From The Brooklyn PapersNo ‘Toll’ on GowanusBy Ariella Cohen The builder that gave the ’burbs a shine with its trademark McMansion isn’t ready to get its tools dirty along Brooklyn’s Lavender Lake. Toll Brothers has withdrawn an application for a state-supervised cleanup of a two-block stretch of Bond Street along the Gowanus Canal because an […]
This might be my new favorite catchphrase for the Village. From the Villager (where else?) East Village seems dormed; Landmark will be converted By Bonnie Rosenstock With among the highest concentration of student residences in the city — carved out by such institutions as New York University, The Cooper Union, School of Visual Arts, New […]
Please Join Manahattan Borough Historian Michael Miscione for a Brownbag Lunchtime Lecture at the Fraunces Tavern Museum: “ARE THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE PAST TO FADE INTO OBLIVION?”:ANDREW H. GREEN AND THE EMERGING HISTORIC PRESERVATION MOVEMENT Tuesday, Jan. 16, 200712:30p to 1:30p In the 1890s the historic sites of New York City were in danger. The […]
Reminder: the next meeting of the West 54 – 55 Street Block Association will be on Wednesday, Jan 17, 2007 @ 7 p.m. at the Warwick Hotel, 65 W 54 Street, Randolph’s Too.The meeting will start promptly and will last approximately one hour. The Agenda will be sent later. Please come and RSVP me (212 […]
From the Tribeca Trib Is Retail Right for ‘Sacred’ Lobby? By Carl Glassman POSTED DEC.29, 2006 David Levinson stood in the marble forest of soaring Doric columns, his eyes scanning the cavernous temple-like space that is the lobby of 195 Broadway. “Think about owning this,” he said, opening his arms as if to embrace the […]
From the New York Times Staten Island Sees a Decline in New HomesBy ANDY NEWMAN and MAUREEN SEABERGThe 20-year building boom on Staten Island, long the city’s fastest-growing borough, is decelerating drastically, thanks largely to a reining-in of the island’s freewheeling zoning laws, officials say. According to city figures released yesterday, permits for new buildings […]
From The New York Times December 31, 2006 Evelyn Ortner b. 1924Mothering BrooklynBy SUSAN DOMINUSIt requires a feat of memory to picture gentrified Brooklyn — that haven of stately homes, world-class cultural offerings and overpriced baby boutiques — as it was a mere 40 years ago: a lost borough, Manhattan’s poor, troubled relation. Consider, then, […]
NYC history museum’s expansion plan meets oppositionNewsdayThe New -York Historical Society got proposals from eight developers this month, and it has raised the potential expansion with the city Landmarks Preservation Commission. Neighbors Question the Historical Society’s Plans to ExpandNew York TimesNeighbors fear the New-York Historical Society’s plans for expansion.
From The New York Times In East Village, No End Is Seen in War Over a BuildingBy CHARLES V. BAGLIPublished: January 2, 2007 Public School 64, a vacant building with a leaky roof, broken windows and a colony of pigeons, sits on East Ninth Street near Tompkins Square Park at the center of one of […]
Having been to a number of the landmarking meetings and knowing the people involved, it is the editorial opinion of this blog that this article is more than somewhat slightly slanted to create drama. From The New York Times December 31, 2006Sunnyside GardensBrick Houses, Winding Paths and Unexpected Sharp ElbowsBy JEFF VANDAMThe 16-block enclave of […]
