Production Designer Bob Shaw and Location Manager Lauri Pitkus will join HDC’s Lorna Nowvé, and FRIENDS ED, Rachel Levy, as they explore the extensive research and challenging logistics involved in bringing Gilded Age New York City to life.
Dr. Keith Taylor will trace the societal forces and history of the movement of African Americans in New York City, from their communities in Lower Manhattan to Harlem and beyond.
Please join the Historic Districts Council on February 17th at 6 p.m for an informative advocacy forum. Panelists will address the urgent preservation issues arising from the proposed Penn Station Area development and share calls to action.
The Historic Districts Council has a catalogue of 20+ walking tour videos on our YouTube channel. You can now explore NYC and its rich architectural and cultural history from your own home, wherever that may be.
The Historic Districts Council is pleased to present a series of classes that will provide you with general knowledge and vocabulary about historic preservation practice in New York City. This series is ideally suited to civic organizations, community board members, grassroots preservationists and anyone interested in how to preserve neighborhood character.
January 26, 2022 5:00 p.m. -6:00 p.m. Via Zoom In this class, Urban Planner Jeff Reuben will provide an overview and help demystify major components of urban planning in New York City. He will present practical information about zoning, the land use approvals process, and environmental review, describing the role of public entities including the […]
Via Zoom
6:00 – 7:00 p.m.
With the recent flooding of cellar and basement apartments in NYC as a result of hurricane Ida, particularly in Queens, providing apartments in these spaces has become even more debated.
This illustrated talk will look at the street’s history and efforts to preserve and protect it, including designation to the National Register of Historic Places, and the acclaimed historic signage project that inspired the book.
In this webinar, tour guide Lucie Levine, will follow Abbott from New York to Paris and back again, exploring Abbott’s relationship to New York both in her life and in her work, from her home in the Village, to her dramatic documentation of 1930s New York,
Richard Morris Hunt was known as the “Dean of American Architects.” In this virtual tour, guide Lucie Levine will show Hunt’s work as an architect, a planner and a steward of the city.
