Despite very real fears about its imminent demise, it now looks like the Hotel Pennsylvania will be saved! As the New York Observer’s Chris Shott reports “Vornado CEO Steven Roth announced during a conference call with investors that he might just hang onto the old hotel after all. “First off, it is doing damn well […]
Despite very real fears about its imminent demise, it now looks like the Hotel Pennsylvania will be saved! As the New York Observer’s Chris Shott reports “Vornado CEO Steven Roth announced during a conference call with investors that he might just hang onto the old hotel after all. “First off, it is doing damn well […]
Nicolai Ouroussoff wrote an interesting piece this weekend about the rapidly changing face of Beijing and the loss of their historic hutong neighborhoods, which reflects interestingly on what we are facing in New York. “The explosion of construction activity that has transformed Beijing into a modern metropolis over the past decade also turned many of […]
Nicolai Ouroussoff wrote an interesting piece this weekend about the rapidly changing face of Beijing and the loss of their historic hutong neighborhoods, which reflects interestingly on what we are facing in New York. “The explosion of construction activity that has transformed Beijing into a modern metropolis over the past decade also turned many of […]
This comes to us from one of our neighborhood constituents. It seems that presumptive Republican presidential candidate Arizona Senator John McCain has a personal connection with Brooklyn; his parents lived there. Margaret Skinner, 85, lives in the individually-landmarked Joseph Steele House on the southeast corner of Vanderbilt and Lafayette Avenues. Steele by the way was […]
This comes to us from one of our neighborhood constituents. It seems that presumptive Republican presidential candidate Arizona Senator John McCain has a personal connection with Brooklyn; his parents lived there. Margaret Skinner, 85, lives in the individually-landmarked Joseph Steele House on the southeast corner of Vanderbilt and Lafayette Avenues. Steele by the way was […]
Well, HDC went to the Public Meeting and the Press Conference this evening about the Admiral’s Row Section 106 process – and we were shocked at the misinformation that’s being propagated by the “Tear These Buildings Down!” crowd. Here are a few real facts about the process and the site to counter the misinformation: – of […]
Well, HDC went to the Public Meeting and the Press Conference this evening about the Admiral’s Row Section 106 process – and we were shocked at the misinformation that’s being propagated by the “Tear These Buildings Down!” crowd. Here are a few real facts about the process and the site to counter the misinformation: – of […]
WHY CAN’T WE HAVE BOTH A SUPERMARKET AND THE ADMIRAL’S ROW BUILDINGS? The Historic Districts Council, Municipal Art Society, New York Landmarks Conservancy, Fort Greene Association, Historic Wallabout Association, and the Society for Clinton Hill are united in our desire to see both a Supermarket and the Admiral’s Row Houses in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. […]
10 historic New York buildings now eyesores By Ryan Chatelain, amNewYork Associate Editor | [email protected] July 18, 2008 Crumbling historic New York buildings It’s hard to imagine today that the eyesore at East 125th Street and Park Avenue once was one of Manhattan’s most picturesque buildings. Passersby now are more likely to fixate on the […]
