From the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, www.gvshp.org Trump Caught Advertising His ‘Condo-Hotel’ to Prospective Buyers as a “Primary Residence” or “Secondary Residence;” Web Posting Shows What GVSHP and Other Opponents Have Contended All Along – Trump’s Condo-Hotel Would Violate Zoning and Should Not Be AllowedTrump Lies and Violates Zoning: GVSHP became aware today […]
From Landmark West! If you care about the future of the 104th Street Automat, there are four easy things you can do: 1. Mark your calendar: Save the date for public hearing for the former H&H Automat, 2710 Broadway at West 104th Street. The Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) has scheduled the hearing for Tuesday, December […]
From the Queens Gazette: http://www.qgazette.com/news/2006/1206/features/013.html Landmarks Preservation, Sunnyside Owners ConferBY THOMAS COGAN The latest evidence of the movement to make Sunnyside Gardens a historic district was a meeting conducted at Sunnyside Community Services at the end of November. Members of the city Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) led a panel discussion that concluded the movement’s prospects […]
Landmark Brooklyn church to unveil stunning work hidden by decades of soot and some misguided restoration attempts made in the early 20th century BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, DECEMBER 6, 2006: The Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church is unveiling and re-dedicating “The Nativity”, one of an amazing collection of windows by Tiffany Studios that grace this landmark structure, […]
For Further Information: Robert Furman, chair of the Four Borough Corporation at 212-751-0038 or email at [email protected] and Councilmember Helen Sears at(718) 803-6373. The Four Borough Neighborhood Preservation Alliance Corporation, the legislative support arm of the principal other borough preservation organization, has nominated three prominent Queens preservationists to the Landmarks Preservation Commission. This is part […]
From the Guardian (UK) Atrocity or masterpiece? Foster’s tower ignites New York battle· Briton’s design divides city’s well-heeled district · Building would sit on top of former auction house Ed Pilkington in New YorkWednesday December 6, 2006 Guardian As neighbourhood disputes go, this one must command greater combined wealth on the part of its combatants […]
STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK, November 16, 2006Photographs by Michael Falco from the Noble Maritime Collection’s exhibition Salt Mountain are being installed, enlarged to billboard size, on the facade of Atlantic Salt Company, 561 Richmond Terrace, Staten Island. The museum invites the public to view the installation on site at a doughnut and cider reception on […]
http://www.gothamist.com/archives/2006/12/05/the_citizens_em.php December 5, 2006Preservation Group Sues BloomieThe Citizens Emergency Committee to Preserve Preservation hauled Mayor Bloomberg to New York State Supreme Court today for failing to reappoint or replace eight of eleven commissioners to the Landmarks Preservation Commission. The commissioners’ terms have expired, which, the Committee alleges, violates the Administrative Code and the City Charter.The […]
December 2, 2006Landmarks Commission (1 Letter) To the Editor: Re “The (Naked) City and the Undead,” by Tom Wolfe (Op-Ed, Nov. 26): Backed by the country’s strongest landmarks law, the Landmarks Preservation Commission has protected more than 7,000 historically, architecturally and culturally significant buildings and structures in the last 20 years alone. The notion that […]
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/03/nyregion/thecity/03land.htmlDecember 3, 2006New York Up CloseFor Want of an ‘L’ …By JEFF VANDAM IN the dossier of information for each property listed with the city’s Department of Buildings, there are arcane references that might mystify the most seasoned New Yorkers. Is the building “Little E Restricted” or “UB Restricted”? Does it have a grandfathered sign […]
