The Natural & Not So Natural History of Clay Pit Ponds State Park Preserve

Join the Staten Island Museum for: The Natural & Not So Natural History of Clay Pit Ponds State Park Preserve This Saturday, September 25th, 11:00 a.m. FREE! Talk and tour focusing on the unique history and environment of this most special New York State Park Preserve. Discussions and observations on such plants and animals as […]

Linoleum, Natalie Wood, Sylvan Grove Cemetery — What Do They Have In Common?

Linoleum, Natalie Wood, Sylvan Grove Cemetery — What Do They Have In Common?  Find out by participating in The History of Staten Island an eight week series held on Tuesdays from 7pm-9pm starting on October 19th and running through December 7th at Wagner College, Howard Avenue, Staten Island. This series is open to the general public!  Staten Island […]

What's Next for Coney Island?

We are very excited to be co-sponsoring a panel discussion hosted by CUNY on the role that Coney’s extraordinary past could play in its future redevelopment. The panel will be moderated by Pulitzer-prize winning historian Mike Wallace, and the following speakers are confirmed to present:   David Malmuth, former Disney vice-president and developer of Times […]

What's Next for Coney Island?

We are very excited to be co-sponsoring a panel discussion hosted by CUNY on the role that Coney’s extraordinary past could play in its future redevelopment. The panel will be moderated by Pulitzer-prize winning historian Mike Wallace, and the following speakers are confirmed to present:   David Malmuth, former Disney vice-president and developer of Times […]

The 93rd Street Beautification Association – The Dignified Denizens of Marx Brothers Place (or…The Doggy Movie)

Don’t miss the world premiere of the latest preservation advocacy movie short from the 93rd Street Beautification Association – The Dignified Denizens of Marx Brothers Place (or…The Doggy Movie) – tomorrow evening – Thurs. Sept. 16th, 6-7PM – at the New York Public Library, 112 East 96 Street NYC (right above the 96th Street – 6 Train – […]

The 93rd Street Beautification Association – The Dignified Denizens of Marx Brothers Place (or…The Doggy Movie)

Don’t miss the world premiere of the latest preservation advocacy movie short from the 93rd Street Beautification Association – The Dignified Denizens of Marx Brothers Place (or…The Doggy Movie) – tomorrow evening – Thurs. Sept. 16th, 6-7PM – at the New York Public Library, 112 East 96 Street NYC (right above the 96th Street – 6 Train – […]

Rally to Save Staten Island’s Last Beach Colony

As regular readers are aware, time is running out for the Cedar Grove Beach Club on Staten Island. At the end of September, the Parks Department plans to take possession of the 41 beach homes and demolish most of them. Despite broad, bi-partisan support for preserving this community from almost all of Staten Island’s elected […]

Rally to Save Staten Island’s Last Beach Colony

As regular readers are aware, time is running out for the Cedar Grove Beach Club on Staten Island. At the end of September, the Parks Department plans to take possession of the 41 beach homes and demolish most of them. Despite broad, bi-partisan support for preserving this community from almost all of Staten Island’s elected […]

Learn About the new NYS rehabilitation tax credit

SENATOR BILL PERKINS’ ‘HISTORIC PROPERTIES’ INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT TOWN HALL THURSDAY OCTOBER 7, 2010 AT 6:30 PM ADAM CLAYTON POWELL STATE OFFICE BUILDING 163 West 125th Street, 8th floor Meet with state preservation officials and tax experts! Info. and pre-registration: Michael Henry Adams 212-222-7315 If you own a house, apartment, or a commercial building in […]