The Juniper Park Civic Association and Councilman Tony Avella will hold two rallies this weekend aimed at curbing overdevelopment and preserving history in Maspeth & Middle Village, Queens. On Saturday, June 30th at 12 noon on the steps of city hall, Councilman Avella and JPCA will rally against notorious developer, Tommy Huang, who has been […]
Rally to save St. Saviour’s: A new park & community center is what we need.Help us make this a reality for Maspeth! Join Councilman Tony Avella and the Juniper Park Civic Association in calling for the city to acquire and convert the historic former St. Saviour’s Church property into a museum, community center and public […]
From the Juniper Park Civic Association St. Saviour’s plans unveiled by Christina Wilkinson The St. Saviour’s Parsonage is an architectural gem all its own. The JPCA has unveiled an architectural rendering of what the St. Saviour’s Church and Parsonage will look like after both they and the historic grounds upon which they sit are saved […]
Possible Human Remains Reignite Church Debate by Colin Gustafson , Assistant Editor, Queens Chronicle A civic group fighting to preserve a historic church claimed Monday that it had found archaeological evidence suggesting that the city erred in denying landmark status to the property. But city officials said the findings have no bearing on their decision.According […]
From the JUNIPER PARK CIVIC ASSOCIATION ([email protected]) LPC & SHPO AGREE: ST. SAVIOUR’S HAS HIGH ARCHAEOLOGICAL POTENTIAL (February 12, 2007) In two shocking revelations, both the NYS Office of Historic Preservation and the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) have admitted that the St. Saviour’s site contains the potential for recovery of archaeologically significant materials, including […]
