Join HDC and Matthew Jenkins, AIA, for an in-depth presentation on Parapet Observation Reports, the annual inspections mandated by New York City to ensure the safety and structural integrity of building parapets.
We invite current students, recent graduates, and early career preservationists to meet new colleagues and friends, reconnect with existing ones, and network with leaders in the preservation field.
Join HDC, Christopher Street Tours, and the West Village BID on this immersive tour of Six to Celebrate neighborhood, the West Village. Winding through the off-the-grid streets, we’ll explore the area’s evolution from an 18th-century rural settlement to a bohemian enclave and, ultimately, one of the city’s most architecturally and culturally significant districts.
Join us for this wide-ranging conversation with journalists who cover preservation, planning, and other urban themes in New York City.
Tuesday, March 24, 2026 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM Storyland Book Lounge Inc. 610 Exterior Street, Bronx, NY 10451 The Historic Districts Council (HDC) and the Garifuna Coalition USA, Inc., are delighted to welcome you to the launch of our Six to Celebrate walking tour guidebook of the Garifuna Diaspora. The HDC developed this brochure […]
Join us for a virtual walking tour of Fort Washington, which will explore how Holocaust refugees who fled 1930s Nazi Germany and other immigrants adapted to and shaped the architecture of the neighborhood.
West Park Presbyterian Church wants to demolish its lovely Romanesque Revival building, an individual landmark, so it can be replaced by another market-rate residential tower. The Landmarks Preservation Commission could decide the landmark’s fate next month.
Saturday, November 8, 2025 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. The walking tour of the Central Harlem–West 130th–132nd Streets Historic District, led by architectural historian John Reddick and Save Harlem Now’s Executive Director Claudette Brady, offers a cohesive architectural journey through the late 19th-century speculative building boom that defined Central Harlem. The district is notable for […]
Saturday, October 25, 2025 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. In celebration of the 60th Anniversary of the New York City Landmarks Law, Save Harlem Now! and Historic Districts Council invite you to “Take the A Train”. Two walking tours will explore the unique architectural and cultural history of Harlem and Bedford-Stuyvesant. Originally built in the […]
Tuesday, October 28, 2025 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. 1 AIA LU Credit As part of HDC’s continued programming focused on challenges and opportunities for historic affordable housing, we are excited to offer this in-person tour of The Hartby, a new adaptive reuse project in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. The Hartby, one the 11 projects we […]
