Yesterday, over 3 dozen residents, historians and advocates including Council members John Liu and Letitia James came together at Duffield Street, standing in front of the Truesdale House to protest the City’s intended demolition of these 150-year old homes for a parking garage. For more, see: History on Duffield Street New York Sun, NY A […]
The Historic Districts Council is seeking candidates for the position of Community Coordinator. The person in this part-time position will work closely with the senior staff to oversee the development of HDC’s Neighborhood Partners (NP) program, a constituency of more than 500 community-based organizations. Applicant should have experience in community organizing and providing support services […]
From the Brooklyn Eagle (which has a very strict policy about cross-posting so I’ll excerpt): Brooklyn Broadside: Landmarks Needs Special Unit To Deal With Industrial Sites by Dennis Holt ([email protected]), published online 06-19-2007 BROOKLYN — There is an Endangered Species Act which, fortunately, has the force of law. There is also an Endangered Places declaration […]
Historic Preservation LectureIn partnership with the Pratt Institute’s Graduate Program in Historic Preservation Presented by Ege YildirimWednesday, June 27; 6:30pmFreeNeighborhood Preservation Center232 East 11th Street Pratt Institute’s Fulbright Visiting Researcher for Urban Preservation, Ege Yildirim, will discuss her experience with the historic preservation movement in Turkey with regard to its changing political and social climate, […]
From the Modern Architecture Working Group Built in 1950 by Kahn and Jacobs, 1407 Broadway is the one of the first large scale modern structures built in New York City after World War Two. Constructed in the Garment district on a full city block bound by Broadway, 7th avenue, West 39th street and West 38th […]
June 14, 2007Brooklyn Waterfront Called Endangered Site By ROBIN POGREBIN Correction Appended The mighty Monitor, the ironclad Civil War ship, was built on Greenpoint’s gritty waterfront. The Graving Dock at the Todd Shipyards in Red Hook was the terminal for ships traveling from the Erie Canal. The Old Dutch Mustard Company in Williamsburg churned out […]
The City of New York/Parks & Recreation (aka the Parks Department) Needs to Hear from You!Come Talk About Your Vision for the High Bridge Wednesday, June 20, 20076:30 p.m.Highbridge Recreation CenterAmsterdam Avenue & 173rd StreetManhattan Reopening the High Bridge to connect the Bronx and Manhattan is one of Mayor Bloomberg’s goals to improve the livability […]
BAN is a new group of community members who are concerned about the out-of-scale over development of the Bowery. BAN stands for- Bowery Alliance of Neighbors. Our goal is to get the Department of City Planning to address the impact of this development on our community. This will ultimately affect all of us. We have […]
From Flatbush Life 06/14/2007A landmark day for two – Nabes move closer to special historic designationBy Helen Klein Residents of the two neighborhoods, part of Victorian Flatbush, received letters earlier this month from the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC), announcing that a hearing on the designation of the two adjoining communities as a landmark district would […]
From Chelsea Now C.B. 4 to Seminary: Ninth Ave. building still too…. By Albert Amateau Community Board 4 on Wednesday reaffirmed its response to the new plans for the General Theological Seminary’s proposed mixed-use seven-story building for Ninth Ave. and for a smaller academic building on 20th St. in the seminary’s Chelsea Sq. campus. In […]
