Burling Slip Playground Approved by Landmarks

From the precognitive New York Times February 14, 2007Metro Briefing New YorkManhattan: Landmarks Panel Approves Experimental Playground By DIANE CARDWELL An experimental playground planned for Burling Slip near the South Street Seaport took a step closer to fruition yesterday with unanimous approval by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. At the commission’s request, designers at the Rockwell […]

Purchase Building Still Being Used, Still Planned on being Demolished

Don’t get me started about the City’s completely immoral destruction of the landmark Purchase Building for….who knows? a parking lot? An ice rink? The plans aren’t clear except that the building – despite its landmark status – isn’t there. From Courier-Life 02/01/2007Bklyn park shadowed by 9/11 – Former OEM site still part of search for […]

Catering Hall Proposed Next to Staten Island Landmark

From the Staten Island Advance Lighthouse Hill child crusades against catering hall planBoy, 11, speaking at meeting of CB 2 panel, sums up concerns about facility at LaTourette Golf CourseWednesday, February 07, 2007By KIAWANA RICHADVANCE STAFF WRITER STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — City representatives came to last night’s Community Board 2 committee meeting offering a commercial […]