From Flatbush Life 01/25/2007Jackie Robinson slept here – Advocates seek to landmark American hero’s Tilden Ave. home By Helen Klein Robinson’s old home, at 5224 Tilden Avenue, is a modest East Flatbush house, built in 1925, but its connection to the man who broke the color barrier in major league baseball makes it a structure […]
From the New York Times January 26, 2007Public Lives: Distinguishing the Remarkable From the Merely OldBy ROBIN FINN AS de facto custodian of everything within the built city that bears sprucing up and saving for posterity, Robert B. Tierney, chairman of the Landmarks Preservation Commission, is instantly miffed when a photographer gives his office the […]
From the New York Times Mayor Sees $3.9 Billion Surplus Fed by Booming Real Estate MarketBy SEWELL CHANAndrea Mohin/The New York TimesMayor Michael R. Bloomberg introduced his budget at a news conference.The unexpected revenue will allow the mayor to cut taxes and set aside money for future expenses.How Transfer Taxes WorkOn Long Island, More Are […]
From the Queens Chronicle Residents: Lots Of Talk, Little Action On Buildingsby Colin Gustafson , Assistant Editor Despite recent efforts to beef up the enforcement of building codes, the city has not done enough to rein in unscrupulous developers, residents told Department of Buildings officials at a public meeting in Middle Village last week.The meeting, […]
From the Queens Chronicle Overdevelopment Fears In Springfield Gardensby Karen Clements , Chronicle Correspondent Chanting “tear it down” and braving frigid temperatures, residents rallied Saturday to protest the latest manifestation of overdevelopment in Springfield Gardens — a two family house at 137 47 Southgate St.“McMansion expansion” was the term demonstrators used to describe the recent […]
From the Queens Chronicle Sunnyside Debates Driveways, Democracyby Jennifer Manley , Assistant Editor Perhaps it would have been helpful if Lewis Mumford could have spoken for himself last Wednesday night at a meeting about landmarking Sunnyside Gardens that drew over 200 residents and lasted for nearly four hours. Mumford, the social critic who lauded the […]
If the Landmarks Preservation Commission’s recent rejection of a 30-story glass tower at 980 Madison Avenue made you think the war was over, think again. The Commission’s decision was the right one, but we can’t let down our guard just yet. The New-York Historical Society’s latest proposal to put a new face (and a luxury […]
The U.S. General Services Administration, in partnership with theSmithsonian’s National Museum of the American IndianProudly PresentsCass Gilbert as InterloperA discussion by Sharon Irish, Cass Gilbert Scholarat the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom HouseOne Bowling Green in Lower Manhattan Thursday, February 15, 20076:30 pm – 7:30 pmFree to Public For questions, please email [email protected] or call (212) […]
From NY1 Exclusive: Ground Breaking For 2nd Avenue Subway Line Weeks AwayJanuary 25, 2007 One of the most anticipated projects in city history is about to get off the ground. In the following exclusive report, NY1 Transit reporter Bobby Cuza explains that the MTA has selected contractors to dig the Second Avenue subway, and ground […]
From the Queens Tribune Project’s North Neighbors Reject Plan By LEE LANDOR Rezoning appears to be the current theme in Queens, as the Department of City Planning has heard, reviewed and approved dozens of rezoning proposals over the last several years. Now, the DCP’s is proposing its own rezoning idea – one of largest in […]
