From the NY Sun: Council May Get More Involved In Landmarks PreservationBY DAVID LOMBINO – Staff Reporter of the SunJuly 20, 2006URL:http://www.nysun.com/article/36418 The City Council is looking to get more involved in the business of preserving landmarks.A bill introduced yesterday by Council Member Tony Avella, a Democrat of Queens, would empower the legislative body to […]
from the Tribeca Trib: http://www.tribecatrib.com/newsjuly06/cobblestones.htm Residents Plead to Be Rid of CobblestonesBy Barry OwensJULY 3, 2006The well-heeled residents of 44 Laight Street are not asking for pity from their neighbors, but they are asking for a little understanding. Those cobblestones outside their front door are murder.The stones cause pedestrians to trip and are especially slippery […]
from the Tribeca Trib: http://www.tribecatrib.com/newsjuly06/peckslip.htm Deciding Future of Grand Seaport SpaceBy Barry OwensJULY 3, 2006 There are beautiful things right out in the open in this city, easy to locate and love, like art and architecture. Then there are the attractions that are harder to find, but impossible not to fall for once discovered. Like […]
From the Park Slope Courier:http://www.parkslopecourier.com/site/tab7.cfm?newsid=16923004 Battleground: Park Slope – Opponents Clash With BSABy Charles Hack Questioning the city’s willingness and ability to protect communities from illegal development and overbuilding, community groups and politicians rallied to demand that the Board of Standards and Appeals reject two South Park Slope applications. “They want to continue under the […]
From the Queens Chronicle: http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=16917938&BRD=2731&PAG=461&dept_id=574901&rfi=6 Former St. Savior’s Church Listed For Sale This Weekby Rick Archer, Assistant Editor The owners of the former St. Savior’s Church property in Maspeth have put it on the market. Representatives of Maspeth Development said the company is seeking to keep its options open in putting the Rust Street property […]
From the Downtown Brooklyn Star:http://www.brooklyndowntownstar.com/StoryDisplay.asp?PID=4&NewsStoryID=4076 The Vest Case ScenarioBy Nik Kovac All the BSA asked for was a written brief. Community activists in South Park Slope gave them that, and more.Dozens of angry citizens gathered with their political representatives on south 15th Street to demand that the supposedly new and improved Board of Standards and […]
NY Civic Group Fights To Save St. Saviour’s ChurchPreservation Magazine – USA… JPCA also has asked the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission to designate the property as an official city landmark, says Wilkinson. … Trust will try again to land a developer for Pier 40The Villager – New York,NY,USA… He said a Witkoff presentation […]
http://www.cityrealty.com/new_developments/ Expansion of Upper East Side Historic District urged12-JUL-06 The Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Districts, a civic organization, has proposed an expansion of the Upper East Side Historic District to include two separate areas along Lexington Avenue, shown at the right, comprising portions of 17 blocks and 198 buildings.The civic organization made […]
http://www.cityrealty.com/new_developments/ Expansion of SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District urged12-JUL-06 The Metropolitan Chapter of the Victorian Society in America has proposed an expansion of the SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District.The expansion would consist of two areas directly adjacent to the existing district. One area would include the buildings on the west side of West Broadway from just below […]
COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF MASPETH’S ST. SAVIOUR’S CHURCH (7/11/06) On June 29th, 2006, the Appellate Division, Second Department dismissed the appeal by Maspeth Development, LLC, of the order of the Honorable Patricia P. Satterfield extending the temporary restraining order which prevents demolition of historic St. Saviour’s Church. The appellate division denied the developer’s motion […]
