February 23, 2011 Contact: Simeon Bankoff, 212-614-9107 ext. 12 CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS HISTORIC DISTRICTS COUNCIL’S 40 YEARS PRESERVING NEW YORK’S HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS MARCH 4-6, 2011 Weekend activities include Kickoff Reception, Panels, Presentations and Walking Tours NEW YORK – The Historic Districts Council, the citywide advocate for New York’s historic neighborhoods, celebrates 40 years […]
February 23, 2011 Contact: Simeon Bankoff, 212-614-9107 ext. 12 CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS HISTORIC DISTRICTS COUNCIL’S 40 YEARS PRESERVING NEW YORK’S HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS MARCH 4-6, 2011 Weekend activities include Kickoff Reception, Panels, Presentations and Walking Tours NEW YORK – The Historic Districts Council, the citywide advocate for New York’s historic neighborhoods, celebrates 40 years of […]
1905. This photograph shows the first automobile that was designed to give tours throughout the metropolitan area.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/20/realestate/20streetscapes.html?_r=1 LAST fall the Landmarks Preservation Commission extended the Upper East Side Historic District to include an odd, gangly patch mostly between Lexington and Third Avenues in the 60s and 70s. Enlarge This Image Chang W. Lee/The New York Times 160 East 72nd Street was built by a Gould scion who took the 20-room triplex […]
February 1, the Landmarks Commission designated a church and three cottages in the Sandy Ground section of Staten Island, settled by freed African Americans in the 1830s. Barred from making a living in Maryland, black oystermen fled to Sandy Ground, where they could not only work but own property.
February 22: The Battle for Historic Districts: Brooklyn Heights and Beyond World Monuments Fund (350 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2412, New York, NY 10118). February 22nd, 6:30 to 8:30pm. Join the Historic Districts Council and the New York Preservation Archive Project for a celebration of Martin Schneider’s new book on the struggle to protect Brooklyn Heights […]
The Bowery: A History of Grit, Graft and GrandeurFrom back cover: Originally part of a Lenape trail running the entire length of Manhattan Island, the Bowery has become one of the most notorious thoroughfares in America. Developed in stages by the Dutch, British and then Americans, this stretch of street has continually risen from its […]
