From our esteemed colleagues at Landmark West! (whom we are very grateful for jumping on the ball with this alert so we can simply cut & paste) AT RISK: The Landmarks Preservation Commission and Historic Buildings and Neighborhoods Throughout NYC! Unless YOU act right now, the already miniscule budget of the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) […]
JOIN US FOR A DEMONSTRATION!!! THURSDAY, June 7, 6:30 PM 9th Street & Avenue B (Armando Perez Place) The First Department Appellate ruled on May 29th, 2007 that a private developer can construct a “dormitory” without a lease from a university – and be given a 90% size bonus! This decision leads to the conclusion […]
At Crossroads of Big Development, Vinegar Hill PerseveresBY KATE GOODLOE – Special to the SunMay 31, 2007URL: http://www.nysun.com/article/55546 With development in DUMBO encroaching their neighborhood from the west and a busier Brooklyn Navy Yards emerging to their east, residents of Brooklyn’s quaint Vinegar Hill are trying hard to preserve the sleepy atmosphere of their eight-block […]
From Courier-Life: 05/26/2007New Bklyn nabe on city’s rezoning radar – Carroll Gardens Neighborhood Association meets with City Planning officialsBy Joe Maniscalco Members of the Carroll Gardens Neighborhood Association (CGNA) aren’t claiming victory in their battle to rezone their community after a meeting with City Planning last week, but they are guardedly optimistic about their prospects […]
From the New York Times June 5, 2007Renovation Slowly Adds Some Light to Lollipops By ROBIN POGREBIN The controversial white block of a building is still shrouded in dark netting. The hard-hatted men perched on the surrounding scaffolding won’t wrap up their work until the middle of next year. But behind the scrim, the “lollipop” […]
Somehow I missed this when it came out. Thanks to www.nohomanhattan.org for pointing this out. April 5, 2007 Edition City To Examine NoHo for Historic DistrictingLand UseBY ELIOT BROWN – Special to the SunApril 5, 2007URL: http://www.nysun.com/article/51894 The city is examining a request to create a new historic district in NoHo, potentially adding to the […]
Terra Cotta Today: An Historic Material and its Contemporary Use: Modern Applications at the CNOOC Corporate Headquarters Building, Beijing, ChinaWednesday, 06/06/2007, 6:00–8:00pm (RSVP) Terra Cotta Today: Modern Applications at the CNOOC Corporate Headquarters Building, Beijing, China Terra Cotta: Historic Material and Contemporary Use Louis Sullivan provides a springboard for thinking about terra cotta in modern […]
From: Professor Ruth Ann Stewart, [email protected] F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service,New York University Kindly post the attached announcement for a cultural policy conference being held at NYU’s Wagner School of Public Service October 11-13, 2007. As you will note, historic preservation is one of the important topics that will be the focus of […]
From the Village Voice Court Backs East Village ‘Dorm for Hire’posted: 7:18 AM, June 4, 2007 by Sarah Ferguson So far Singer has stripped off all the dormer windows on the 10th Street side of P.S. 64. He hopes to demolish a lot more. It looks as if developer Gregg Singer’s proposed 19-story megadorm off […]
Paul Graziano (left) and retiring HDC President David Goldfarb (right) Queens Urban Planner Paul Graziano To Be Preservation Organization’s New Chief The Historic Districts Council, the citywide advocate for New York’s historic neighborhoods, voted last week to elect Queens preservationist Paul Graziano as the organization’s sixth president, replacing retiring president, Staten Island activist and lawyer […]
