The Landmarks Preservation Commission is considering the Fiske Terrace- Midwood Park neighborhood in Brooklyn for designation as a New York City historic district. On September 19, 2006 the Commission calendared the proposed historic district for a public hearing to be held October 16, 2007.Click here to read more about this largely intact, early 20th century […]
The Landmarks Preservation Commission unanimously approved landmark status for two Federal style buildings at 486 and 488 Greenwich Street in Greenwich Village, as part of the Commission’s ongoing efforts to preserve examples of the City’s development following the Revolutionary War.Read more. Also, two Turn-of-the 20th Century French Renaissance Revival Mansions in Midtown Manhattan Earn Landmark […]
Coney Island history may get razed By Ryan Chatelain, amNewYork Associate [email protected] July 25, 2007 For photos: http://www.amny.com/news/local/am-coney0725-gallery,0,855531.photogallery?coll=am-local-headlines Coney Island’s oldest standing structure and the building where Harpo Marx made his stage debut in 1908 are among the historic sites endangered by a controversial makeover planned for the storied peninsula. The Grasshorn building, built in […]
From The New York Community Council217 N 7th StreetBrooklyn NY 11211(347)-200-2353 For More Information: Philip DePaolo, President [email protected] You are about to read a report that was done by the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy At Rutgers University. The Report was conducted at the request of The New York Community Council. The report […]
From Karen Ansis, Fund Manager, New York Landmarks Conservancy [email protected] As you may know, the New York Landmarks Conservancy is a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving and reusing architecturally and historically important buildings in New York City. Its goals are accomplished in large part by providing financial and project management assistance to all owners […]
From the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, www.gvshp.org Two More Federal-Era Houses GVSHP Fought to Protect Are Landmarked: Today the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) voted unanimously to landmark two more surviving federal-era houses (1790-1835) of the thirteen that the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation (GVSHP) and the NY Landmarks Conservancy (NYLC) proposed […]
From the Daily News Coming to their census on rezoningBY DENISE ROMANO Tuesday, July 24th 2007, 4:00 AM Bath Beach residents are turning to a novel method to forestall a possible wave of new real estate development that could change the “country-in-the-city” feel of their neighborhood. They are taking an architectural census in response to […]
From the Brooklyn Paper Domino’ falls?By Rachel Corbett The tilted yellow “Domino Sugar” sign on the old Williamsburg waterfront refinery could still be salvaged even though the building to which it’s attached will likely be knocked down during the site’s impending 11-acre redevelopment. “We are looking at several different ways to save the sign,” said […]
NOTE: only the items to be heard will be accepting testimony. LANDMARKS PRESERVATION COMMISSIONNOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that pursuant to the provisions of Title 25, chapter 3 of the Administrative Code of the City of New York (Sections 25-307, 25-308, 25,309, 25-313, 25-318, 25-320) (formerly Chapter 8-A, Sections 207-6.0, 207-7.0, 207-12.0, […]
Call for PapersPreserving New York – Then and NowThe New York Preservation Archive Project is pleased to announce its call for papers for a one day symposium, tentatively titled Preserving New York – Then and Now, to be held in New York City in February 2008. The symposium will focus on issues that have inspired […]
