From the Brooklyn Daily Eagle At DUMBO Meeting, Encouraging Signs of Historic Designation by Dennis Holt, [email protected], published online 05-17-2007 The issue of historic designation for DUMBO has been almost an obsession with the DUMBO leadership since its neighborhood association was created 10 years ago.With a strong whiff of success finally in the air, City […]
From the Villager Back to the future of L.E.S.; District plan revivesBy Alyssa Giachino Neighborhood preservationists are revving their engines again on the Lower East Side, this time with a broader coalition of support, reviving a proposal to designate a historic district that ran into determined opposition last year. A new group calling itself the […]
By Shane Miller Brooklyn Downtown STAR Dateline : Thursday, May 17, 2007 It only amounts to a miniscule portion of this year’s $50 billion-plus city budget, but preservationists say $1 million would make a huge difference for the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC). “We have a Landmarks Commission with a hard-working and dedicated staff that is […]
Too bad that the article didn’t draw attention to the fact that $1 million – which is all we’re asking for the LPC – is the same amount that the developer spent to buy a historic house for demolition!New condo taking place of old house in St. GeorgePreservation League president decries fate of 138-year-old home […]
Reminder! Join us on City Hall steps at 12:30 this Wednesday, May 9th to support More Money for New York’s Landmarks! HDC will be joining other preservation groups this Wednesday, along with City Council Members Tony Avella, Jessica Lappin and Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer to speak out on the need for more LPC funding. […]
From the New York Sun ‘New Preservationists’ Make Their Mark on the CityBY GABRIELLE BIRKNER, Staff Reporter of the SunMay 2, 2007URL: http://www.nysun.com/article/53675 ‘New preservationists’ outside the Neighborhood Preservation Center. Back row, left to right: Andrew Berman, Lisa Kersavage, Alice Rich, Simeon Bankoff. Front row, left to right: Kate Wood, Seri Worden, Melissa Baldock. Surrender […]
From the Downtown Express Volume 19 Issue 50 April 27 – May 3, 2007 Out of sight, out of landmark protection — Skye H. McFarlane and Brooke Edwards In a move reminiscent of radical plastic surgery, the backside bulk of 25 Broad St. will soon be sitting on the shiny new top of 45 Broad […]
The Historic Districts Council, together with a coalition of over 30 preservation groups (see below), is seeking a $1 million increase to the LPC’s FY 2008 budget. This would allow the LPC to restore staffing to its 1991 level and to effectively protect New York’s valuable historic buildings and neighborhoods. The LPC protects our city’s […]
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 […]
From the Downtown Brookyln Star Dateline : Thursday, March 29, 2007Ward of the State (Development Corporation)By Nik Kovac and Norman Oder The first Monday morning of spring provided yet another opportunity for Brooklynites to publicly clash over the proposed Atlantic Yards project in Prospect Heights. It started at sunrise, before most commuters had even begun […]
