The Landmarks Preservation Commission has updated and revamped its Rowhouse Manual, a handbook that assists owners of the buildings that lie within New York City’s 116 historic districts and extensions maintain their special properties. It also offers step-by-step instructions on how to work successfully and efficiently with the Commission throughout the permit process. New […]
While one city agency is looking to preserve historic buildings on Staten Island, another wants to demolish them. As we reported earlier, the Parks Department is refusing to renew the lease for the Cedar Grove Beach Club in New Dorp and intends to demolish the majority of the historic buildings to supposedly convert the property […]
August seems to be the month for hearings for proposed landmarks in Staten Island. Last August, the Landmarks Preservation Commission heard testimony on nine sites. The Queen Anne, Shingle-style Vanderzee-Harper House and the four houses of Horton’s Row built between 1880 and 1882 were designated by the end of the 2009, while the Greek-revival Mary […]
DOCOMOMO New York/Tri-State’s first website is a click away: docomomo-nytri.org Sometimes, you must throw caution to the wind. Or at least the notion of “done.” Websites flout it. But what we have done, we’re excited about. It has good structure—the functionality to serve up timely, contextual information—and an initial load of content—some standard, some curious. […]
DOCOMOMO New York/Tri-State’s first website is a click away: docomomo-nytri.org Sometimes, you must throw caution to the wind. Or at least the notion of “done.” Websites flout it. But what we have done, we’re excited about. It has good structure—the functionality to serve up timely, contextual information—and an initial load of content—some standard, some curious. […]
Bowery Historic District effort gets $10,000 grant from National Trust for Historic Preservation. Kudos to Two Bridges Neighborhood Council, which is co-sponsoring this effort and wrote the grant! HDC wrote in support of this proposal, as well as 4 others, most of which were awarded. Two letters just went to City Planning endorsing the East […]
LPC Docket Number: 110451 Brooklyn, Block: 249, Lot: 36 150 Montague Street – Brooklyn Heights Historic District An Anglo-Italianate style rowhouse with commercial ground floor, built c. 1861-1879. Application is to install storefront infill and signage. HDC Testimony While the proposed may be an improvement over the existing, HDC feels the tax photo should be […]
LPC Docket Number: 110451 Brooklyn, Block: 249, Lot: 36 150 Montague Street – Brooklyn Heights Historic District An Anglo-Italianate style rowhouse with commercial ground floor, built c. 1861-1879. Application is to install storefront infill and signage. HDC Testimony While the proposed may be an improvement over the existing, HDC feels the tax photo should be […]
Stoop, Synagogue, Soapbox Lower East Side Walking Tour Thursday, August 12 @ 7pm Get ready to rumble. Enter the ring of the early 20th-century Lower East Side politics, when pious Jews, secular firebrands, capitalist businessmen and impoverished peddlers faced of in the crowded work spaces, residences and cafés of this densely populated area. Feminist. Free-thinker. […]
For information, contact Bill Dugan, p: (347) 825 – 2892, [email protected]. August 4, 2010 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Parks Department to Evict Families from Historic Beach Community on Staten Island Elected Officials Protest, “Fail To See The Logic” of Removing Paying Tenants During Economic Downturn Following a determination by the New York State Historic Preservation […]
