preservation
PRESERVATION NOW! 19th Annual Preservation Conference March 1-3, 2013
Preservation Now! Today’s Victories, Losses and Ongoing Battles! For Details of the Event View the Brochure HERE. To Purchase Tickets, Please Scroll to the Bottom of the Page The 2013 Preservation Conference takes its inspiration from recent trends in preservation and the relationship between development and preservation in New York City. The keynote, panels and [...]
New Manhattan Landmarks!
DNAinfo A neo-Tudor Gothic style townhouse in Turtle Bay, a terra cotta-clad loft building in the West Village and a Federal style house on the Bowery are among Manhattan’s newest landmarks. The Lo-Down: The Bowery Alliance of Neighbors (BAN) is sending around a news release in celebration of the Landmarks Preservation Commission voting to protect 135 [...]
Tell The New York Times What You Think About Preservation
Preservation is under fire….from The New York Times! In two recent NYT articles, NYT architecture critic Nicolai Ouroussoff and New Republic architecture critic Sarah Williams Goldhagen separately accuse the preservation community of working hand in hand with governments and developers to gentrify, emasculate, sanitize and pretty much ruin the world for everyone else. HDC believes [...]
Preservationists Respond to Koolhaas/Ouroussoff
Reading Nicolai Ouroussoff ‘s recent review of Rem Koolhaas’s exhibit in The New York Times (“ An Architect’s Fear That Preservation Distorts”, NYT, 5/23/11), this preservation architect is struck by the ability of one well-meaning but clueless critic to so totally distort the reality of preservation activity in New York City. Ouroussoff implies that the [...]
In the Beginning: The Creation of the Historic Districts Council
http://hdc.org/lectures-founders.htm HDC Founders Party: Tuesday, June 21, 2011, 6-8pm: The Players Club;16 Gramercy ParkCocktail Reception, followed by Discussion The event will feature a conversation with some of the influential founders and early leaders of the Historic Districts Council, including Kent Barwick, Bronson Binger, Michael Gruen and Lorna Nowve. The discussion, moderated by HDC Chairman Emeritus [...]
HDC Maps
http://www.communitywalk.com/historic_districts_council/historic_districts_council/map/1007962 View HDC’s new maps with our Six to Celebrate neighborhoods, Neighborhoods at risk, and recently designated districts. HDC is proud to work with so many diverse neighborhoods throughout New York City. View our website for information on these and other neighborhoods HDC is working with. http://hdc.org/ http://hdc.org/neighborhoodatrisk.htm
Help Save the Essex Street Market!
http://www.savetheessexstreetmarket.org/ The essex Street Market is in danger of being moved from its historic site due to the recently passed guidlines for SPURA redevelopment. Sign the petition and help save this historic Lower East Side staple. http://www.essexstreetmarket.com/
HDC Conference
Thank you to everyone who came to the conference this past weekend. It was a huge success with new and old faces. We hope everyone found it fun and informative. Be sure to stay posted for upcoming events. Don’t forget you can save on our events by becoming a friend today. http://www.hdc.org/friends.htm
