Category: The Politics of Preservation
Missing Historic District Street Sign to Return to Jackson Heights
New York City’s historic districts are a heterogeneous bunch – ranging from the modest carriage houses of Shingle homes of Ditmas Park to the Beaux-Arts buildings of the Upper East Side, but most of them have at least one thing in common; terra-cotta street signs. These warm-brown signs, designed by Massimo Vignelli, are the first […]
Missing Historic District Street Sign to Return to Jackson Heights
New York City’s historic districts are a heterogeneous bunch – ranging from the modest carriage houses of Shingle homes of Ditmas Park to the Beaux-Arts buildings of the Upper East Side, but most of them have at least one thing in common; terra-cotta street signs. These warm-brown signs, designed by Massimo Vignelli, are the first […]
Bed Stuy takes the Lead in the Greenest Block in Brooklyn Competition
HDC’s own Six To Celebrate neighborhood Bedford-Stuyvesant is taking the lead in the 2011 Greenest Block in Brooklyn competition! Ten of the thirty-six semifinalist are from Bed-Stuy; making it the neighborhood with the most contestants. Claudette Brady, a neighborhood preservationist and contributor to Bed-Stuy Patch, recently wrote an article praising the success of the contest […]
Regarding the Designation of the second Crown Heights Historic District
October 27, 2009 Statement of the Historic Districts Council before the Landmarks Preservation Commission in support of the designation of the proposed Crown Heights North II Historic District The Historic Districts Council is the city-wide advocate for New York City’s historic districts and for neighborhood meriting preservation. HDC is very pleased to offer enthusiastic support […]
Regarding the Landmark Designation of the Wallabout Historic District
Statement of the Historic Districts Council Before the Landmarks Preservation Commission Regarding the proposed Wallabout Historic District October 26, 2010 The Historic Districts Council is the citywide advocate for New York’s historic neighborhoods. As part of our efforts to better grapple with the dozens of communities citywide desirous of historic district status, for the past […]
The Secret Lives of Public Places
Grand Institutions of Clinton Hill: Travel to an era of opulence and craft in three of Clinton Hill’s turn-of-the-century structures! Our Lady Queen of All Saints: A soaring century-old parish church. The white stone gothic structure styled after Paris’ Sainte Chapelle features original woodwork and rare four manual organ. Fourteen mosaic windows along the nave portraying […]
The Secret Lives of Public Places
Grand Institutions of Clinton Hill: Travel to an era of opulence and craft in three of Clinton Hill’s turn-of-the-century structures! Our Lady Queen of All Saints: A soaring century-old parish church. The white stone gothic structure styled after Paris’ Sainte Chapelle features original woodwork and rare four manual organ. Fourteen mosaic windows along the nave portraying […]
INHABITING MNEMONIC DESIGN ON ROOSEVELT ISLAND
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Janet Falk Phone: 212-677-5770 INHABITING MNEMONIC DESIGN ON ROOSEVELT ISLAND Window Display Invites Memory and Creation in Depiction of Artists’ Residence within Ruins (Roosevelt Island, NY, July 19, 2011) – Mnemonic design involves “a personal connection to a space,” according to Ellen Ivanits. Her plan for an artists’ residence built in […]