Title: St. John’s Church and New Construction in Historic Districts Today A lecture by Stephen F. Byrns Location: Neighborhood Preservation Center 232 East 11th Street Description: St. John’s Getty Square was originally a 1751 Georgian manorial church in downtown Yonkers. In 1871, it became one of the first examples of historic preservation in America, with […]
On Sunday, April 22, 2012, the New York Daily news published an opinion piece by Edward Glaeser, a professor of Economics at Harvard, arguing that historic districts are damaging to the economic, social, and environmental health of the city because they limit new construction. HDC board member Jeffrey A. Kroessler offers this reply. In the […]
It should come as no surprise that Wednesday’s Joint Meeting of the City Council Committees on Buildings and Land Use lasted as long as it did, starting around 10:15am with the last speaker finishing sometime after 2:15pm. Fully half of the City Council and the Public Advocate were in attendance during the hearing although unfortunately, […]
It should come as no surprise to anyone that Wednesday’s Joint Meeting of the City Council Committees on Buildings and Land Use lasted as long as it did, starting around 10:15am with the last speaker finishing sometime after 2:15pm. Fully half of the City Council and the Public Advocate were in attendance during the hearing […]
The City Council held a public hearing on Wednesday, May 2 at 10am at 250 Broadway to contemplate 11 bills which, if passed, will greatly change the workings of the Landmarks Preservation Commission in some very damaging ways. The first batch of bills are ones which were previously proposed and have been sitting in committee […]
The City Council’s Committee on Housing & Buildings and Committee on Land Use will be holding at joint hearing next week on Wednesday, May 2, 2012 at 10:00 AM at 250 Broadway, 14th Floor regarding a number of bills regarding the Landmarks Preservation Commission and landmarked buildings. The current agenda with links to the bills […]
Intro 846, the Economic Argument Bill, (text below) fundamentally alters the way which the City judges properties to merit landmark protection by elevating a narrow definition of economic worth over the multiple benefits of landmark designation as set out in the Landmarks Law. The Landmarks Law (N.Y. ADC. LAW § 25-301) states that “as a […]
Intro 845A, the Replacement Materials Bill (text below), would significantly change the way the Commission regulates designated properties and would undermine the basic benefit of LPC oversight in helping to gradually return areas to a more historically-appropriate condition. One of the things that historic designation achieves is the improvement of the condition of the building […]
Int. No. By Council Member Lander A LOCAL LAW ..Title To amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the landmarks preservation commission to create a timeline for the designation process. ..Body Be it enacted […]
Int. No. By Council Member Lander ..Title A LOCAL LAW To amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the landmarks preservation commission to allow denied requests for evaluation to be nominated to the landmarks preservation commission entire body for a vote. Be it enacted by […]
