amNew York posts a message board about endangered New York City buildings! Check out this link to see people’s calls for help – or suggest your own. Check out the gallery of buildings in peril or see it in Flash.
Fans try to save AutomatBY SARA STEFANINISpecial to amNewYorkDecember 19, 2006 Some of Susan Dessel’s favorite childhood memories are of day trips into New York, when, between museum visits, she would lunch with her parents at a Horn & Hardart Automat. “It was so exciting to put a coin in the slot and get food, […]
Historic preservation has a key role to play in the Spitzer–Paterson Administration. The public policy benefits of historic preservation are clear and well documented at both the state and national levels. Preservation is a key catalyst for job creation in local and regional economies, stimulates tax-base growth, and protects municipal investments in existing infrastructure. In […]
From the Fort Greene Courier 12/18/2006Landmark Status Saves Elwell HouseBy Helen Klein In a breathtaking turnabout, an 1850s Clinton Hill mansion has been saved from the wrecking ball by being designated a New York City landmark. How close had the James W. and Lucy S. Elwell House, which is located at 70 Lefferts Place, come […]
The Fall 2006 Newsletter focuses on the works of Louis I. Kahn. This is the second DOCOMOMO US newsletter that is available primarily online.Please go to the DOCOMOMO US website to download the Fall 2006 Newsletter:www.docomomo-us.org
From the Queens Chronicle Hackett Building Slated For Demolitionby Jennifer Manley , Assistant Editor When the cafe Ten 63 moved out of its first floor space in the Hackett Building on Jackson Avenue, Long Island City residents mourned the loss of a good cup of coffee and a hearty scone. Now, the stakes have gotten […]
From Courier Life Publications 12/14/2006Senator Street Votes For Landmark DesignationBy Helen Klein Four years after it was added to the state and national registers of historic places, a stretch of Senator Street is being championed for landmark status. Residents of the block, between Third and Fourth Avenues, have applied to the New York City Landmarks […]
Gold record recording star VINCE MARTELL has just announced that he is bringing his entire band to theannual BIG Celebrity Caroling & Toy Drive SUNDAY DEC 17th at 5pm-7pm East 19th Street at St Mark RC. Between Avenue Z & Jerome Avenue. Enter the auditorium behind the Church across the street. Parking available in school […]
It’s horrible that it took finding bodies to stop this illegal work from the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, www.gvshp.org WORK HALTED AT TRUMP SITE FOLLOWING DISCOVERY OF HUMAN REMAINS*GVSHP Asks For Independent Investigation of Possible Burial Ground and ItsSignificance*Information Sent to City About Abolitionist Church Formerly on Site MORE SMOKING GUNS ON TRUMP […]
From the Staten Island Advance In a rare move, landmark status of land is lifted Wednesday, December 13, 2006By KAREN O’SHEAADVANCE STAFF WRITER For only the third time in the history of the borough, the Landmarks Preservation Commission yesterday voted to remove protective historic status from land where a landmark building once stood. De-landmarking the […]
