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 […]
Statement of the Historic Districts Council Certificate of Appropriateness Hearing July 15, 2008 Item 1 CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN 08-8617- Block 617, lot 55- 20 7th Avenue – Greenwich Village Historic District A contemporary institutional building designed by Arthur A. Schiller and Albert Ledner and built in 1962-63. Application is to demolish the […]
Statement of the Historic Districts Council Certificate of Appropriateness Hearing July 15, 2008 Item 1 CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN 08-8617- Block 617, lot 55- 20 7th Avenue – Greenwich Village Historic District A contemporary institutional building designed by Arthur A. Schiller and Albert Ledner and built in 1962-63. Application is to demolish the […]
From Landmark West! Finally, after more than a year and a half of intense community pressure on the New-York Historical Society to come clean about development plans for its “Triple Crown” Landmark site, the words “we don’t have plans for a tower” actually ring true. Yesterday, the New York Times reported that the Society has […]
From Landmark West! Finally, after more than a year and a half of intense community pressure on the New-York Historical Society to come clean about development plans for its “Triple Crown” Landmark site, the words “we don’t have plans for a tower” actually ring true. Yesterday, the New York Times reported that the Society has […]
From Chuck Lesnick, Yonkers City Council President, [email protected] At my suggestion, the Landmarks Board last week implemented an executive order by Mayor Amicone that called for the Building Commissioner to notify the Landmarks Board whenever someone applies for a demolition permit in Yonkers on a property 75 years or older.The purpose of the Demolition Review […]
From Chuck Lesnick, Yonkers City Council President, [email protected] At my suggestion, the Landmarks Board last week implemented an executive order by Mayor Amicone that called for the Building Commissioner to notify the Landmarks Board whenever someone applies for a demolition permit in Yonkers on a property 75 years or older.The purpose of the Demolition Review […]
Powerful New S.F. Landmarks Board Proposed by Robert Selna, Chronicle Staff Writer Wednesday, July 9, 2008 A new San Francisco commission would be given wide powers to protect buildings and areas considered historically important, under a proposal to be reviewed at City Hall Wednesday. Most large U.S. cities already have a separate group overseeing historic […]
FromThe New York Times July 9, 2008 HISTORICAL SOCIETY DROPS PLANS FOR EXPANSION AND TOWER By GLENN COLLINS After a year and a half of controversy and intense opposition by preservationists and neighborhood groups, the New-York Historical Society at 77th Street and Central Park West has abandoned its pursuit of a $100 million, 23-story luxury […]
FromThe New York Times July 9, 2008 HISTORICAL SOCIETY DROPS PLANS FOR EXPANSION AND TOWER By GLENN COLLINS After a year and a half of controversy and intense opposition by preservationists and neighborhood groups, the New-York Historical Society at 77th Street and Central Park West has abandoned its pursuit of a $100 million, 23-story luxury […]
