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 Queens Tribune: First Step Made In Hot Landmark CaseBy JENNIFER POLLAND Delegates on both sides of the landmarking debate are consistently butting heads. In response to the Sunnyside Gardens Preservation Alliance, a community organization seeking landmark designation, several residents created the Preserve Sunnyside Gardens Coalition, a coalition that protests landmark designation. It seems […]
from Metro New York Landmarking sparks bitter feud in Queensby amy zimmer / metro new york MAR 16, 2007 QUEENS. The debate over whether the Landmarks Preservation Commission should landmark Sunnyside Gardens — built as a blue-collar enclave in the 1920s — has devolved into a bitter battle, with both sides claiming to have majority […]
From the Queens Ledger Dateline : Thursday, March 15, 2007Two (Sunny)Sides To Every StoryBy Nik Kovac “Have you been there?” asked Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) chairman Robert Tierney, as he worked his way down a City Hall stairwell. “It’s a great area. Fifty years off, if that’s allowed to go away, we should be very […]
From the Landmarks website The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission is considering designation for Sunnyside Gardens, Queens. Read more.View the Proposed Sunnyside Gardens Historic District MapRead About the Proposed DistrictFrequently Asked Questions about the proposed districtPropuesta de Distrito Histórico en Sunnyside Gardens: Preguntas FrecuentesImpact of Historic Districts on Property Values
From Metro New York A landmark or what?by amy zimmer / metro new york MAR 7, 2007 CENTRE STREET. Social critic Lewis Mumford described his Queens neighborhood of Sunnyside Gardens as “an exceptional community laid out by people who were deeply human and who gave the place a permanent expression of that humanness.” This planned […]
March 5, 2007 Hon. George OnoratoNew York State Senate, 12th District28-11 Astoria BoulevardLong Island City, NY 11102VIA Fax: (718) 726-2036 Dear Senator Onorato, The Historic Districts Council was very dismayed to read your recent letter published in the Queens Gazette regarding the proposed designation of Sunnyside Gardens as New York City Historic District. In our […]
From the Queens Chronicle: “The crowd of Sunnyside Gardens residents who gathered this week to debate a landmark designation for their neighborhood was a bit more diverse than at past meetings on the subject — and a whole lot angrier. “ From the New York Sun: “A large group of residents in Sunnyside Gardens is […]
ITEM PROPOSED FOR DESIGNATION354 WEST 11TH STREET HOUSE, 354 West 11th Street, Manhattan.Landmark Site: Borough of Manhattan Tax Map Block 637, Lot 63.LP-2211 ITEM PROPOSED FOR DESIGNATION159 CHARLES STREET HOUSE, 159 Charles Street, ManhattanLandmark Site: Borough of Manhattan Tax Map Block 637, Lot 40 in partLP-2212 ITEM PROPOSED FOR DESIGNATIONKELLER HOTEL, 150 Barrow Street aka […]
Queens Neighborhood Divided Over Landmark StatusFebruary 28, 2007 Residents of a Queens community are split over a city plan to landmark their neighborhood. Sunnyside Gardens was designed over 80 years ago as a unique garden community with brick row houses and lots of open space. Now as more and more residents develop their property, the […]
