New York Times: A View Inside King Kong’s Perch

 ”A View Inside King Kong’s Perch” But this exhibition on the 80th floor does something else. It is safe to say that visitors to the Empire State Building don’t really come to see the building. They come to see the city around it. This show, whose curator is Carol Willis, the founder and director of […]

New York Times: A View Inside King Kong’s Perch

 ”A View Inside King Kong’s Perch” But this exhibition on the 80th floor does something else. It is safe to say that visitors to the Empire State Building don’t really come to see the building. They come to see the city around it. This show, whose curator is Carol Willis, the founder and director of […]

Wallabout Designated

The Brooklyn neighboorhood of Wallabout was designated as a historic district on July 12th! The Historic Districts Council has been advocating for this neighbohood for several years and was very pleased with the designation. The landmarked properties are only a small piece of the historic area proposed by the community in a cultural resource survey, […]

Grand Institutions of Clinton Hill

Queen of All Saints Church, Pratt Library, Caroline Ladd Pratt House Clinton Hill, Brooklyn July 27, 2011, 5:30pm Limited to 25 people Travel to an era of opulence and craft in three of Clinton Hill’s turn-of-the-century structures! The Historic Districts Council will lead a tour of Our Lady Queen of All Saints, a soaring century-old […]