Wednesday, March 14, 2007Press Conference – Councilwoman Rosie Mendezintroducing legislation to save Landmark Buildings before Destruction or DemolitionWhen & Where: This Wednesday, 10.30 am, March 14City Hall Steps This legislation would STOP THE DESTRUCTION of Landmark Buildings,such as the stripping work that has occurred to old PS 64, the former Charas! PLEASE COME AND SHOW […]
From Aaron Brashear, Concerned Citizens of Greenwood Hts., [email protected] Please join our fellow activists and neighbors in Sunset Park at their first rally and march against the proposed out-of-context 12 story building at 420 42nd St. This building may become the “poster child” for what kind of non-contextual development might occur in Sunset Park if […]
N-YHS NEWSFLASH: The NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) has set a public hearing date to review the New-York Historical Society project on Tuesday, March 20, (time and location tba). Make sure the LPC hears you! Please email Chair Robert B. Tierney ([email protected]) and cc. key elected officials (contact info below). The Round 1 votes are […]
from the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, http://www.gvshp.org/ CITY VOTES UNANIMOUSLY TO LANDMARK THREE MORE SITES IN THE FAR WEST VILLAGE THREE MORE FAR WEST VILLAGE LANDMARK DESIGNATIONS: Yesterday the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission voted unanimously to designate three more sites as landmarks in the Far West Village — the Keller Hotel […]
from the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, http://www.gvshp.org/ BIG CROWD RALLIES AGAINST TRUMP SOHO CONDO-HOTEL: Over 100 demonstrators,including Assemblymember Deborah Glick, City Council Zoning Subcommittee Chair Tony Avella, and representatives of City Councilmember Alan Gerson joined GVSHP, the SoHo Alliance, and more than a dozen community groups for a press conference this Sunday calling […]
From Landmark West! Please do everything in your power to attend Community Board 7’s public meeting tomorrow, Tuesday, March 6, 2007, between 7:00 and 8:00 PM, at the American Bible Society (1865 Broadway at 61st Street). The full, 50-member Board will vote on the Parks & Preservation Committee’s February 8 almost unanimous resolution against the […]
A petition sent to HDC from Ron Shifffman of Pratt Institute Despite what you mat have read the fight to stop and revise Forest City Ratner’s proposals for the Vanderbilt Yards [aka Atlantic Yards] is far from over. A number of law suits have yet to be decided and the federal law suit will be […]
DEMONSTRATION THIS SUNDAY, MARCH 4, at 1 pm AGAINST THE 45-STORY TRUMP SOHO ‘CONDO-HOTEL’ at Spring and Varick Streets * Tell the City to Stop Helping Trump and Start Protecting Our Neighborhoods and Enforcing Our Zoning Rules COME TO THE DEMONSTRATION: Please join us this Sunday, March 4 at 1 pm at Spring and Varick […]
From Alice Rich, (917) 612-3284, [email protected] The Waterfront Preservation Alliance of Greenpoint & Williamsburg announced today that it has submitted over 1,500 signatures requesting that the Landmarks Preservation Commission hold hearings to designate portions of Williamsburg’s Domino Sugar refinery City landmarks. WPA is requesting the Landmarks Commission designate the main refinery building, the Adant house […]
Trump Caught Yet Again!: GVSHP has found the developers of the planned Trump SoHo Condo-Hotel yet again advertising their development as a ‘residence’ with ‘living spaces,’ in spite of explicit zoning restrictions prohibiting such a use, and repeated assurances from the City that this development would not violate the zoning for the area. GVSHP and […]
