From our colleagues at City Lore & Place Matters: As we celebrate the first month’s anniversary of our launch, we’ve come to think of cityofmemory.org almost as a giant brain, encompassing memory and humanity in ways that constantly surprise the visitor. Like synapses, the stories and memories are accessed instantly in multiple ways. This month’s […]
Richard George has been fighting for preservation in the Rockaways for decades and he’s making some headway…. His cottage industry: preserving Rockaway bungalow communities BY ASYA FARR, DAILY NEWS WRITER Longtime Far Rockaway resident Richard George has made it his mission to preserve the homey bungalows that once defined the seaside community. And he has […]
Richard George has been fighting for preservation in the Rockaways for decades and he’s making some headway…. His cottage industry: preserving Rockaway bungalow communities BY ASYA FARR, DAILY NEWS WRITER Longtime Far Rockaway resident Richard George has made it his mission to preserve the homey bungalows that once defined the seaside community. And he has […]
presented with only a slight bias for emphasis, but unedited. Admiral’s Row: The Smackdown From the Brooklyn Papers Houses along the historic Admiral’s Row at the Brooklyn Navy Yard have been decaying for years. Navy Yard officials want to tear them down, but preservationists are rallying to save them. The debate over whether to tear […]
Dorm Looms Over Neighborhood by Jillian Abbott , Queens Chronicle Reporter Attempts to halt or even slow St. John’s University from building a six-story dorm on Henley Road in residential Jamaica Estates appear to have failed. St. John’s confirmed that construction continues at the site, located at 172-14 Henley Road, despite an independent engineer’s report […]
‘Green Church’ sent back to drawing board By Ben Muessig The Brooklyn Paper The city shot down preliminary plans for a residential building at the site of Fourth Avenue’s soon-to-be-demolished “Green Church” — but the rejection didn’t deter church officials and builders from their controversial plan to level the 109-year-old house of worship to construct […]
From the Brooklyn Papers Bridge “Park” Can Find No Purchase by Mike McLaughlin Demolition teams have made short work of the iconic Purchase Building beneath the Brooklyn Bridge to clear space for a piazza that will be part of the controversial Brooklyn Bridge Park project. The $300-plus-million parkland and condo project along the DUMBO and […]
From the Brooklyn Papers Bridge “Park” Can Find No Purchase by Mike McLaughlin Demolition teams have made short work of the iconic Purchase Building beneath the Brooklyn Bridge to clear space for a piazza that will be part of the controversial Brooklyn Bridge Park project. The $300-plus-million parkland and condo project along the DUMBO and […]
If you’re interested in 20th Century NYC housing history and info, make sure to checkout the LaGuardia & Wagner Archives Online: http://www.laguardiawagnerarchive.lagcc.cuny.edu/defaultb.htm The LaGuardia and Wagner Archives was established in 1982 to collect, preserve, and make available primary materials documenting the social and political history of New York City. The Archives serves a broad array […]
The Juniper Park Civic Association (JPCA) is today claiming victory over notorious developer, Tommy Huang, (destroyer of the officially landmarked RKO Keith’s Theater of Flushing) who illegally constructed a house at 57-39 Mazeau Street in Maspeth in 2006. The house was built contrary to plans presented to and approved by the NYC Department of Buildings […]
