From the Tribeca Trib LMDC Says ‘Survivor Stairs’ Should Go By Carl GlassmanPOSTED FEB. 2, 2007 The “survivor” staircase may not survive. The 170-ton ruin near Vesey Street—all that is left of the World Trade Center above ground, and for many the path to safety on Sept. 11—would be mostly torn down as part of […]
From the Downtown Brooklyn Star House-Turned-Museum Still Faces Wrecking BallBy Nik KovacDateline : Thursday, February 08, 2007 “There’s no marker on that house,” regretted Brooklyn College teacher, Dr. Stephen Leberstein, on the same day he’d been given a tour by the building’s owner, Joy Chatel. She lives in the attached, antebellum building with several of […]
Ordinarily we let news stories pass without comment and speak for themselves but a little history is called for here. It was at the behest of the Morningside Heights Historic District Committee that the designation of the Close of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine was turned back at the City Council, which had […]
Gorgeous GowanusDate: Sunday, February 25Time: 1:00 PM – 3:00 PMLocation: Meet downstairs in front of entrance on Smith-9 Streets stationTransit: Subway F/G to Smith-9 StreetsRSVP: Captain Ellie, 718-781-1228For more information: http://www.shorewalkers.org The Shorewalkers invite you to explore the shoreline of the Gowanus Canal, an urban industrial waterway near the Carroll Gardens neighborhood. This narrated tour […]
City Council Hearing: Governors IslandDate: Wednesday, February 14 Time: 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM Location: Committee Room, City Hall Transit: Subway 6 to City Hall For more information: http://www.nyccouncil.info The Committee on Lower Manhattan Redevelopment jointly with the Committee on Parks and Recreation and the Committee on Waterfronts will hold a hearing on “Governors Island: […]
The Jane Jacobs Medal Created by RockefellerArchitectureBY KATE TAYLOR – Staff Reporter of the SunFebruary 9, 2007URL: http://www.nysun.com/article/48375 The Rockefeller Foundation will announce today the creation of a $200,000 award, called the Jane Jacobs Medal, to recognize individuals who have made a significant contribution to thinking about urban design, specifically in New York City. The […]
Community Board 4 Votes Against General Theological Seminary’s Luxury Condo Development on 9th Ave. The full board of Community Board 4, after hours of speeches, voted to approve the resolution against the General Theological Seminary’s application to built a 15 story luxury condo on their 9th Ave. property. Before the meeting, we didn’t have any […]
From the Staten Island Advance Historic home demolishedA Staten Island home built by the founders of Prohibition Park in the Westerleigh section of the borough and once nominated for landmarking, is being demolished today to make way for new homes. The Landmarks Preservation Commission said the building had been too altered and rejected the landmarking […]
A Landmark 76 Exclusive: History in the Making.Statement, in part, by Bill Moyers to Louise Mirrer and Barbara Debs.8:55PM: Wednesday 1/31/07: at the 4th U meeting.___________________________________________ “Question? I would like to ask Miss Debs (Barbara Knowles Debs, former NYHS president holding the stage mic) a question” “My name is Bill Moyers.” (The room drew applause […]
From METROPOLITAN CHAPTER of THE VICTORIAN SOCIETY IN AMERICA Exciting Programs Kick Off the Spring Season! LECTURE and BOOK SIGNING: Tuesday, February 13 Bound for Freedom: Inventing the Underground Railroad in 19th-Century New York Fergus M. Bordewich, author of Bound for Canaan: The Underground Railroad and the War for the Soul of New York and […]
