Pk Slope Zone Busting! BSA Lets Developers Build Under Old RegsBy Charles HackPark Slope Courier: http://www.parkslopecourier.com/site/tab7.cfm?newsid=16829176 The Board of Standards and Appeals gave developers the green light to finish constructing two buildings in South Park Slope, which became unlawful after new zoning laws came into effect last November.That was despite organized community opposition, numerous building […]
Preserving West Village Gay HistoryGay City News – USA…Once a neighborhood is given the designation, buildings are protected from demolition and the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission must approve any … Two NYC Rec Centers Designated Landmarks1010 Wins – New York,NY,USA…and promenade in the Bronx and the Astoria Park pool and play center in Queens received […]
MEMO from Christabel Gough (who monitors the Landmarks Commission for the Society for the Architecture of the City): Yesterday (June 20, 2006) the Landmarks Commission designated PS 64 CHARAS/El Bohio. Commissioner Roberta Brandes Gratz explained her vote in these words: The designation of PS 64 will be one of the most significant decisions of the […]
From GVSHP: Trump Plan for 45-Story “Trojan Horse Hotel”: In early June, Donald Trump announced on “The Apprentice” plans to build an enormous “condo-hotel” on a parking lot at Varick and Spring Streets, to be managed by the winner of his reality TV show. By accumulating development rights from neighboring sites, Trump would take advantage […]
There will be a public memorial/celebration for Jane Jacobs on Wednesday, June 28th at 5 pm in Washington Square Park. The event will feature speakers from the fields of urbanism, journalism, environmentalism, economics, publishing, civic activism, the arts, and local business on Jane Jacobs’ impact and legacy. I hope you can join us, and spread […]
Read the Villager!!! Wealthy ‘angel’ offers salvation for St. Brigid’s Church on Ave. BBy Albert Amateau Just before an Appellate Division hearing seeking to stop the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York from demolishing St. Brigid’s Church on Avenue B, an “angel” announced through a lawyer that he wanted to buy the 1849 structure “at […]
From our colleagues at the Preservation League of NYS (www.preservenys.org) LEGISLATION OFFERS NEW OPTIONS TO PROTECT HISTORIC BUILDINGS, COMMUNITY CHARACTER ALBANY, 6/15/2006 – Abandoned and unsafe buildings across New York State may soon have a new lease on life, thanks to legislation that passed the Assembly on May 22nd and was approved yesterday by the […]
New LPC Designation, and a History LessonNew York Observer – New York,NY,USAThe Landmarks Preservation Commission yesterday designated the Mark W. Allen House, at 665 Clove Road in Staten Island, a landmark. … Extra, ExtraGothamist – NY,USA- Staten Island lady can’t sell her house to a developer for demolition because the Landmarks Preservation Commission voted it […]
Tomorrow night only at the Neighborhood Preservation Center/St. Mark’s Church in-the-Bowery, learn about landmarks and celebrate communities with the Historic Districts Council & the Church of Stop Shopping. First, join us at the Neighborhood Preservation Center (232 East 11th Street) at 6pm for Hardship: It’s Not Just an InconvenienceHDC board members Franny Eberhart and Katharine […]
WHAT ARCHITECTURAL FIRM prepared the drawings and is the applicant of record for the PERMIT to strip old PS 64, former Charas of its historic architectural detail ????ANSWER: Gilsanz, Murray, Steficek, LLP [“GMS”]129 West 27 Street, 5th FloorNY, NY 10001212-254-0030http://www.gmsllp.comPhilip Murray is the GMS partner responsible for the project detailing the stripping the historic architectural […]
