LPC Docket Number: 098343 Queens, Block: 8023, Lot: 1 300 Knollwood Ave – Douglaston Historic District A Colonial Revival Style ranch house designed by Carl Salminen and built in 1950. Application is to demolish the house and construct a new house. HDC Testimony HDC is sorry to see yet another mid-century Colonial Revival Style ranch […]
LPC Docket Number: 101256 Staten Island, Block: 955, Lot: 1 460 Brielle Avenue – NYC Farm Colony-Seaview Hospital Historic District Historic District A tuberculosis hospital complex constructed between 1908-1937. Application is to construct a new building and parking lot. HDC Testimony While construction of a new building that continues the spirit and use of the […]
Hearing Date: 8/11/2009 LPC Docket Number: 098532 Brooklyn, Block: 301, Lot: 44 155 Warren Street – Cobble Hill Historic District A Greek Revival style rowhouse built in 1838. Application is to construct dormers at the roof. HDC Testimony While the commission has approved dormers on the front facades of similar buildings, HDC finds these proposed […]
The Preservation League of Staten Island invites you to attend: The 2008 Historic Preservation Awards LuncheonChrist Church, 76 Franklin Avenue, New BrightonSaturday, May 3, 2008, 1:00 PMCost: $35 includes Awards Program and Lunch___________________ For 23 years the Preservation League of Staten Island has been recognizing the outstanding work of building owners and others, who value […]
The Preservation League of Staten Island invites you to attend: The 2008 Historic Preservation Awards LuncheonChrist Church, 76 Franklin Avenue, New BrightonSaturday, May 3, 2008, 1:00 PMCost: $35 includes Awards Program and Lunch___________________ For 23 years the Preservation League of Staten Island has been recognizing the outstanding work of building owners and others, who value […]
Community Panel Presentation-Spanish Camp: Place MattersNovember 29, 20077pm at Spiro Hall, Wagner College A panel discussion about preservation and the meaning of “cultural worth” using Spanish Camp as a model. Moderated by Mark Elliott, Ph.D, award winning Author and Professor of History.Featuring Steve Zeitlin, Ph.d folklorist, commentator NPR, and Director of CityloreJim O’Grady, curator, writer/Center […]
You are cordially invited to the Preservation League of Staten Island’s 30th Anniversary CelebrationHonoring our founding members and past presidents: Barnett Shepard, founding presidentEloise BeilDianna GabayDonna HarrisKathy Kinneythe late Walter KlineRaymond PaviaMitchell GrublerLinda JonesChan Graham Friday, December 7, 20077:30 pm – 10:30 pmThe Staten Island Museum75 Stuyvesant PlaceStaten Island, New York$30 PLSI members$40 non-members Please […]
For Staten Island warehouse, mansion, landmark statusby Staten Island AdvanceTuesday October 30, 2007, 6:30 PM The city today landmarked a warehouse in Elm Park and a 19th century Todt Hill home, despite opposition from the owner of one of the properties, the former Standard Varnish Works. The Landmarks Preservation Commission voted unanimously to designate the […]
The Staten Island Museum presents: All Aboard: The History of the Staten Island Ferry Thursday, October 18, 2007, 7 pmat the Staten Island Museum75 Stuyvesant Place, Staten IslandFREE! In celebration of the reissue of New York Municipal Ferryboats, the informative and popular book by the late Vince Sweeney, with updates by Historian Barnett Shepherd, a […]
Join the Preservation League of Staten Island on Sunday, October 14, 2007, from 12pm – 5pm for an Historic House Tour of WesterleighOnce called Prohibition Park, this community was known far and wide for its temperance activities, as well as its beautiful Victorian houses and bucolic qualities. Sign in for the tour begins at the […]
