From the Villager Preservationists hail a landmark meeting by BeepBy Albert Amateau Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer last week brought together preservation advocates and leaders of the borough’s 12 community boards to talk about ways to enhance Manhattan’s architectural and cultural heritage. The March 14 meeting was seen as the beginning of a continuing effort […]
From Courier-Life 03/22/2007Group touts new ‘landmarks wish list’ – 18 historic homes part of Four Borough Neighborhood Preservation Alliance effortBy Helen Klein In an effort to preserve Brooklyn’s heritage, one preservation organization is seeking landmark status for structures around the borough. The Four Borough Neighborhood Preservation Alliance (FBNPA), working with local advocates, has come up […]
O! MULTITUDES!: THREE CENTURIES OF DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE ON THE LOWER EAST SIDEA PUBLIC WALKING TOUR Sunday March 25, 2007, 11:15 AM Discuss The Cultural And Social History of the Lower East Side Through The Perspective Of Housing. If landscape is history, as Henry James suggested, then housing is the history of NYC. Crank up your […]
From the Western Queens Gazette Dutch Kills Civic Hears Final Zoning Subdistrict PlansBY THOMAS COGAN A sizable audience heard about the final draft of the zoning proposal for the Dutch Kills subdistrict at the Dutch Kills Civic Association March meeting. Explaining it all were Joy Chen and Penny Lee from the Department of City Planning. […]
From the Queens Chronicle Richmond Hill’s Fading Historyby Joseph Wendelken, Assistant Editor03/22/2007 A judge’s decision to postpone the auctioning of a neighborhood landmark last week came as a small victory for Richmond Hill preservationists who have watched the demolition of a history-steeped building next door. State Supreme Court Judge Duane Hart last Friday pulled the […]
Join us on a walking tour of Maple Grove CemeterySaturday April 21, 2007 (raindate April 22)2 pm83-15 Kew Gardens Road and Lefferts Blvd.Please call 718-847-7878 for more info Follow the theme of the newly published book by Nancy Cataldi and Carl Ballenas as they guide you through the pages of the book and the cemeteryFREE […]
From the New York Sun Scores of New Yorkers Turn Out To Give Ideas on National ParksBy GARY SHAPIRO At a special listening session hosted by the National Park Service, about 175 New Yorkers came to the site where George Washington was first inaugurated, Federal Hall, to offer ideas on how America’s national parks should […]
From the Queens Gazette – it’s important to hear the myths & mis-truths, however painful, that are being promulgated – so that we can fight back against them better. Unconstitutional To The Editor: Imagine a group of strangers so infatuated with your home that they demand you not change the color of your door or […]
The KnickerBlogger: Textbook Ratner Ratner – the builder of the already decrepit Atlatnic Terminal Malls is set to demolish one of the nicest buildings in the Footprint, Ward’s Bakery – There is no better illustration of this developer’s crassness, incompetence and indifference to aesthetics and the community. Sign the online petition to save this building […]
From Landmark West! It was a standing-room-only crowd at yesterday’s public hearing at the Landmarks Preservation Commission on the New-York Historical Society’s plan to drastically alter their “Triple Landmark” on Central Park West between 76th and 77th Streets. Thanks to the more than 60 people who testified, and the many more who looked on (despite […]
