New Secret Lives of Public Places Tour

http://hdc.org/secretlives_MH.htm April 13, 2011, 5:00pmFriends- $75; Non-friends $100 New Secret Lives of Public Places tour. Join us on April 13th on a tour of the Amateur Comedy Club and Sniffen Court and the De Lamar Mansion. The Amateur Comedy Club is America’s oldest continuing performing theatrical society in the country, the Amateur Comedy Club moved […]

New Secret Lives of Public Places Tour

http://hdc.org/secretlives_MH.htm April 13, 2011, 5:00pmFriends- $75; Non-friends $100 New Secret Lives of Public Places tour. Join us on April 13th on a tour of the Amateur Comedy Club and Sniffen Court and the De Lamar Mansion. The Amateur Comedy Club is America’s oldest continuing performing theatrical society in the country, the Amateur Comedy Club moved […]

Private Club and Consulate Tour in Murray Hill

Private Club and Consulate Tour in Murray Hill http://hdc.org/secretlives_MH.htm April 13, 2011, 5:00pm Friends- $75; Non-friends $100 New Secret Lives of Public Places tour. Join us on April 13th on a tour of the Amateur Comedy Club and Sniffen Court and the De Lamar Mansion. The Amateur Comedy Club is America’s oldest continuing performing theatrical […]

Private Club and Consulate Tour in Murray Hill

Private Club and Consulate Tour in Murray Hill http://hdc.org/secretlives_MH.htm April 13, 2011, 5:00pm Friends- $75; Non-friends $100 New Secret Lives of Public Places tour. Join us on April 13th on a tour of the Amateur Comedy Club and Sniffen Court and the De Lamar Mansion. The Amateur Comedy Club is America’s oldest continuing performing theatrical […]

Walking Tour of Queens' Newest Historic District

The Sunnyside Gardens Preservation Alliance Announces a Spring Walking Tour Sunnyside Gardens:Queens’ Newest Landmark District,New York’s most famous Planned CommunitySaturday, May 17, 1:00–3:30 PM Just 20 minutes from Manhattan, Sunnyside Gardens was designed by noted architects Clarence Stein and Henry Wright from 1924-28 as a “garden city” for working families. Linked by common walkways, its […]

Walking Tour of Queens' Newest Historic District

The Sunnyside Gardens Preservation Alliance Announces a Spring Walking Tour Sunnyside Gardens:Queens’ Newest Landmark District,New York’s most famous Planned CommunitySaturday, May 17, 1:00–3:30 PM Just 20 minutes from Manhattan, Sunnyside Gardens was designed by noted architects Clarence Stein and Henry Wright from 1924-28 as a “garden city” for working families. Linked by common walkways, its […]

Take a Self-Guided Tour of the Lower East Side

An Eye-Opening Lower East Side StrollAbroad in New YorkBY FRANCIS MORRONEJanuary 3, 2008URL: http://www.nysun.com/article/68849 Manhattan’s Lower East Side is a topic of special interest right now. Preservation groups are working to get the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission to designate a Lower East Side Historic District. Immigration, the great historical theme of the Lower […]

Barry Lewis On PBS

If you haven’t seen these yet – try to catch Barry & David’s informative and entertaining walks that are being broadcast on Thanksgiving. Thirteen only shows them during fundraising drives, so this is a rare opportunity to see them all. Thirteen “Walk Around…” seriesDebut: A Walk Around Staten Island with David Hartman & Historian Barry […]

December Events from GVSHP

December Programs from the Greenwich Village Society for Historic PreservationPlease call 212.475.9585 x35 or e-mail [email protected] for reservations. A Village ChristmasA walking tour with Marilyn StultsSaturday, December 1Meet in front of the Washington Square Arch at 2:00pm; Tour ends at 4:00 p.m.$10 GVSHP Members; $15 All Others Advance payment required by Nov. 28th. To pay […]

See the Ridgewood Reservior in its current state – and help save its future

The Newtown Historical Society (NHS) will be leading a walk at the Ridgewood Reservoir on the Brooklyn-Queens border this Sunday, October 28th at 1pm. Here is a short video on the history of the reservoir, it’s current state, and what we hope it will become in the near future: http://ridgewoodreservoir.blogspot.com/2007/10/ridgewood-reservoir-video.html The Ridgewood Reservoir Education and […]