From the Downtown Brooklyn Star Downzoned, But Still on the UpriseDateline : Thursday, August 02, 2007By Shane Miller The city may have voted to downzone portions of Fort Greene and Clinton Hill last week to preserve its low-rise character, but that doesn’t mean that some major high-rise development won’t be going ahead as planned. Last […]
Fussy Pussycat to Hungry Hotelier: Hands Off Old New York! Me-OW!Robert Kremer vows ‘whatever it takes’ to keep hotel man Sam Chang from scrubbing Greenwich Street clean—far-fetched or fearless?by Chris Shott Published: July 31, 2007This article was published in the August 6, 2007, edition of The New York Observer. “This is the only little piece […]
From the New York Press As McCarren Park Pool becomes a hipster playground, it prepares for a new beginning By Brian J. Carreira You can hear the bass from the subway station eight blocks away. Wander down Lorimer Street under the BQE, and the sound grows more distinct until it dominates the air. You fall […]
From the Daily News Forest Hills’ oldest homes need a savior BY NICHOLAS HIRSHONTuesday, July 31st 2007, 4:00 AM Rejected in its bid to landmark the oldest houses in Forest Hills, a group of Queens preservationists has offered to find a buyer who will save the for-sale structures from demolition. The Rego-Forest Preservation Council is […]
in recognition of the Brooklyn Eagle’s admonition that it’s not polite to post the whole story….here’s an excerpt from: Brooklyn Broadside: Landmark Designation Won’t Halt Development in DUMBO by Dennis Holt ([email protected]), published online 07-31-2007 By Dennis Holt, Brooklyn Daily Eagle BROOKLYN — Last week, the New York Sun, usually not prone to making glaring […]
From the Committee To Save The Moondance DinerMichael Perlman, Founder & Preservationist, (917) 446-7775, [email protected] Supley, Preservationist, (518) 436-5167, [email protected] Zilka, American Diner Museum Exec. Dir. , (401) 723-4342, (401) 447-3703, [email protected], http://www.dinermuseum.org/ (incl. mission statement)Vince & Cheryl Pierce, Diner’s new owners, (307) 260-6503 HISTORIC MOONDANCE DINER TO BE SPARED: NYC’s Oldest Extant Diner!NEW YORK, […]
