On behalf of HDC, join us on Monday, February 26th at Fraunces Tavern for a Preservation Happy Hour! From 5-7 pm, we invite guests to meet new colleagues and friends, reconnect with existing ones, and to speak to HDC staff and elected officials about their preservation concerns and priorities for 2024. There will be happy […]
Tuesday, February 13, 2024 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. Via Zoom Dating to 1831, the Bayley Seton campus was Staten Island’s first public health facility, originally known as Seaman’s Retreat. The original Seaman’s Retreat building, designated a NYC landmark in 1985, is seriously threatened with demolition by neglect. The site also contains the first U.S. Public […]
Tuesday, January 23, 2024 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Via Zoom In this Preservation School class, you will learn about the preservation and restoration of architectural metal on historic buildings. Join Kate Allen, President of Allen Architectural Metals (AAM) as she discusses how she and her team preserve, repair, or replicate historic metal and how […]
Saturday, March 9, 2024,
9:00 a.m. The City College of New York – How do communities within New York City navigate significant government initiatives directly affecting them?
January 9, 2024 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Via Zoom Would you like to know how the almost 200-year-old, National Historic Landmark, Green-Wood Cemetery maintains its beautiful monuments? Join the Director of Restoration and Preservation at Green-Wood, Neela Wickremesinghe as she discusses just that, including their Bridge to Crafts Careers program. Bridge to Crafts Careers […]
As part of HDC’s continuing series on reuse and adaptation of historic buildings for affordable housing, join John Woelfling AIA for an in-depth, in-person tour and discussion about the recently completed Nevins Street Apartments.
Saturday, December 9, 2023 11:00 am – 1:00 p.m. Join the Historic Districts Council for a guided walking tour of Mosholu Parkland in The Bronx on December 9th. The tour will explore the Parkway’s landscape and delve into its history, tracing back to the original inhabitants. This event is a part of HDC’s Six to […]
November 15, 2023 6:30 PM The View at The Battery, 1 Battery Place
Wednesday, December 6, 2023 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Via Zoom Steinway Village, developed by William Steinway in c. 1870, was intended to be a kind of “Socialist Utopia” where his employees could simultaneously live in a rural, bucolic neighborhood and next to the Steinway & Sons factory. The employees lived in quality-built houses designed […]
Saturday, November 4, 2023 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. This year, after decades of community advocacy, Bushwick, Brooklyn won the designation of the Linden Street Historic District, the first historic district in the neighborhood. But the 32 brick and brownstone row houses on Linden St. are just a few of Bushwick’s architectural treasures. Other gems […]
