Check out this Stimulus Tracker from the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s website & watch as the funds ebb away! http://www.preservationnation.org/take-action/advocacy-center/platform/stimulus-tracker.html
West-Park Presbyterian Church needs your help! Neighbors of the red-sandstone historic gem anchoring the northeast corner of West 86th Street and Amsterdam Avenue have recently observed workers removing pieces of West-Park’s interior. More than one worker confirmed that the building is being readied for demolition. Without landmark protection, this beloved Romanesque-style church-called “unquestionably one of […]
PRESERVATION LEAGUE OF NEW YORK STATE ANNOUNCES SEVEN TO SAVE ENDANGERED PROPERTIES Highlights Quadricentennial themes of exploration, settlement, waterway history ALBANY, NY – February 10, 2009 – In 2009, the Preservation League of New York State will use its endangered properties program, Seven to Save, to support and enhance the year-long commemoration of the voyages […]
Building Stories: New Domino’s Pip Squeaks Public review to start; opponents walk fine line; traffic jam foreseen by Lydia DePillis, February 10, 2009 The New Domino design approved last June by Landmarks. The debate over Community Preservation Corporation Resources’ plan to turn the crumbling ex-factory into a 2,200-unit residential complex, with one building as high […]
Building Stories: New Domino’s Pip Squeaks Public review to start; opponents walk fine line; traffic jam foreseen by Lydia DePillis, February 10, 2009 The New Domino design approved last June by Landmarks. The debate over Community Preservation Corporation Resources’ plan to turn the crumbling ex-factory into a 2,200-unit residential complex, with one building as high […]
Hidden away on the website of Bronx Borough President Adolpho Carrion Jr. is an amazing report on the unprotected historic buildings of The Bronx. This survey, organized by community board and assembled by a volunteer committtee working for 6 months, details dozens of potential landmarks and historic districts with photographs & basic architectural information. From […]
Hidden away on the website of Bronx Borough President Adolpho Carrion Jr. is an amazing report on the unprotected historic buildings of The Bronx. This survey, organized by community board and assembled by a volunteer committtee working for 6 months, details dozens of potential landmarks and historic districts with photographs & basic architectural information. From […]
Preservation Looks to 2030 Panel with Anne Van Ingen, Kirstin Sechler, Kate Wood, and moderator Tony Wood Thursday, February 12 at 6:30 PM Preservation Vision is a yearlong initiative to engage historians and area residents in a conversation about their planning goals for 2030. Key players in the New York City preservation community will come […]
World’s Fair map could be in peril BY Nicholas Hirshon DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER Monday, February 9th 2009, 9:59 PM Farriella for News The interior of the New York State Pavillion in Flushing Meadows Corona Park where a giant roadmap of New York State from the 1964 Worlds Fair is in danger of cracking due […]
World’s Fair map could be in peril BY Nicholas Hirshon DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER Monday, February 9th 2009, 9:59 PM Farriella for News The interior of the New York State Pavillion in Flushing Meadows Corona Park where a giant roadmap of New York State from the 1964 Worlds Fair is in danger of cracking due […]
