From the New York Times April 15, 2007Street Level Upper East SideWhite Bricks and Pale ImitationsBy JAKE MOONEY MANHATTAN HOUSE, the 19-story slab of an apartment building on a full Upper East Side block bounded by 65th and 66th Streets and Second and Third Avenues, was built to stand out, from its size to its […]
HDC exhorts everyone who cares about landmarking to attend the Landmarks Preservation Commission’s public designation hearing of Sunnyside Gardens this Tuesday, April 17th at 2:00pm in the Municipal Building, at Centre and Chambers Streets, 9th Floor North. As you have no doubt heard, the road just to get to this hearing has not been an […]
Posted on Queens Crap (to which we’re incredbily thankful for their eagle eye and patience in monitoring the flood that is Thursday’s local media coverage) Landmarking: Pro & Con From Queens Courier:Many questions — no answers (about the Broadway-Flushing landmark bid) A response from Councilman Avella: Clarifying the Constitution Letter to the Times Ledger: Why […]
MEATPACKING DISTRICT APPROVED FOR LISTING ON STATE & NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Listing Offers Prestige, Grants and Tax Breaks for Preservation of Historic Buildings; Culminates 6-Year Campaign To Preserve Historic Neighborhood by Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation Manhattan – New York State Parks Commissioner Carol Ash today approved the listing of the entire […]
From the Staten Island AdvanceHomeowner complains of preservation pervertsHe tells hearing they have peered in his windows since city said it would landmark his Tottenville property Wednesday, April 11, 2007By KAREN O’SHEAADVANCE STAFF WRITER STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Move over, Peeping Toms. A Tottenville homeowner has identified a new scourge: Preservation perverts. Douglas Ford complained […]
From amNewYork Community seeks bump in status for Morningside ParkBy Vera HalleramNewYork Editor April 9, 2007Rugged in both topography and reputation, Morningside Park in upper Manhattan is poised to get the respect its supporters say it has long deserved. Tuesday, the Landmarks Preservation Commission will hold a hearing on the city Parks Department’s request to […]
From the Staten Island Advance 8 at one go for landmarkingPanel to take testimony next week on nominated houses, storefront and plantSaturday, April 07, 2007By KAREN O’SHEAADVANCE STAFF WRITER STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Supporters and opponents of landmarking will get the chance Tuesday to weigh in on the potential designation of a half-dozen Staten Island […]
From the Queens Chronicle City: House Can’t Opt Out Of Douglaston Hill Districtby Liz Rhoades, Managing Editor04/05/2007 In a unanimous vote, the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission voted Tuesday afternoon to keep a disputed house in the Douglaston Hill landmarked district. Kevin and Diana Mosley, both attorneys, who own the house at 41-45 240th St., wanted […]
LANDMARKING OF TWO 1820 FEDERAL HOUSES ADVANCESTwo 1820 federal-era houses proposed for landmark designation by GVSHP and the NY Landmarks Conservancy (NYLC) at 486 and 488 Greenwich Street (btw. Spring and Canal) will be heard by the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission on Tuesday, April 10th, at 3 pm. These two houses are among thirteen federal-era […]
Attached please find the agenda for the April 10, 2007 Research Public Hearing at the Landmarks Preservation Commission. Any information you can provide about each building’s significance and condition is relevant to our consideration. Diane Jackier, Director of External AffairsLandmarks Preservation CommissionPhone: (212) 669-7923Fax: (212) [email protected] PUBLIC DESIGNATION HEARINGRESEARCH DEPARTMENTTUESDAY, APRIL 10, 2007AGENDA9:30 — 9:40Public […]
