Summer is FINALLY here! PortSide has been preparing for it. Please join us—the crowdrise campaign for Summer Youth Employment is in full force and a few intern positions are still available. Get on board! Restoration News In case you missed our BIG NEWS from May, the Mary A. Whalen was determined to be eligible […]
Summer is FINALLY here! PortSide has been preparing for it. Please join us—the crowdrise campaign for Summer Youth Employment is in full force and a few intern positions are still available. Get on board! Restoration News In case you missed our BIG NEWS from May, the Mary A. Whalen was determined to be eligible […]
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Greenwich Village: Past, Present, and Future Wednesday, June 8, 6:30 pm Museum of the City of New York 1220 Fifth Avenue The Village has been transformed over the centuries from farmland to row houses to tenements to luxury condominiums. How does a district that has long celebrated newcomers and defiant outsiders balance the old and […]
Greenwich Village: Past, Present, and Future Wednesday, June 8, 6:30 pm Museum of the City of New York 1220 Fifth Avenue The Village has been transformed over the centuries from farmland to row houses to tenements to luxury condominiums. How does a district that has long celebrated newcomers and defiant outsiders balance the old and […]
In May, the Landmarks Preservation Commission released a draft map of the proposed East Village Historic District. This proposal includes two separate sections: one is along Second Avenue from East 2nd Street up to Saint Marks Place and the other is the entire blockfront on the north side of East 10th Street between Avenues A […]
Working on Landmark Buildings: Renovation, Restoration and Reuse of Landmarked Buildings in New York An Informational Seminar Join the Historic Districts Council for a program discussing performing restoration, renovation and adaptive reuse work on designated landmark buildings in New York City. Hear from experts who will detail case studies of real preservation projects, discuss new […]
Working on Landmark Buildings: Renovation, Restoration and Reuse of Landmarked Buildings in New York An Informational Seminar Join the Historic Districts Council for a program discussing performing restoration, renovation and adaptive reuse work on designated landmark buildings in New York City. Hear from experts who will detail case studies of real preservation projects, discuss new […]
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703859304576305412028515384.html Splashy new architecture attracts a blaze of attention, but it’s the carefully conceived small projects that have the real impact on everyday lives. Such is the case with the Poe Park Visitor Center, an incongruously elegant, modern little structure stranded on a bit of parkland in the hurly-burly of the Bronx between the Grand […]
