May 27, 2023 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. The neighborhood between Nostrand and Washington avenues, from Atlantic Avenue to Eastern Parkway is today known as “Crow Hill.” It’s an old name that has traveled from different locations and has had different origins over the centuries. It’s also unique — a mixture of residential housing, industrial, commercial, religious and civic buildings. The neighborhood […]
Each year, the Historic Districts Council celebrates New York’s brightest community preservationists with our Annual Grassroots Preservation Awards.
April 19, 2023 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Via Zoom Please join the Historic Districts Council and Urban Archive as we celebrate the addition of HDC’s collection of over 200 Six to Celebrate neighborhood sites onto Urban Archive. In this one hour program you will receive a tutorial on how to use the Urban Archive platform. Urban […]
Thursday, April 13, 2023 Via Zoom 5:00 – 6:00 p.m. The Public Design Commission (PDC) has jurisdiction over permanent structures, landscape architecture, and art proposed on or over City-owned property. Their mission is to advocate for innovative, sustainable, and equitable design of public spaces and civic structures, with a goal of improving the public realm […]
Looking Beyond Landmarks: Celebrating That Which is Difficult to Preserve
Saturday, May 20, 2023
9:00am-1:00pm
New York Law School, 185 West Broadway
April 20th
Join HDC as we officially welcome the 2023 Six to Celebrate groups! Enjoy beer, wine, and light snacks while mingling with preservationists from across the city. Come hear more about the campaigns HDC will be undertaking in collaboration with this year’s recipients.
Legacy of the Former “Colored” School No. 4, a 19th-century Black heritage site in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood Tuesday, March 7, 2023 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. Via Zoom New York City has too few extant buildings that reflect the complex historical trajectory, milestones and breadth of the African American experience in the great metropolis. But there’s […]
Using Historic Preservation to Develop & Maintain Affordable Housing in NYC Wednesday, March 22, 2023
9:00 am – 12:00 pm
via Zoom, Presenters will focus on recent case studies in New York City and walk attendees through how these successful projects happened.
January 19, 2023 6:00 p.m. – 7:oo p.m. Via Zoom Join us on January 19th at 6PM for a virtual conversation about Parkchester, one of HDC’s 2022 Six to Celebrate, with Yeshiva University professor, Jeffrey Gurock. Born and raised in Parkchester, Professor Gurock is an internationally-recognized expert in the discipline of American Jewish history. He […]
Saturday, November 12, 2022 12:00 – 2:00 p.m. Sharon Pandolfo of The Parkchester Project will lead an in-person walking tour through the beautiful Parkchester area of the Bronx. This walk will cover the nine artists featured in Parkchester, their careers and body of work, as well as their art on the Parkchester campus. We will also delve […]
