Call to Action: Rally for Preservation on Wednesday, May 12 For the past four years, HDC has helped organize a preservation day at City Hall that dozens of neighborhood preservationists have attended to show the strength of the preservation community. Through our efforts, the Landmarks Preservation Commission has grown in staff and has designated more properties […]
February 1, 2010: Questions for the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development 8:30am, Neighborhood Preservation Center, 232 East 11th Street, Manhattan The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) is the largest municipal developer of affordable housing in the nation. Since 1987, HPD has provided over $6.3 billion to […]
As regular readers know, HDC is active in neighborhoods throughout the city, reviewing projects which affect historic properties and working with community groups who are fighting to preserve their neighborhoods. Over the past few weeks, we’ve gotten involved with projects in Greenwich Village, Park Slope, the Upper West Side, NoHo and City Island to name […]
As regular readers know, HDC is active in neighborhoods throughout the city, reviewing projects which affect historic properties and working with community groups who are fighting to preserve their neighborhoods. Over the past few weeks, we’ve gotten involved with projects in Greenwich Village, Park Slope, the Upper West Side, NoHo and City Island to name […]
As a lead-in to the HDC Conference in March, HDC is co-sponsoring this lecture at the Museum of the City of New York. The lecture will take place on Monday, February 8th at 6:30pm. In the decades just before and after World War I, a group of architects, homeowners, and developers pioneered innovative and affordable […]
As a lead-in to the HDC Conference in March, HDC is co-sponsoring this lecture at the Museum of the City of New York. The lecture will take place on Monday, February 8th at 6:30pm. In the decades just before and after World War I, a group of architects, homeowners, and developers pioneered innovative and affordable […]
Green New York Wednesday, February 10th 6:30 p.m. St. James’ Church, Sunderland Hall 865 Madison Avenue (Please use the Parish Hall entrance) How is New York City at the forefront of environmental design efforts? Architect Jean Parker Phifer, who recently published Public Art New York and teaches environmental design at NYU, will discuss what makes […]
Colleague, author and historian of fabulousness David Freeland brings us a piece of good news for Tin Pan Alley. “My friend, tenants rights lawyer Robert Petrucci, who has been representing tenants in the West 28th Street buildings for a number of years, tells me that he has just received a favorable recommendation in his effort […]
Colleague, author and historian of fabulousness David Freeland brings us a piece of good news for Tin Pan Alley. “My friend, tenants rights lawyer Robert Petrucci, who has been representing tenants in the West 28th Street buildings for a number of years, tells me that he has just received a favorable recommendation in his effort […]
From The Clyde Fitch Report, by Susan Kathryn Hefti The French artist and engineer, Major Pierre Charles L’Enfant, must have thought he had died and gone to heaven. President George Washington had asked his fellow revolutionary soldier to design the nation’s capital city on what was a near-empty canvas: the land designated by the fledgling […]
