From Landmark West! NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY at the LANDMARKS PRESERVATION COMMISSION: The Public Hearing You Can’t Afford to Miss On March 20, 2007 (next Tuesday), the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission will hold a public hearing on the New-York Historical Society’s plans to alter its “Triple Crown” Landmark on Central Park West between 76th and 77th […]
From the Queens Ledger Dateline : Thursday, March 15, 2007If We Had a Million Dollars…By Nik Kovac The very same week that the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) created some neighborhood-based controversy by calendaring Sunnyside Gardens on Tuesday, they also stood before the City Council on Friday, hoping to get more funding in order to create […]
From the Queens Ledger Dateline : Thursday, March 15, 2007Two (Sunny)Sides To Every StoryBy Nik Kovac “Have you been there?” asked Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) chairman Robert Tierney, as he worked his way down a City Hall stairwell. “It’s a great area. Fifty years off, if that’s allowed to go away, we should be very […]
Barry Lewis lecturing at the Metropolitan Museum of ArtVictorian Brooklyn:Olmsted, Vaux and the Greening of the American CityThursday, March 22, 2007, 6pm. $22.00 for more info,http://barrylewis.org for the Met’s online catalogue:http://www.metmuseum.org/events/ev_cl_program.asp?EventId={C8A5A739-9574-4688-A22F-BB6EC40DDA64} Tickets not available online. Purchase at the door.To purchase in advance, call the Met at 212.570.3949 ($9.00 handling fee if purchased by phone, fax […]
From the New York Sun Council Member Aims To Close a Landmark LoopholeBY GRACE RAUH – Staff Reporter of the SunMarch 14, 2007 New York City officials could gain a powerful new tool to save would-be historic and landmark buildings from the wrecking ball. Under a bill to be introduced today by City Council Member […]
Wednesday, March 14, 2007Press Conference – Councilwoman Rosie Mendezintroducing legislation to save Landmark Buildings before Destruction or DemolitionWhen & Where: This Wednesday, 10.30 am, March 14City Hall Steps This legislation would STOP THE DESTRUCTION of Landmark Buildings,such as the stripping work that has occurred to old PS 64, the former Charas! PLEASE COME AND SHOW […]
From the Times-Ledger Unanimous ‘no’ on Jamaica rezone plan: CB 8By Alex Christodoulides03/08/2007 After a hearing on the City Planning Department’s Jamaica Plan Tuesday night at Hillcrest Jewish Center, 15 members of Community Board 8 unanimously voted not to approve the rezoning initiative. Their recommendation will then be referred to the general CB 8 meeting […]
From the Queens Courier: City Council downzones sections of Flushing BY CHRISTINA SANTUCCIThursday, March 8, 2007 2:46 PM CST The City Council voted unanimously to downzone sections of Queensboro Hill, Cedar Grove, Flushing-on-the-Hill, and Kissena Heights at its meeting on Wednesday, February 28. The approval went into effect immediately for the area, which is generally […]
From the Tribeca Trib: Hopes to Hear Seaport Plans Are Dashed By Andrea AppletonPOSTED MARCH 2, 2007 Hoping, finally, to learn the plans for Pier 17 and other properties in the South Street Seaport area, nearly 200 people showed up on Feb. 26 for a long-awaited presentation by the leaseholder, General Growth Properties (GGP). But […]
Existing: Proposed: From the Tribeca Trib: MTA Changes Transit Center Designs By Etta SandersPOSTED MARCH 2, 2007 In coming months every building on the east side of Broadway between Fulton and John Streets will come down and only the slender Corbin building on the corner will remain. The block-long demolition will clear the way for […]
