Saturday, June 22, 2024 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. This walking tour explores and celebrates the achievements and future of community-led, government-funded projects that are reshaping the urban environment of The Bronx. The walking tour begins at West Farms, highlighting the 50-year Bronx River Restoration effort. We will visit Drew Garden, discussing the transformation of […]
Join us on Tuesday, June 18th from 6:00 to 8:00 PM at St. Mark’s Church-in-the-Bowery for our annual Grassroots Preservation Awards and Preservation Party. Since 2000, the Historic Districts Council has honored more than 150 individuals, community groups, coalitions, elected officials, and press outlets for their achievements. This year, HDC continues the tradition to recognize, honor, and encourage public participation in the preservation process.
Join HDC and the Victorian Society of New York for our Scenic Stewardship Series, a series of walking and biking tours of New York’s most beloved scenic landmarks. This series is part of a collaborative effort between HDC, VSNY, and a coalition of community partners, to bring attention to the preservation and stewardship of our […]
Tuesday, June 4, 2024 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. Via Zoom In this Preservation School class led by Let There Be Neon’s (LTBN) Jeff Friedman, participants will get a first-hand account of working with neon lighting. He will talk about how LTBN got started and what led him to the profession of artistic lighting. Jeff will […]
Tuesday, May 7, 6 – 7 p.m., Via Zoom Currently zoned for low-density industrial use, proponents have presented a plan with a massive zoning change for the avenue and surrounding blocks. It will allow residential construction and other changes that will promote growth in an underserved part of Brooklyn. How will the Atlantic Avenue Mixed-Use Plan benefit the communities along the way?
This walking tour will explore the jazz, doo-wop, Latin music, and hip hop history of the neighborhood; as well as some of the social history that has changed the face of the neighborhood, from the fires that raged here in the 1970s and 1980s that led to visits by Presidents Reagan and Carter to the social activism that has built it back up.
On our walk with tour guide Geoff Cobb, we will visit sites that trace the development of the area’s waterfront including the site of the area’s first European settlement, the dozens of shipyards that once lined West Street, the site where the first ironclad battleship, the Monitor, was constructed and discuss the controversial plans for a museum honoring this historic ship, and will talk about the area’s thousands of longshoremen and explain organized crime’s deep connection to the Greenpoint waterfront.
Wednesday, April 24, 2024 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Via Zoom In this class, led by Pellettieri Stone Carvers founder Chris Pellettieri, participants will learn about the work Chris does as a professional stone carver as well as his work with students of all ages through his Academy. For his commissioned work Chris specializes in […]
Join HDC on April 30th at the 2024 Six to Celebrate launch party! 6-8 pm Stitch Bar and Blues
247 West 37th Street, New York, NY 10018
Tuesday, March 26, 2024 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Via Zoom In 2023, 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. […]
