Wednesday, April 23, 2025 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Via Zoom 1 AIA LU Credit The historic lighthouse on the northern tip of Roosevelt Island was designed by James Renwick, Jr. and built in 1872. Over the years the lighthouse was significantly modified and was then decommissioned in 1940. Join architect Tom Fenniman, AIA, as […]
April 9, 2025 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Via Zoom 1 AIA LU Credit Join Alexei Tajzler from HLZAE as he describes the meticulous façade restoration of the Flatiron Building. The project involved the installation of full-height pipe scaffolding and suspended scaffolding on all facades. This enabled HLZAE’s team of 15 experts—spanning architectural, structural, and […]
Saturday, April 12, 2025 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Join the Historic Districts Council (HDC) and Garifuna Coalition USA for a poignant and insightful walking tour commemorating the Happy Land Social Club fire. This 90-minute, half-mile tour delves into the historical and cultural significance of West Farms, highlighting the devastating 1990 Happy Land Social Club […]
Tuesday, April 29, 2025 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Via Zoom In this class, participants will learn about the process of creating historically accurate block printed wallpapers for restoration projects. Led by Michele Farwell, a printer for 25 years at Adelphi Paper Hangings in Sharon Springs, NY, the class will touch on the tradition and […]
HDC and fellow preservation organizations from across NYC hosted a forum via Zoom with Mayoral candidates on Monday, March 24, 2025. With over 800 attendees, the participation demonstrated the incredible passion and commitment of New Yorkers to the future of our historic neighborhoods. This is one of the most important Mayoral elections in memory. Our […]
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. Join HDC at Cooper Union for an exclusive curator-led tour of the exhibit “Thank You, Herman Jessor.” This exhibit, created and curated by photographer Zara Pfeifer and author Daniel Jonas Roche, showcases the work of prolific architect Herman Jessor, who designed more than 40,000 units of cooperative […]
February 19, 2025 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. Via Zoom Join architectural historian Kerri Culhane, PhD, in an exploration of the 10-year-long rehabilitation project that returned the former S. Jarmulowsky’s Bank—one of the iconic buildings of the old Lower East Side—to its former glory. Kerri’s presentation will discuss the building’s history, its condition at the start […]
March 4, 2025 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. Via Zoom Historic Preservation abounds with stories of buildings under threat due to abandonment, willful neglect, vandalism, and/or new construction. Over the course of its 125-year history, the former 75th Police Precinct Station House faced all of these threats and more until an enterprising developer acquired the building […]
HDC’s 2025 Conference will focus on New York’s historic rent-stabilized apartment buildings, which together constitute the city’s most abundant form of affordable housing.
Wednesday, February 5, 2025 6:00 – 7:00 pm Via Zoom In June, we awarded the first JKSRA to Weijie “Christina” Sun and William Dunsmore. On February 5th, they will have the opportunity to publicly present their research to peers and preservationists.
