Take Action today to Save the Survivors’ Staircase! After months of hard work and consultation we have a window of opportunity to move forward with efforts to save the Survivors’ Staircase — the only remaining above-ground element of the World Trade Center AND move forward with the redevelopment plans for Lower Manhattan. New York Governor […]
Summer’s coming soon, and with it the re-opening of Governors Island! Please click on the link below to enjoy the newly redesigned, 2007 first edition of Online-Offshore, the Governors Island Alliance newsletter! www.governorsislandalliance.org/pdf/OnlineOffshorevol2_1.pdf Here’s a quick look at what’s in this edition:PARK DESIGN COMPETITION LAUNCHEDGIPEC President Leslie Koch announced the selection of five multi-national teams […]
From Brownstoner: http://brownstoner.com/brownstoner/archives/2007/03/clinton_hillfor.php#trackbackPosted by Brownstoner at March 20, 2007 8:57 AM City Planning chief Amanda Burden showed up at Polytechnic University last Wednesday night introduce some long-awaited details about the re-zoning of Clinton Hill and Fort Greene. Similar in concept to what happened in Park Slope, the plan is to down-zone the interior blocks while […]
From Courier-Life 03/16/2007Rezoning advocates home in on high density problemBy Joe Maniscalco Efforts to rezone Carroll Gardens against the rise of more out-of-scale development are progressing this week as the Carroll Gardens Neighborhood Association presented a comprehensive overview of neighborhood density on Monday night. John Hatheway, architect and member of the group’s zoning committee, gave […]
From Courier-Life 03/15/2007Developers pledge to slash 42nd St. tower – Original 12-story structure will now only go up 6 floors, they sayBy Lesley Grimm Locals have stopped a proposed high-rise, but want new rules to thwart such projects in the future. In a dramatic turn of events, controversial plans for a high-rise tower in Sunset […]
The Waterfront Preservation Alliance of Greenpoint and Williamsburg is sponsoring a Don’t Demo Domino Bake Sale and Q & A hosted by The City Reliquary on Saturday, March 24th from 7-9pm at 370 Metropolitan Avenue in Williamsburg.The history, preservation and zoning of the site will be discussed by experts in these areas in short, presentations […]
Park Slope Neighbors would like to extend a great big thank you to the 2,000 of you who have taken the time to sign our petition opposing the DOT’s plan to convert 6th and 7th Avenues to one-way traffic flow, and to the 700 or so residents who turned out Thursday night to make sure […]
From the New York Times March 18, 2007F. Y. I.By MICHAEL POLLAK No Parking? Not So FastQ. A neighbor in Bayside, Queens, replaced part of his lawn with concrete to form a driveway wide enough for two cars. But the curb in front of this additional parking space is still about 6 inches high, and […]
From the Queens Tribune: First Step Made In Hot Landmark CaseBy JENNIFER POLLAND Delegates on both sides of the landmarking debate are consistently butting heads. In response to the Sunnyside Gardens Preservation Alliance, a community organization seeking landmark designation, several residents created the Preserve Sunnyside Gardens Coalition, a coalition that protests landmark designation. It seems […]
The Price of Progress? March 19, 2007 Gotham Gazette’s Reading NYC Book Club discussed historic preservation and urban development at its meeting on February 28, 2007. Two guest authors joined the meeting: Kevin Walsh, whose book Forgotten New York (based on his Web site by the same name) is a tribute to the city’s historic […]
