Last week, the New York Daily News debuted a new series on Queens history: Queens Heritage Quest Check out the first installment on the RCA Exhibit Building from the 1939 World’s Fair. RCA Exhibit Building Miss Television Wants Historic Signage No Shortage of RCA Artifacts for Potential Exhibits Photo Gallery: RCA Exhibit Building Today, the second […]
Be a Part of Architecture, Design, History and NYC’s Unique Built-Environment! Sign up to become an openhousenewyork (OHNY) Weekend volunteer! Register online at: http://www.ohny.org/volunteers/volunteer.cfm We welcome all interested in NYC’s built-environment to help volunteer at OHNY’s 200 sites and 150 programs in all five boroughs at the 8th Annual OHNY Weekend, Saturday & Sunday, October 9 & 10, […]
Be a Part of Architecture, Design, History and NYC’s Unique Built-Environment! Sign up to become an openhousenewyork (OHNY) Weekend volunteer! Register online at: http://www.ohny.org/volunteers/volunteer.cfm We welcome all interested in NYC’s built-environment to help volunteer at OHNY’s 200 sites and 150 programs in all five boroughs at the 8th Annual OHNY Weekend, Saturday & Sunday, October 9 & 10, […]
The Landmarks Preservation Commission has updated and revamped its Rowhouse Manual, a handbook that assists owners of the buildings that lie within New York City’s 116 historic districts and extensions maintain their special properties. It also offers step-by-step instructions on how to work successfully and efficiently with the Commission throughout the permit process. New […]
The Landmarks Preservation Commission has updated and revamped its Rowhouse Manual, a handbook that assists owners of the buildings that lie within New York City’s 116 historic districts and extensions maintain their special properties. It also offers step-by-step instructions on how to work successfully and efficiently with the Commission throughout the permit process. New […]
While one city agency is looking to preserve historic buildings on Staten Island, another wants to demolish them. As we reported earlier, the Parks Department is refusing to renew the lease for the Cedar Grove Beach Club in New Dorp and intends to demolish the majority of the historic buildings to supposedly convert the property […]
August seems to be the month for hearings for proposed landmarks in Staten Island. Last August, the Landmarks Preservation Commission heard testimony on nine sites. The Queen Anne, Shingle-style Vanderzee-Harper House and the four houses of Horton’s Row built between 1880 and 1882 were designated by the end of the 2009, while the Greek-revival Mary […]
DOCOMOMO New York/Tri-State’s first website is a click away: docomomo-nytri.org Sometimes, you must throw caution to the wind. Or at least the notion of “done.” Websites flout it. But what we have done, we’re excited about. It has good structure—the functionality to serve up timely, contextual information—and an initial load of content—some standard, some curious. […]
DOCOMOMO New York/Tri-State’s first website is a click away: docomomo-nytri.org Sometimes, you must throw caution to the wind. Or at least the notion of “done.” Websites flout it. But what we have done, we’re excited about. It has good structure—the functionality to serve up timely, contextual information—and an initial load of content—some standard, some curious. […]
Bowery Historic District effort gets $10,000 grant from National Trust for Historic Preservation. Kudos to Two Bridges Neighborhood Council, which is co-sponsoring this effort and wrote the grant! HDC wrote in support of this proposal, as well as 4 others, most of which were awarded. Two letters just went to City Planning endorsing the East […]
