LPC Docket Number: 098016 Queens, Block: 1009, Lot: 1 303 Manor Road – Douglaston Historic District A Colonial Revival style freestanding house designed by Hobart A. Walker and built in 1912. Application is to construct an addition, modify a driveway, replace retaining walls and a deck, and install HVAC equipment. HDC Testimony HDC finds that […]
Stop “Wilderness Wal-Mart” — Why Isn’t Wal-Mart Listening? TAKE ACTION TODAY: Tell Wal-Mart to save a site of national significance We’re very grateful that Virginia’s Governor Tim Kaine believes Wilderness Battlefield is “supremely important” and that he has “strongly encouraged” Wal-Mart to find an alternative site away from the battlefield and National Park. Why isn’t Wal-Mart listening? […]
Stop “Wilderness Wal-Mart” — Why Isn’t Wal-Mart Listening? TAKE ACTION TODAY: Tell Wal-Mart to save a site of national significance We’re very grateful that Virginia’s Governor Tim Kaine believes Wilderness Battlefield is “supremely important” and that he has “strongly encouraged” Wal-Mart to find an alternative site away from the battlefield and National Park. Why isn’t Wal-Mart listening? […]
The Landmarks Preservation Commission designated on Tuesday two new landmarks – the former St. George’s Melkite Catholic Church (now Moran’s Bar and Restaurant) and the Mickey Mantle School/P.S.811M. The church at 103 Washington Street was originally constructed as a three-story house around 1812 with two stories later added in 1869. In 1925 the Melkite Catholic […]
The Historic Districts Council is reducing our global footprint! Starting with the Spring/Summer issue, HDC is distributing our signature newsletter – Districts Lines – exclusively online. It’s the same in-depth stories and design excellence you’ve come to expect, only now you can read it conveniently on your computer! In this issue you will find articles […]
In a few short months, New Yorkers will decide whether to grant Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg a third term or give another candidate a chance to prove their mettle. The Mayor declined a recent invitation from our coalition to discuss his position on historic preservation and neighborhood planning issues. So where do the other 2009 […]
The Historic Districts Council has created an online archive and email newsletter, “HDC@LPC,” which documents both applications to the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission for major changes to landmark buildings as well as HDC’s testimony on each proposal. HDC is the only organization to review and comment on hundreds of applications annually to the […]
The Crowd Says It All: A Full House Sends the Message that the Time Has Come to Landmark West-Park & the Powerhouse! The floodgates opened at Tuesday’s public hearing as droves of supporters showed up to urge the Landmarks Preservation Commission to finally designate West-Park Presbyterian Church and the former IRT Powerhouse as Individual Landmarks. […]
This week is the City Council’s last chance to request changes to the City’s plan to shrink Coney Island’s amusement district and block it off with four high-rise hotel towers. We need to make all council members hear our demands before it’s too late. Please take a minute and call your council member and call […]
Preservation League of Staten Island & Save the Castle Coalition present… In the Spirit of the many ‘charity balls’ and ‘benefits’ to build, maintain and expand the Staten Island Hospital, please join the Preservation League of Staten Island’s ‘Save the Staten Island Castle’ Coalition’ for a cocktail benefit to focus attention on the need to […]
