devilish Creatures"—Herbert Muschamp's Ideal City p.7
~ Hart-felt Tribute: HDC to Lionize Kitty Carlisle p.8
~ A Recent LPC Appointment p.9 ~ HDC
Welcomes New Directors and Advisers p.10 ~ Latest
Gifts and Grants
District
Lines Spring 2003 (Volume XVII Number 1)
p.1 ~ Robert Tierney Takes the Chair at Landmarks
p.2 ~ President's Column
p.3 ~ Olympics—Preservation Opportunity? p.4
~ Daniel Patrick Moynihan (1927-2003), Preservationist
p.5 ~ "Preserving the Suburban Metropolis
p.7 ~ Conference Summary
p.8 ~ HDC Hosts Panels in Neighborhoods p.8 ~
The Dream of Rehab Tax Credits
p.9 ~ New Books about Old New York p.10 ~
Mott Haven Historic District, the Bronx
p.11 ~ Recent Gifts and Grants
District
Lines Winter 2002/2003 (Volume XVI Number 3)
p.1 ~ 2002—Year in Preservation p.2
~ President's Column p.2 ~ The Year
in HDC
p.6 ~ The City as Palimpsest p.7 ~ City
Proposes Fees for Landmarks Permits
p.8 ~ New Books about Old New York
District Lines Autumn 2002 (Volume XVI Number 2)
p.1 ~ Amster Yard Demolished p.2 ~
City Proposed Landmark Permit Fees
p.3 ~ HDC Heads Downtown for Landmark Lion Celebration
