New Design + Old Places- The Good and the Bad

Created on Mar 4, 2014 by hdc

E-BULLETIN OF THE HISTORIC DISTRICTS COUNCIL

March 2014, Volume 11, Number 1

In This Issue:

20^th Annual Preservation Conference: New Design + Old Places and Design Awards Ceremony– March 7 and 8

Join the Preservation Fair!

Join the Campaign to Save the 42nd Street and Mid-Manhattan branch libraries

The 20^th Annual Preservation Conference Opening Reception featuring the Design Awards Ceremony will be held on Friday, March 7, 2014.The HDC Design Awards will be presented by jury chair James Stewart Polshek, FAIA. The ceremony will be followed by a reception where attendees can meet the awardees and view their projects. The following day, Saturday, March 8, 2014 will consists of two morning presentations and panels, one with the award winners themselves presenting their projects and the other featuring a discussion of “What is ‘Good’ Design?”.

During the conference on Saturday, make sure to stop into the ‘Preservation Fair’ and meet our neighborhood partners. Each group will be displaying and distributing information about their local preservation campaigns. It’s a great opportunity to meet advocates from across the city and find what’s going in the neighborhoods. There’s still room if you want to sign up for a table and as an added bonus each participant gets to enjoy the full day of panels (and breakfast!!) for free.

If you would like to join the Preservation Fair, contact Brigid Harmon [email protected]

See below for more information, or click here to register for the conference.

Friday, March 7, 2014

HDC Design Awards Ceremony and Opening Reception

6:00-9:00 p.m.

Steelcase

4 Columbus Circle

Southwest corner of West 58^th Street and 8^th Avenue, Manhattan

$35/person/ $30/person for Friends of HDC, Students, Seniors

Saturday, March 8, 2014

Conference and Preservation Fair*

New York Law School

185 West Broadway, Manhattan

8:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

$35/person-$25/person for Friends of HDC, Seniors- Free/student (with valid school ID)

*Includes continental breakfast

The 20th Annual Preservation Conference is co-sponsored by HDC’s Neighborhood Partners, more than 500 community-based organizations across the city.

Support is provided in part by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. Additional support is provided by City Councilmembers Margaret Chin, Inez Dickens, Daniel Garodnick, Vincent Gentile, Sara Gonzalez, Stephen Levin, and Rosie Mendez.

Support for the HDC Design Awards is provided, in part, by The Architect’s Newspaper, Steelcase, Leo Blackman & Ken Monteiro, Françoise Bollack & Tom Killian and Anna May & Tim Feige.

For more information and to sign up for the 2014 conference you can go to our website by clicking here,

call 212-614-9107, or emailing [email protected]

The 20th Annual Preservation Conference is co-sponsored by HDC’s Neighborhood Partners, more than 500 community-based organizations across the city.

Support for the HDC Design Awards is provided, in part, by The Architect’s Newspaper, Steelcase, Leo Blackman & Ken Monteiro, Françoise Bollack & Tom Killian and Anna May & Tim Feige.

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Brooklyn Academy of Music as New DesignSunday, March 9, 2014,11am

Join HDC and 2013 HDC Landmarks Lion recipient Hugh Hardy, as we visit several Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) interiors and exteriors, which were renovated, restored and reused under the guidance of Hardy, an architect of many theatrical spaces. The tour will be followed by a discussion with Hardy and Sharon Lehner, archivist of BAM, about the history and evolution of the BAM cultural campus.

$25/person/$20 for Friends of HDC/Seniors/Students

Modern Interventions in Park SlopeSunday, March 30, 2014

While there is rarely room in Brooklyn’s Park Slope Historic District for an entire new building, that doesn’t mean there are not a myriad of examples of modern additions and alterations to historic structures. Join tour leader Matt Postal as he highlights some of the contemporary responses in this largely residential community, both inside and outside the designated historic district.

$10/person/$5 for Friends of HDC/Seniors/Students

Brooklyn Heights Historic District at Nearly 50Saturday, April 5, 2014

Brooklyn Heights was the very first historic district in New York City, designated in 1965. In the decades since, this largely residential enclave has seen numerous additions and alterations to its diverse stock of row houses, distinguished churches and cultural landmarks. Join our guides, urban historians Francis Morrone and Liz McEnaney, to explore what new design looks like among the bricks and brownstones of New York’s oldest historic district.

$10/person/$5 for Friends of HDC/Seniors/Students

Douglaston’s New DesignsSaturday, April 26, 2014

The Douglaston Historic District is one of the preeminent examples of suburban-style housing with large, free-standing homes in a range of architectural styles. The arcadian and expansive nature of the community has allowed for many new buildings to be constructed while still maintaining the historic character of the neighborhood. Join Kevin Wolfe, an HDC adviser and the architect of numerous new buildings within the district, as he presents some of his own landmarks-approved projects and discusses what appropriateness means in Douglaston.

$10/person/$5 for Friends of HDC/Seniors/Students

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Save the New York Public Library

Email Mayor de Blasio
Join the email campaign and ask Mayor de Blasio to save the New York Public Library, and the Mid Manhattan branch library from inapprpriate and expensive renovations.

Click on “Send Email Now” to deliver the letter below to Mayor de Blasio. Ask him to follow through on his commitment to halt the destructive Central Library Plan – which would gut the 42nd Street Library and sell the Mid-Manhattan – and reconsider the sale of Brooklyn libraries.

Copies will automatically be sent to City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, Public Advocate Letitia James, Comptroller Scott Stringer, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, and Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams. (To edit the message or add a comment, click on “Read the Petition” in the box.)

Thank You for Your Support!

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