The Vernacular Architecture Forum (VAF) will hold its annual conference in NYC for the first time, from June 14 to17, 2006. Several hundred architects, historians, folklorists, archaeologists, museum folk, and others will attend forums, tour neighborhoods, and share papers on the “ordinary architecture of North America.”Place Matters and the Local Planning Committee invite you to […]
Housing, Land Disposition, Zoning, & NYC Housing Authority CommitteeTuesday, May 16 – 6:30PM — Project Renewal, Kenton Hall – 333 Bowery (Between 2nd & 3rd Sts)Cooper Union will be presenting their construction plans for their new academic building. This includes:1. Demolition of the Hewitt Memorial located on 3rd Avenue between 6th and 7th Streets.2. Construction […]
Wednesday, May 31, 20066:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.$15.00 per person in advance, $20 on the day of the tour**Please meet at 6 p.m. at Straus Park, at the intersection of 106th Streetand Broadway.** Landmark West! invites you to join us for a walking tour with architectural historian and author Andrew Scott Dolkart. LW’s “wish list” […]
This afternoon, Appeals Court Judge David Saxe reversed yesterday’s decision by NY State Supreme Court Judge Soto. Judge Saxe granted our request to halt work stripping the architectural detail from old PS 64, the former Charas El Bohio. Last week the owner of old PS 64 erected a sidewalk shed and was granted a scaffolding […]
High Bridge Coalition Hosts Water Tower Tour:Thursday, May 18th, 3 pm, at the High Bridge Water Tower inHighbridge Park, 174th St. and Amsterdam Ave. The High Bridge Coalition is hosting a visit inside and to the top of the High Bridge Water Tower, the 1872 addition to the National Historic Landmark Old Croton Aqueduct that […]
From the Bay Ridge Courier: http://www.courierlife.net/site/news.cfm?newsid=16583707&BRD=2384&PAG=461&dept_id=560112&rfi=6 5/04/2006The Show Will Go On: Entrepreneur Saves Alpine TheaterBy Helen Klein and Thomas Tracy In a four-star rescue, the Alpine Theater, a Bay Ridge landmark since the 1920s, was saved from extinction this week when a movie lover on a white horse galloped into town offering to keep the […]
Wednesday May 24, 20067:00 PM – 8:45 PMSt. Gregory’s RC School Auditorium991 St. John’s Place (bet. Brooklyn & New York Avenues) Agenda items are: the proposed boundaries of the Phase I area, what to expect next, how the Historic District designation process works and how Historic District status may affect Crown Heights North. Crown Heights […]
The Ansonia Apartment-Hotel: The Origins of an Architectural Gem is the topic of a free illustrated lecture by art and architecture specialist Lori Zabar on Tuesday, May 9 at 6 p.m. at the Donnell Library Auditorium, 20 West 53rd Street, New York City. No reservations are required for this free lecture sponsored by the Metropolitan […]
If you’re interested in preservation and land-use in Lower Manhattan, read The Villager: http://www.thevillager.com/ This week’s edition: 122 Greenwich Avenue, Designation of Weehawken Street & GV HD Extension, P.S. 64 & the GTS proposal.
Maps are now avaialble for the newly designated Weehawken HD & Greenwich Village HD extension on the LPC’s home page (see side bar). For those who are counting, the Weehawken HD is the city’s 85th historic district (extensions are not counted in the overall number of historic districts for reasons arcane & complicated).
