Donate Your Time to a Landmark Church

NEXT MONDAY, Jan. 18, 2010, marks the National Day of Service! No one knows better than LANDMARK WEST! the importance of volunteerism in our communities.  We thrive because of the selfless giving of time by our dedicated volunteers — that’s YOU! JOIN US on Monday as we take our landmarking message to the streets!  LW! […]

Context/Contrast: New Architecture in Historic Districts

To be reminded of the range of new projects in designated historic districts in New York City, go see the exhibition, “Context/Contrast: New Architecture in Historic Districts, 1967-2009,” on view at the American Institute of Architects New York (AIANY) Center for Architecture in Manhattan through February 4th as well as online and by dedicated phone message  thereafter. It serves […]

HDC Newsletter on-line

The fall issue of HDC’s District Lines newsletter is available on the HDC website. Articles in this issue include a feature on Staten Island’s threatened Frost Building, HDC’s advice to the Mayor for his next term, “HDC@LPC”-our new on-line feature documenting HDC’s review of landmarks applications, the 2009 Landmarks Lion Award event honoring Rev. Dr. […]

HDC Newsletter on-line

The fall issue of HDC’s District Lines newsletter is available on the HDC website. Articles in this issue include a feature on Staten Island’s threatened Frost Building, HDC’s advice to the Mayor for his next term, “HDC@LPC”-our new on-line feature documenting HDC’s review of landmarks applications, the 2009 Landmarks Lion Award event honoring Rev. Dr. […]

B.F. Goodrich Decision Seen As Politics, Not Preservation

As regular readers may be aware, on November 10th, the Landmarks Preservation Commission voted to designate the B.F. Goodrich building at 1780 Broadway as an individual New York City landmark but reject the adjacent property, also a B.F. Goodrich Building, at 225 West 57th Street. HDC is greatly disturbed by this decision, as we feel […]