The Historic Districts Council, together with a coalition of over 30 preservation groups (see below), is seeking a $1 million increase to the LPC’s FY 2008 budget. This would allow the LPC to restore staffing to its 1991 level and to effectively protect New York’s valuable historic buildings and neighborhoods. The LPC protects our city’s […]
Bayfest 2007 – the 15th Annual Bayfest is coming May 20th. Live music, crafts, activities! All Day, All Free, All Invited. East 27th Street & Emmons Avenue. And check the new (to me anyway) home of the Bay Improvement Group at http://bayimprovementgroup.org The downzoning page is definitely worth a look!
R6b Zoning Proposal Moves Ahead: The proposal to change the zoning from R6 to R6b in Clinton Hill and Fort Greene was “certified” by the NYC Planning Commission at its Review Session on Monday, April 23, 2007. This is a very positive and important step in this community effort to provide additional protection to our […]
From Newsday NYC home to nation’s only high school arts preservation programBy EMILY ZEUGNERAssociated Press Writer April 8, 2007, 12:21 PM EDT NEW YORK — When Cleaster Graves noticed some crumbling mortar around the foundation of her family’s aging Brooklyn brownstone, she turned to an unusual expert for help: her 17-year-old daughter, Corrie Thomas. “She […]
The LPC designated Crown Heights North (phase 1) as Brooklyn’s newest historic district this morning! Here’s an article from the New York Times April 24, 2007Crown Heights JournalSeeking Landmark Status, and Hoping to Lose a Label of UnrestBy MICHAEL WILSON The bass player’s widow looked down Dean Street and remembered her neighbors by the work […]
Coming to the LPC Tomorrow!! Item No. 1Borough of BrooklynLP-2204Time: 9:30 – 9:45 ITEM PROPOSED FOR DESIGNATIONPROPOSED CROWN HEIGHTS NORTH HISTORIC DISTRICTBoundary Description (or you could just look at the map http://www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/downloads/pdf/maps/ProposedCrown_Heights.pdf ) The proposed Crown Heights North Historic District consists of the properties bounded by a line beginning at the southeast corner of Bedford […]
CNU New York, the newest chapter of the Congress for the New Urbanism, will hold its first public event on Wednesday April 25th at the Municipal Art Society. The President of the CNU, John Norquist, will speak with Hilary Ballon, the Curator of the much talked-about museum exhibition Robert Moses and the Modern City: the […]
First read this article from the New York Times: “A Street Named Trouble“ Here is my response to Council member Michael Nelson April 23, 2007 Hon. Michael NelsonCity Council Dear Council member Nelson, I am writing to express my displeasure at the community board’s decision to rename “Corbin Place” in Manhattan Beach after Margaret Corbin […]
From the Staten Island Advance Search heats up for North Shore’s ‘downtown cool’Business group engages Landmarks panel member to craft zoning ideas for Bay St. from St. George to CliftonFriday, April 20, 2007By KAREN O’SHEAADVANCE STAFF WRITER STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Aiming to strike while private and public investment is peaking along the North Shore […]
From the The Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP) (www.anothercupdevelopment.org ) Practice of Lively Spacean evening with Atelier Bow-Wow and Martha CooperTuesday, April 24, 7 pmMaysles Institute343 Lenox Avenue (between 127th and 128th Street)New York, NY2/3 to 125th Street This event is free and open to the public. Seating is limited and on a first-come, first-served […]
