CONTACT:Kathleen [email protected] Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, New York, April 17, 2007. – The Committee to Save the Bay Ridge United Methodist Church was established this week by concerned residents determined to keep this local landmark from being demolished. Meetings in recent weeks, between community and church leaders, reached a stalemate with the congregation indicating its intention […]
From Landmark West! ([email protected]) No Vote, But Landmarks Commission Sends Historical Society Back to the Drawing BoardAt its public meeting this morning, April 17, the Landmarks Preservation Commission (that is, the 7 out of 11 commissioners who have not had to recuse themselves due to conflicts of interest) sent the New-York Historical Society back to […]
From Steve Barrison, [email protected] Come say thanks to those who’ve really gone out to help the community. Thursday, April 19, 7 pm IL Fornetto 2902 Emmons Avenue$40 pp in advance or $50 pp at the door checks made out of course to:“Bay Improvement Group” 4 course meal, with dessert & coffee AND WINE!!! with dancing, […]
The New York Landmarks Conservancy invites you to the presentation of the: Lucy G. Moses Preservation Awards for 2006Tuesday, May 1, 20076pm Program7pm ReceptionTemple Emanu-ElFifth Avenue at Sixty-fifth Street Please rsvp to Amy Sullivan at [email protected]. To view the invitation please click here: http://www.nylandmarks.org/organizations.php3orgid=79&typeID=654&action=printContentTypeHome&sortField=ralpha Thank you.
From the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, www.gvshp.org NYU MEGA-DORM AIR RIGHTS HEARING TUESDAY, APRIL 17 at 11 am: Reminder: the hearing before the Board of Standards and Appeals (BSA) challenging the air rights “transfer” from the Post Office to the East 12th Street NYU Mega-Dorm will be this coming Tuesday, April 17, at […]
From Eric McClure, Campaign CoordinatorPark Slope Neighbors, [email protected] Dear Park Slope Neighbor, You did it! Thanks to the incredible, unified outpouring of community support for maintaining 6th and 7th Avenues as safe, neighborhood-friendly two-way streets, Community Board 6 on Wednesday night voted unanimously to reject the Department of Transportation’s proposal to convert the avenues to […]
From the East Village Community Coalitionhttp://evccnyc.org Monday 6:30pm April 16 at University Settlement, 184 Eldridge Street (between Rivington & Delancey).The 197 Zoning Task Force of Community Board 3 will meet Monday. Please attend and encourage the the task force to continue working with Department of City Planning in protecting our neighborhood. Ask them to endorse […]
From the New York Times April 15, 2007Street Level Upper East SideWhite Bricks and Pale ImitationsBy JAKE MOONEY MANHATTAN HOUSE, the 19-story slab of an apartment building on a full Upper East Side block bounded by 65th and 66th Streets and Second and Third Avenues, was built to stand out, from its size to its […]
HDC exhorts everyone who cares about landmarking to attend the Landmarks Preservation Commission’s public designation hearing of Sunnyside Gardens this Tuesday, April 17th at 2:00pm in the Municipal Building, at Centre and Chambers Streets, 9th Floor North. As you have no doubt heard, the road just to get to this hearing has not been an […]
Tonight, Friday Ch. 4 News – CNBC’s Vivian Lee will cover the symbolic brickwork at 211 Pearl Street. The segment, which is scheduled to follow the show “Medium”, will cover the removal work, speculative ideas about the mysterious symbols origins and meaning, and interviews with preservationists and scholars in the U.S. and Europe. Mortar Tests […]
