Each year, we select six community preservation initiatives for ongoing guidance and support. Join us! 2017 Six to Celebrate Launch Party! Calvary-St. George’s Parish Hall 61 Gramercy Park North, Manhattan Wednesday, February, 15, 2017 6pm Friends $20 / General Admission $25 2017 Six to Celebrate: Chelsea, Manhattan Corona-East Elmhurst, Queens Hart Island, The Bronx […]
Head back to school with HDC! The Historic Districts Council is pleased to present a series of classes that will illuminate the essentials of historic preservation. Whether you live in a historic district, serve on your local community board or just want to learn about the built environment of your city, these classes will provide […]
2016 Six to Celebrate Launch Party- January 28th, 6 pm, South Street Seaport Museum’s Melville Gallery, 213 Water St. Introducing the 2016 Six to Celebrate! Six to Celebrate annually identifies six historic NYC neighborhoods that merit preservation. These will be priorities for HDC’s advocacy and consultation over a yearlong period. To honor our new Six […]
E-BULLETIN OF THE HISTORIC DISTRICTS COUNCIL November 2014, Volume 11, Number 3 In This Issue: Taming Manhattan: An Illustrated Book Talk- Nov. 25 Six to Celebrate 2015 Applications- Dec.1 Campaign to Preserve the Carnegie Libraries —————————————————————————————————— Taming Manhattan: Environmental Battles in the Antebellum City An Illustrated Book Talk Tuesday, November 25, 2014 Updated […]
(images courtesy of NYPL and HDC) Join the Historic Districts Council for a presentation on the history of New York City’s Carnegie and branch libraries and their endurance into the present. (at the very first Carnegie Library built in New York City!) Wednesday, October 29, 2014 5:30 PM Yorkville Branch of the New York […]
E-BULLETIN OF THE HISTORIC DISTRICTS COUNCIL June 2013, Volume 10, Number 5 The Domino Effect: A Walking Tour of Williamsburg Thursday, July 11, 2013 6:00pm (tour will take approximately 2 hours) As a follow-up to HDC’s recent screening of The Domino Effect, we offer a complementary tour that examines these real-life issues in […]
The Historic Districts Council, New York’s city-wide advocate for historic buildings and neighborhoods, is pleased to announce the first annual Six to Celebrate, a list of historic New York City neighborhoods that merit preservation attention. This is New York’s only citywide list of preservation priorities. The Six were chosen from applications submitted by neighborhood groups […]
