Protesters’ arbor grudge; Homeowner ripped for destroying trees BY DONALD BERTRANDDAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER Wednesday, May 9th 2007, 4:00 AM A man’s home is his castle, and so, too, are his trees – even if his home is landmarked. About a dozen Flushing community leaders met in front of the city-landmarked Fitzgerald-Ginsberg Mansion last week […]
From Diane Jackier [email protected],Director of External Affairs, Landmarks Preservation Commission The Landmarks Preservation Commission is holding a public hearing on the proposed designation of the Jamaica Savings Bank, located at 161-02 Jamaica Avenue in Queens, on Tuesday, May 15, 2007. The hearing will take place at the Commission’s offices located at 1 Centre Street, 9th […]
This is an odd one; trying to prove the High Line gives enough value to retain it. Thus the slippery slope of economic justification for preservation lies. From Crain’s Fight looms over High Line sectionBy: Julie SatowPublished: May 8, 2007 – 3:36 pm Developers and preservationists are about to face off over whether to preserve […]
Reminder! Join us on City Hall steps at 12:30 this Wednesday, May 9th to support More Money for New York’s Landmarks! HDC will be joining other preservation groups this Wednesday, along with City Council Members Tony Avella, Jessica Lappin and Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer to speak out on the need for more LPC funding. […]
TOUR OF BETHESDA TERRACE AND MINTON TILES Monday, May 216 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Join FRIENDS for a very special evening tour of the recently restored Bethesda Terrace Arcade and Minton tile ceiling. The treasured tile ceiling was designed by Jacob Wrey Mould in the mid-1860s and manufactured by the Minton Company of Stoke-on-Trent, England. […]
From The Brooklyn Paper The City Council this week took up the issue of Mayor Bloomberg’s plan to tear down seven old houses on Duffield Street in Downtown to make room for an underground parking lot and a one-acre park. That the houses are historic is not disputed. Several of them date back to the […]
From Courier-Life 05/03/2007 Race to save Victorian Flatbush By Helen Klein While Victorian Flatbush is best known for its tree-shaded streets lined with expansive homes, a mismatch between the underlying zoning and the built environment in certain parts of the area has resulted in such anomalies, with residents believing that they are in a race […]
Detailed report on the contining Atlantic Yards lawsuit by Norman Oder. For full article (including graphs and maps) see http://atlanticyardsreport.blogspot.com/2007/05/esdc-grilled-over-blight-civic-project.html If the first oral argument in the Atlantic Yards eminent domain lawsuit turned into a primer about the meaning of “public purpose,” then the first and likely only oral argument in the AY environmental review […]
Osram Sylvania & the U.S. General Services Administration Cordially invite you to the ALEXANDER HAMILTON U.S. CUSTOM HOUSECENTENNIAL CELEBRATION & LIGHTING CEREMONY Tuesday, May 8, 20076:30p – 8:00pAlexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House1 Bowling GreenBattery ParkManhattanRSVP to [email protected]
From the New York Sun ‘New Preservationists’ Make Their Mark on the CityBY GABRIELLE BIRKNER, Staff Reporter of the SunMay 2, 2007URL: http://www.nysun.com/article/53675 ‘New preservationists’ outside the Neighborhood Preservation Center. Back row, left to right: Andrew Berman, Lisa Kersavage, Alice Rich, Simeon Bankoff. Front row, left to right: Kate Wood, Seri Worden, Melissa Baldock. Surrender […]
