The 93rd Street Beautification Association proudly announces that its latest preservation movie short The Dignified Denizens of Marx Brothers Place (or…The Doggy Movie) – written by author and Association co-chair Susan Kathryn Hefti – has now been launched to YouTube! The Association invites everybody to stop what you’re doing for the next 9 minutes (as long as […]
We are heartbroken to report that the 41 families of the Cedar Grove Beach Club closed up their summer homes earlier this week, probably never to return. As readers know, HDC has been helping residents of Staten Island’s last remaining beach bungalow colony fight the Parks Department’s plans for demolishing this 99-year-old community. Parks’ claims […]
Steve Barrison, a longtime Neighborhood Partner of HDC and President of the Bay Improvement Group, has been nominated for the Brooklyn Community Foundation’s Brooklyn Do Gooder Award. This new award honors the altruism, philanthropy and commitment of five Brooklyn Do Gooders who are working toward a stronger Brooklyn. Steve is a lifelong advocate for preservation […]
Tuesday • October 5 • 6:30 PM In Danger of Extinction: Gentrification in East Harlem & on the Lower East Side Residents of these two diverse, vibrant neighborhoods have long dealt with the pressures of gentrification and have struggled for affordability. Their story is told in two recent documentaries. Join the filmmakers for a screening […]
Jane Addams: Spirit in Action Louise Knight in conversation with Vivian Gornick Monday, October 4 at 6:30 PM On the 150th anniversary of her birth, celebrate Jane Addams: rebel, iconoclast, advocate, pacifist, statesperson, founder of Hull House, and first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Louise Knight is also the author of Citizen: […]
Architect Robert A. M. Stern has tirelessly helped save historic architecture in every New York borough, during four decades of running his own Manhattan firm, writing definitive books and leading Ivy League graduate programs. His scholarly volumes about the city’s architectural evolution, his training for preservationists, his advocacy campaigns and building projects have benefited neighborhoods […]
The Staten Island Museum invites you to attend: The History of Staten Island: Walk Stapleton! Saturday, October 2, 2010, 11:00 a.m. $15/$10 Staten Island Museum members Take an in-depth look at the fascinating community of Stapleton! Breweries; business and banking; architectural styles including Art Deco, Second Empire, and Queen Anne; fabulous old movie houses; residents […]
Landmarking in Gotham: Penny Wise, Pound Foolish? Thursday, September 23, 2010 The Preservation Diaries By Susan Kathryn Hefti Special to The Clyde Fitch Report [email protected] As summer slowly exits stage right, Gotham’s green leaves rapidly russet. Severe desiccation — resulting from a Sahara-like summer scorched with record-high temperatures — has accelerated the natural […]
Landmarking in Gotham: Penny Wise, Pound Foolish? Thursday, September 23, 2010 The Preservation Diaries By Susan Kathryn Hefti Special to The Clyde Fitch Report [email protected] As summer slowly exits stage right, Gotham’s green leaves rapidly russet. Severe desiccation — resulting from a Sahara-like summer scorched with record-high temperatures — has accelerated the natural […]
On Sunday, October 3, join Friends of The Woodlawn Cemetery and tour the final resting places of New York’s most infamous criminals (like Ruth Snyder, the first women to die in the electric chair) and celebrated lawmen (like Bat Masterson, legendary marshal who tamed the Wild West). The Cops & Robbers tour is $10 per person, […]
