Restore! Don’t Demolish The Park’s Historic Track House and Tennis Center Comfort Station New date due to rain: Sunday November 14 at 2:00 PM Where: East River Park, in front of (north side) of the Brian Watkins Tennis Center Comfort Station East River’s Historic Track House and Tennis Center Comfort Station are in danger […]
Landmarks Lion Award Honoring Darren Walker Monday, November 29, 2021 Cipriani 25 Broadway, Manhattan 6:30 p.m. Honorary Chairs: Agnes Gund Kent Barwick Anne Van Ingen All photographs credit: Raymond Hamlin
Monday, November 15, 2021 5 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Via Zoom The Manida Street Historic District in the Hunts Point section of the South Bronx was designated in June of 2020. This was the result of a tireless campaign on the part of community leaders and elected officials passionate to preserve the area’s historic treasures. […]
n Monday, November 29, 2021, the Historic Districts Council will honor Darren Walker with the 2021 Landmarks Lion Award. Each year, the Historic Districts Council honors a special New Yorker who has advocated to preserve the city’s historic buildings and neighborhoods. Landmarks Lion Award Honoring Darren Walker Monday, November 29, 2021 Cipriani 25 Broadway, Manhattan 6:30 […]
From Howling Wilderness to Historic District: Prospect Heights and Grand Army Plaza NEW DATE Saturday, NOVEMBER 6, 2021 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. This is an in-person walking tour The New York Times once described the area of Brooklyn now known as Prospect Heights as a “howling wilderness.” On this tour of Prospect Heights and […]
Tuesday, October 26, 2021 5 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Via Zoom Fieldston was designated a historic district in 2006 and has about 257 houses and buildings in a roughly 140-acre district. It has a profusion of picturesque revival architectural styles, including the Medieval, English Tudor, Mediterranean, Dutch and Georgian Colonial. The Fieldston Historic District is […]
October 20, 2021 5:00 – 6:00 p.m. Via Zoom Far Rockaway! The Canarsie Indians’ name for the place has stuck. “Rekowacky” meant “place of our people.” No border between New York City and any surrounding community could be starker: this is where the suburban ritziness of Nassau County’s Five Towns meets the inner-city grittiness of […]
Sunday, October 24, 2021 11 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. This is an in-person walking tour On United Nations Day commemorate what was once a unique multi-ethnic neighborhood. From the 1840s through the 1960s waves of immigrants lived on Manhattan’s Lower West Side. Eminent domain actions for the Battery Tunnel and WTC sites ended what was New […]
Sunday, September 26, 2021 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. This is an in-person walking tour The Atlantic Antic, one of New York largest street fairs, returns on Oct. 3rd. Hear about the diverse commercial, social, civic and architectural merits of this great old Brooklyn thoroughfare. From Atlantic Center to Court Street, Atlantic Avenue is […]
Saturday, October 16, 2021 11 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. This is an in-person walking tour HDC tours are rain or shine. Parkchester is the earliest example of the tower-in- the-park development in both New York City and the United States. The complex was also the first major housing development undertaken by the Metropolitan Life Insurance […]
