SAVE THE DATE! The New York Preservation Archive Project and the Museum of the City of New York announce the symposium Preserving New York – Then and Now, to be held onSaturday, February 16, 2008 at the Museum of the City of New York. Call for PapersThe New York Preservation Archive Project is pleased to […]
From Landmark West! Public Forum on Jewish Home & Hospital (on 106th Street) Redevelopment PlanWednesday, August 15 at 6 p.m.Jewish Home and Hospital, 120 West 106th Street, Auditorium, First FloorIn the midst of the community’s hard-won effort to rezone the neighborhood between 97-110th Streets, the Jewish Home & Hospital (106th Street between Columbus and Amsterdam) […]
It’s all too much to take in at once….let’s begin with asking how much is the City going to spend to seize the Dufflield Street houses for a parking lot and go on from there…. Press Release from the Mayor as seen in the New York ObserverMAYOR BLOOMBERG ANNOUNCES PROJECT TO RECOGNIZE BROOKLYN’S ROLE IN […]
From Chuch Lesnick, Yonkers City Council President [email protected] Real Estate Meeting On Historical Building Demolition Real Estate Committee Chair, Dennis Robertson, and I (Real Estate Co-Chair) have scheduled a meeting for Tuesday, August 14, 2007 at 7:30 PM in the Council Chambers, City Hall, Fourth Floor. We will be discussing a local law that was […]
From the Villager St. Vincent’s picks architect for hospital building By Albert Amateau St. Vincent’s Hospital last week introduced the international architectural firm of Pei Cobb Freed & Partners as the designer of its proposed new hospital in Greenwich Village. The Aug. 1 announcement came at a meeting of the Community Working Group that St. […]
From the Downtown Express C.B. 3 says historic district is key to L.E.S. futureBy Sruthi Pinnamaneni The Lower East Side Preservation Coalition, an alliance of neighborhood groups, made a leap forward in its efforts to create a 20-block historic district on July 24, when Community Board 3 gave its stamp of approval to the project. […]
Lawrence St tower may top Williamsburgh BankBy Dana RubinsteinThe Brooklyn Paper The Williamsburgh Bank Building’s iconic clocktower would no longer be the borough’s tallest structure, if a big-time development company has its way. The Clarett Group, the firm behind the Forte condos in Fort Greene, submitted a proposal in June for a 51-story residential building […]
From the New York Times: August 6, 2007Stairs to Remain Intact in Ground Zero Plan By DAVID W. DUNLAP The Spitzer administration says it has taken steps to finally solve the quandary of the “survivors’ stairway” at ground zero. By that, it means every step — all 38 of them. Together. Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s chief […]
From the Queens Times Ledger 08/02/2007Rest of St. Saviour’s trees axed By Nathan Duke Maspeth community activists were dealt a blow last week after workers cut down the remainder of the 185 trees that are believed to have stood on the site of historic St. Saviour’s Church for more than 100 years.Back in mid-July the […]
Douglaston House In District by Liz Rhoades , Managing EditorThe Queens Chronicle It’s official. The City Council voted 47-1 on July 25 to keep a disputed Douglaston house in its landmarked district. Earlier last week, the council’s Land Use Committee voted in favor of the proposal. In the full council vote, only Staten Island Councilman […]
