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 […]
From the Times-Ledger 04/12/2007Landmark battle intensifiesBy Adam Pincus Days before a critical public hearing, both opponents and advocates of a proposal to landmark Sunnyside Gardens are optimistic about their chances of winning the fight over creating a historic district in the tree-shaded neighborhood, but at least one political figure appears to be squirming. Miriam Allen, […]
From the Queens Tribune After Major Renovations: Home Still Deemed Historic EnoughBy THERESA JUVA Mountains of dirt, stacks of lumber and piles of pipes surround the Mosley home on 240th Street in Douglaston Hill. The lawn is barren and marked by deep tire tracks; an invisible bird whistles nearby. The construction site is quiet. A […]
From the Queens TribuneLandmarks Has A New Queens FaceDiana Chapin of Jackson Heights will weigh in on landmarking properties in Queens and the rest of the city. By Theresa Juva Diana Chapin of Jackson Heights begins her new role this week as a newly appointed landmarks commissioner while historic preservationists around the borough wait to […]
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 […]
From the Queens Chronicle Landmarks Commission Appoints Queens Womanby Jennifer Manley, Assistant Editor Diana Chapin, a 38-year resident of Jackson Heights and executive director of the Queens Library Foundation, is the newest member of the City Landmarks Preservation Commission. The 65-year-old Michigan native has lived in the historic district of Jackson Heights since 1969, long […]
From the Queens ChronicleLandmarks Will Hear Case For Sunnyside by Jennifer Manley, Assistant Editor04/05/2007After several contentious meetings, residents divided over the proposed landmarking of Sunnyside Gardens will get to argue their case before the commission who will decide their fate. A public hearing of the Landmarks Preservation Commission is scheduled for Tuesday April 17, at […]
From the Queens Chronicle Don’t Landmark Sunnyside Dear Editor: Regarding the lack of debate in Sunnyside Gardens over the Special Planned Community Preservation District now in place and the push by a small group to landmark the district.Many of us who found out about landmarking at the first government meeting on Nov. 29 thought we […]
From the New York Sun Jamaica Rezoning Proposal Is Drawing Fire in Queens BY ELIOT BROWN – Special to the SunMarch 29, 2007URL: http://www.nysun.com/article/51454 Jamaica residents and local legislators are criticizing the city’s planned rezoning of the Queens neighborhood. The 368-block plan is part of the Department of City Planning’s effort to rezone much of […]
From the Western Queens Gazette – it seems that if you want something positive about preservation to be printed in certain papers, you have to write it yourself. Landmarking Process To The Editor: For too long, the four so-called outer boroughs have been assigned a back seat by the city in terms of getting landmark […]
