Please join LANDMARK WEST! and friends for Reconstructing Seneca Village: “Manhattan’s First Significant African American Community”A Walking Tour with Cynthia Copeland, Nan Rothschild and Diana WallWednesday, July 25, 2007 (rain or shine)6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Meet at 6pm sharp at the Mariner’s Gate, southside of 85th Street and Central Park West. There will be […]
Make sure to join us for our informative lecture series created to keep you up-to-date on some of HDC’s current projects and recent goings-on at LPC. And for Friends of HDC, we invite you to attend our exclusive cocktail reception at Roosevelt Island’s historic Octagon Building this Thursday. Each of these events is free of […]
From the New York Times: July 7, 2007Senator Moynihan’s LegacyEditorial For years now, plans and sometimes mere illusions about ways to replace New York City’s dismal and disheartening Penn Station have been debated, mostly behind closed doors. Now comes the good news that developers Stephen Ross and Steven Roth will finally make public their proposal […]
Memories of the Green Church – Activists record recollections 07/08/2007By Helen Klein Even as the struggle continues to preserve Bay Ridge’s beloved Green Church, a group of committed activists is reaching out into the community asking area residents for memories of the building, which many consider to be one of the premier landmarks of the […]
From the Brooklyn Downtown Star Shedding Blight: Condemning Condemnation Dateline : Thursday, July 05, 2007 By Shane Miller Several groups fighting the use of eminent domain joined together for a rally on the steps of City Hall last week, charging that the seizure of private land in New York City is no longer an extraordinary […]
From the Queens Ledger A Rally To Realize RezoningDateline : Thursday, July 05, 2007By Phil Guie Not every developer is doing a good job making Queens bigger, and Councilman Tony Avella wants to cut those who aren’t down to size.At a press conference last Saturday, joined by roughly 20 neighbors in front of the City […]
From the Brooklyn Paper The Squared Circle: Planners aim to untangle Grand Army Plaza knotBy Chris CascaranoPark Slope: Grand Army Plaza could be transformed from an intimidating, speeder-friendly highway in the center of Brooklyn to a free-flowing, Euro-style traffic circle, under a revolutionary plan that continues to gain speed of its own. Read more. To […]
A new edition of the NoHo News is up at http://www.nohomanhattan.org/ , but do stop at the home page and see the new flash tour.There is another on the Landmarks page at http://www.nohomanhattan.org/NoHo%20Landmarks.htm
When the legislature re-convenes for Special Session later this summer – perhaps as early as July 16th – send an email and make your voice heard in the New York State Assembly in support of A.7935-A (Hoyt). This bill provides for an expanded rehabilitation tax credit program that includes increased incentives to support the rehabilitation […]
Developers of Sea View senior housing clear hurdle Government, at first denying $3M in tax credits, decides to give breaks to buildersMonday, July 02, 2007By KAREN O’SHEAADVANCE STAFF WRITER STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A funding glitch that threatened to halt a senior housing project in Sea View was fixed last week, clearing the way for […]
