METROPOLITAN CHAPTER of THE VICTORIAN SOCIETY IN AMERICAPlease Join Us This Evening! LECTURE: Tuesday, April 10 “Fleas at the Metropolitan Opera!” Scandal and Gossip in Victorian New York Mark Caldwell, professor of English, Fordham University and author of A ShortHistory of Rudeness: Manners, Morals, and Misbehavior in America and New YorkNight: The Mystique and Its […]
From Eric McClure, Campaign Coordinator, Park Slope [email protected] Community Board 6 to Consider DOT One-Way Proposal, Wednesday, 6:30 p.m.This Wednesday evening, at 6:30 p.m., the full membership of Brooklyn Community Board 6 will hold their monthly General Meeting, during which they will vote on the proposal presented last month by the Department of Transportation to […]
From amNewYork Community seeks bump in status for Morningside ParkBy Vera HalleramNewYork Editor April 9, 2007Rugged in both topography and reputation, Morningside Park in upper Manhattan is poised to get the respect its supporters say it has long deserved. Tuesday, the Landmarks Preservation Commission will hold a hearing on the city Parks Department’s request to […]
From the Queens TribuneLandmarks Has A New Queens FaceDiana Chapin of Jackson Heights will weigh in on landmarking properties in Queens and the rest of the city. By Theresa Juva Diana Chapin of Jackson Heights begins her new role this week as a newly appointed landmarks commissioner while historic preservationists around the borough wait to […]
From the Staten Island Advance 8 at one go for landmarkingPanel to take testimony next week on nominated houses, storefront and plantSaturday, April 07, 2007By KAREN O’SHEAADVANCE STAFF WRITER STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Supporters and opponents of landmarking will get the chance Tuesday to weigh in on the potential designation of a half-dozen Staten Island […]
From Landmark West! NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY UPDATE: Landmarks Preservation Commission Public Meeting scheduled for Tuesday, April 17 (time tba). This could be The Vote – remember, the Landmarks Preservation Commission’s decision in these matters is final. Please mark your calendars and make every effort to attend this important public meeting following up on the March […]
From the Queens Chronicle City: House Can’t Opt Out Of Douglaston Hill Districtby Liz Rhoades, Managing Editor04/05/2007 In a unanimous vote, the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission voted Tuesday afternoon to keep a disputed house in the Douglaston Hill landmarked district. Kevin and Diana Mosley, both attorneys, who own the house at 41-45 240th St., wanted […]
From the Queens Chronicle Landmarks Commission Appoints Queens Womanby Jennifer Manley, Assistant Editor Diana Chapin, a 38-year resident of Jackson Heights and executive director of the Queens Library Foundation, is the newest member of the City Landmarks Preservation Commission. The 65-year-old Michigan native has lived in the historic district of Jackson Heights since 1969, long […]
From the Queens ChronicleLandmarks Will Hear Case For Sunnyside by Jennifer Manley, Assistant Editor04/05/2007After several contentious meetings, residents divided over the proposed landmarking of Sunnyside Gardens will get to argue their case before the commission who will decide their fate. A public hearing of the Landmarks Preservation Commission is scheduled for Tuesday April 17, at […]
From the Tribeca Trib Owner Asks to Demolish Part of Landmark By Carl GlassmanPOSTED MARCH 30, 2007 Among its many Downtown holdings, Swig Equities owns a city protected landmark, the massive 25 Broad Street. It’s “a magnificent property,” Kent Swig, the company’s president, says of the 105 year-old former office building. Most of it, that […]
