Ada Louise Huxtable to receive Louis Auchincloss Prize at MCNY

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 […]

Chinatown & Little Italy Preservation Efforts Gain Boost

Chinatown-Little Italy district gets state boost From the Downtown Express Victor Papa is on a mission to save Chinatown and Little Italy. Papa, president of the Two Bridges Neighborhood Council, wants to create the Chinatown and Little Italy Historic District as part of the State and National Register of Historic Places. “We’re concerned development will […]

Chinatown & Little Italy Preservation Efforts Gain Boost

Chinatown-Little Italy district gets state boost From the Downtown Express Victor Papa is on a mission to save Chinatown and Little Italy. Papa, president of the Two Bridges Neighborhood Council, wants to create the Chinatown and Little Italy Historic District as part of the State and National Register of Historic Places. “We’re concerned development will […]

Lucy G. Moses Preservation Awards: Call for Nominations

LUCY G. MOSES PRESERVATION AWARDS CALL FOR NOMINATIONS The New York Landmarks Conservancy’s  Lucy G. Moses Awards annually highlight the best of preservation projects and leaders. Named in honor of a noted philanthropist, the Lucy G. Moses Preservation Awards recognize the property owners, builders, artisans, and designers who renew the beauty and utility of New […]

Lucy G. Moses Preservation Awards: Call for Nominations

LUCY G. MOSES PRESERVATION AWARDS CALL FOR NOMINATIONS The New York Landmarks Conservancy’s  Lucy G. Moses Awards annually highlight the best of preservation projects and leaders. Named in honor of a noted philanthropist, the Lucy G. Moses Preservation Awards recognize the property owners, builders, artisans, and designers who renew the beauty and utility of New […]

Green Church Torn Down for Nothing

From the Brooklyn Daily Eagle For Sale’ Sign Hangs in Front of Recently Demolished Lot By Harold Egeln Brooklyn Daily Eagle “For Sale or Lease” sign posted by property owner and developer Abeco Management Corp. on the site of the demolished Bay Ridge United Methodist Church on Tuesday. Eagle photo by Georgine Benvenuto  BAY RIDGE […]

Green Church Torn Down for Nothing

From the Brooklyn Daily Eagle For Sale’ Sign Hangs in Front of Recently Demolished Lot By Harold Egeln Brooklyn Daily Eagle “For Sale or Lease” sign posted by property owner and developer Abeco Management Corp. on the site of the demolished Bay Ridge United Methodist Church on Tuesday. Eagle photo by Georgine Benvenuto  BAY RIDGE […]

Gotham Center Scruntinizes A Midtown Corner

The Corner of 34th and Fifth Wednesday, December 10, 2008, 6:30 p.m. Recital Hall at CUNY-Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue All Forums are FREE and open to the public, but we now require registration.  Please click here to register.  Seating is limited.  There will be a stand-by line for those who did not register.    […]

Celebrate Mohawk Culture with Poetry & Dinner

Poetry and music in English and Mohawk Dinner catered by Native Sisters Harvest Featuring the poetry of James Stevens & the music of Theresa “Bear” Fox & Kontiwenenhawi, Carriers of the Words Friday, December 12th, 6:00 – 9:00pm Bowery Poetry Club 308 Bowery, Manhattan (between Houston St. and Bleecker St.) $35.00 for General Admission $25.00 […]

Holiday Events At Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum….in The Bronx!!!

Preview Candle Light Tour Friday, December 5th 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.  Enjoy the mansion in its full glory before anyone else. There will be choral music, gift items on sale in a holiday boutique, costumed guides and you’ll be able to walk through the mansion at your own pace. The free Bronx Seaside Trolley will […]