HDC's New Maps!!

http://www.communitywalk.com/historic_districts_council/historic_districts_council/map/1007962 HDC’s new maps with our Six to Celebrate neighborhoods, Neighborhoods at risk, and recently designated districts. HDC is proud to work with so many diverse neighborhoods throughout New York City. View our website for information on these and other neighborhoods HDC is working with. http://hdc.org/  http://hdc.org/neighborhoodatrisk.htm

HDC's New Maps!!

http://www.communitywalk.com/historic_districts_council/historic_districts_council/map/1007962 HDC’s new maps with our Six to Celebrate neighborhoods, Neighborhoods at risk, and recently designated districts. HDC is proud to work with so many diverse neighborhoods throughout New York City. View our website for information on these and other neighborhoods HDC is working with. http://hdc.org/  http://hdc.org/neighborhoodatrisk.htm

Preserving Some of the East Village's History

From the New York Post WRECKING BRAWLBATTLE TO SAVE E. VILLAGE’S IMMIGRANT HISTORYBy TOM TOPOUSIS November 26, 2007 — Rapid real-estate development in the East Village has prompted preservationists to try to save the last remnants of the neighborhood’s immigrant history with a bid to landmark six buildings, including an old biscuit factory and Webster […]

East Village Landmark Sites to be heard by LPC on 10/30

WEBSTER HALL AND FIVE OTHER EAST VILLAGE SITES TO BE CONSIDERED FOR LANDMARKING ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30th * Fate of 128 E. 13th Street Stable/former Frank Stella Studios Still In Doubt Webster Hall: Next Tuesday, October 30th, the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission will consider a proposal to designate Webster Hall at 119-125 East 11th Street […]

Fall Events At the Merchant's House Museum

From Merchant’s House Museum29 East Fourth StreetNew York, NY 10003212-777-1089www.merchantshouse.orgSaturday, September 15, 1:30 & 3 p.m.“Where Pinkies Find Their Purpose”: Afternoon Tea & TourStep back in time to enjoy a traditional afternoon tea in a true historic setting. You’ll learn about the golden age of tea drinking and indulge in dainty tea sandwiches, real Scottish […]

Event Tonight to Help Transform PS 64 into a Community Center for the East Village

From the East Village Community Coalition, http://evccnyc.org OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS A COMMUNITY CENTER !“Restoring PS 64/CHARAS Our Neighborhood” A place for children to learn and play after school, a place to teach literacy, a place for people to learn about jobs, a place for musicians to compose and practice, a place for poets to create […]

Stop the Destruction of former CHARAS, old PS64

JOIN US FOR A DEMONSTRATION!!! THURSDAY, June 7, 6:30 PM 9th Street & Avenue B (Armando Perez Place) The First Department Appellate ruled on May 29th, 2007 that a private developer can construct a “dormitory” without a lease from a university – and be given a 90% size bonus! This decision leads to the conclusion […]

PS 64 – back on the chopping block

From the Village Voice Court Backs East Village ‘Dorm for Hire’posted: 7:18 AM, June 4, 2007 by Sarah Ferguson So far Singer has stripped off all the dormer windows on the 10th Street side of P.S. 64. He hopes to demolish a lot more. It looks as if developer Gregg Singer’s proposed 19-story megadorm off […]

GVSHP June Walking Tour

Sunday, June 3The East Village: Culture and Counter Culture: A Walking Tour with Joyce Gold1:00 p.m.$12 GVSHP members/seniors; $15 general publicReservations recommended: 212-475-9585 x 34 or [email protected] From Stuyvesant’s bouwerie to the Tompkins Square riot—an area rich in ethnic diversity.Joyce Gold, author of From Trout Stream to Bohemia: A Walking Guide to Greenwich Village History, […]

East Village Preservation Issues Update

From the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, www.gvshp.org NYU MEGA-DORM AIR RIGHTS HEARING TUESDAY, APRIL 17 at 11 am: Reminder: the hearing before the Board of Standards and Appeals (BSA) challenging the air rights “transfer” from the Post Office to the East 12th Street NYU Mega-Dorm will be this coming Tuesday, April 17, at […]