From the Wall Street Journal Setting the Record Straight about Ed Stone and Brad Cloepfil By ADA LOUISE HUXTABLE New York It may seem low on anyone’s list of priorities at this moment of political change and economic crisis, but now that Ed Stone’s little seraglio has been converted into the new home of the […]
From the Wall Street Journal Setting the Record Straight about Ed Stone and Brad Cloepfil By ADA LOUISE HUXTABLE New York It may seem low on anyone’s list of priorities at this moment of political change and economic crisis, but now that Ed Stone’s little seraglio has been converted into the new home of the […]
From the folks up at Marx Brothers Place: —- So that the NYC Board of Standards and Appeals can hear everybody’s strong objections to the proposal to top-off the Penthouse at 150E93 on historic Marx Brothers Place with yet another Penthouse, email messages can be sent, prior to the December 16, 2008 Public Hearing, to […]
From the folks up at Marx Brothers Place: —- So that the NYC Board of Standards and Appeals can hear everybody’s strong objections to the proposal to top-off the Penthouse at 150E93 on historic Marx Brothers Place with yet another Penthouse, email messages can be sent, prior to the December 16, 2008 Public Hearing, to […]
From Friends of the High Line: High Line District Self-Guided Walking Tour Brochure and Podcast The historic Westbeth Building, formerly Bell Telephone Laboratories, one of the ex-industrial buildings featured on the walking tour. Photo by Tom Starkweather. Now available: a full-color brochure and podcast of our High Line District Walking Tour. Many of the former […]
Guide to New York City Landmarks Fourth Edition This is the only official guide to the landmarks of New York City, filled with information compiled by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission’s architectural historians and research staff. New York’s lifeblood is its landmarks-its historic neighborhoods, its incomparable buildings, its distinctive streets. This book will […]
Guide to New York City Landmarks Fourth Edition This is the only official guide to the landmarks of New York City, filled with information compiled by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission’s architectural historians and research staff. New York’s lifeblood is its landmarks-its historic neighborhoods, its incomparable buildings, its distinctive streets. This book will […]
From the Times Ledger City eyes landmark for Schleicher’s Mansion By Stephen Stirling Friday, December 5, 2008 10:13 AM EST City Councilman Tony Avella (D-Bayside) said the Landmarks Preservation Commission has agreed to bring College Point’s Schleicher’s Mansion up for a vote in the coming months, but the residents of the house still remain out […]
December 6, 2008 Editorial Improving the Landmarks Process Judge Marilyn Shafer of the New York State Supreme Court ruled last month that the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission habitually acted in a manner that was “arbitrary and capricious” and ordered the commission to conduct its business in a more timely manner. Her conclusions […]
Presentation of the Louis Auchincloss Prize to Ada Louise Huxtable, featuring remarks by Hilary Ballon Wednesday, December 10, 6:30 PM Museum of the City of New York Ada Louise Huxtable, architecture critic and historian, embodies the spirit of the Louis Auchincloss Prize. As the first designated architecture critic of the New York Times, she changed […]
