Continuing Education: Working with Historic Buildings

 Introducing Exciting, New Professional Panels! Working with Historic Buildings: A Six Part Continuing Education Series This continuing education series will look at technical, regulatory and design issues related to working with New York City’s many historic buildings.   Tuesdays, December 2013 to February 2014 Check-in and Continental Breakfast-9:00 am Lecture- 9:15-10:15 am Neighborhood Preservation Center 232 East […]

Urban Cemeteries as Historic Landscapes Part II:

NYC Parks Cypress Hills Cemetery The New York Chapter of the Association for Gravestone Studies and The Evergreens Cemetery Preservation Foundation Invite you to three lectures in the Uncommon Ground Series: Urban Cemeteries as Historic Landscapes Part II: Design, Topography/Geology and Stewardship The subject of urban cemeteries, both private and public, will be explored with a view toward greater […]

Urban Cemeteries as Historic Landscapes Part II:

NYC Parks Cypress Hills Cemetery The New York Chapter of the Association for Gravestone Studies and The Evergreens Cemetery Preservation Foundation Invite you to three lectures in the Uncommon Ground Series: Urban Cemeteries as Historic Landscapes Part II: Design, Topography/Geology and Stewardship The subject of urban cemeteries, both private and public, will be explored with a view toward greater […]

Statement Opposing the proposed NY Methodist Hospital Development in Park Slope

February 4, 2014   Hon. Meenakshi Srinivasan, Chair NYC Board of Standards & Appeals 250 Broadway, 29th Floor New York, NY 10007   Regarding 505-525 6th Street (Block 1084; Lots 25, 26, 28, 39-44, 46, 50-59, 164, 1001 & 1002) BSA Calendar No.289-13-BZ   Dear Chair Srinivasan,   The Historic Districts Council is the citywide […]

Preservation Conference: New Design + Old Places

The Historic Districts Council is the citywide advocate for New York’s historic neighborhoods. For more than forty years HDC has worked to ensure the preservation of significant historic neighborhoods, buildings and open spaces, to uphold the integrity of the Landmarks Law and to further the preservation ethic.   Friday, March 7, 2014 HDC Design Awards […]