City says there was ‘no written agreement’ on Wash. Sq.By Albert AmateauThe long and bitter fight over the proposed redesign of Washington Square Park continued on Tuesday when an Appellate Division panel heard arguments on the city’s appeal of a State Supreme Court ruling that the Department of Parks failed to properly inform Community Board […]
Manhattan Borough Historian Michael Miscione invites you to A TRIBUTE TO ANDREW H. GREEN, NYC’S FORGOTTEN CIVIC GIANT Join us in Central Park on Sunday, November 12th as we raise a toast to Andrew H. Green, the unsung 19th century master planner, reformer and preservationist who transformed New York into a world-class city. The brief […]
From the New York Times: http://travel2.nytimes.com/2006/11/01/nyregion/01society.html November 1, 2006New Historical Society Project Would Stir Up Skyline, and ResidentsBy GLENN COLLINSThe New-York Historical Society wants to begin a $20 million renovation of its landmark building at 170 Central Park West that would also allow a developer to build a 23-story glass apartment tower behind the society’s […]
Landmarks Crisis: The following letter is in response to those of you who have reached out to us recently about imminent threats to historic buildings on the Upper West Side. If reading this makes you as frustrated as we are, please mark your calendars for Monday, November 13, at 6:00 PM, when a “Preservation Summit” […]
