E-BULLETIN OF THE HISTORIC DISTRICTS COUNCIL
June 2011, Volume 8, Number 1
~Special Program~
Greenwich Village: Past, Present, and Future
Wednesday, June 8, 6:30 pm
Museum of the City of New York
1220 Fifth Avenue
The Village has been transformed over the centuries from farmland to row houses to tenements to luxury condominiums. How does a district that has long celebrated newcomers and defiant outsiders balance the old and the new? Join historians, planners, and community leaders for an evening of discussion about this important section of New York City and what its future might hold, featuring Andrew Berman, Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, David Mulkins, Chair, Bowery Alliance of Neighbors, and David Freeland, historian.
HDC is pleased to co-sponsor this program with our friends at MCNY as part of their ongoing Urban Forum series “New York Neighborhoods: Preservation and Development”.
RESERVATIONS REQUIRED
$12 Non-Members
$8 Seniors and Students
$6 MCNY Members
~Working on Landmark Buildings:
Renovation, Restoration and Reuse of Landmarked Buildings in New York
8:30am-1:00pm
Join the Historic Districts Council on for a program discussing performing restoration, renovation and adaptive reuse work on designated landmark buildings in New York City. There are over 25,000 buildings in New York City which are overseen and regulated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. These buildings range from rowhouses in Brooklyn Heights to commercial buildings in Midtown Manhattan, and include prominent well-known structures such as Grand Central Terminal, the Chrysler Building and Tweed Courthouse. Projects affecting these buildings require not only working with a special municipal agency, but understanding the basic philosophy of historic preservation as it is practiced in New York.
Hear from experts who will detail case studies of real preservation projects, discuss new methods and materials, and get answers to frequently-asked questions about the regulatory process and working with Landmarks Preservation Commission. Attendees will come away with a new understanding of the Landmarks process which will greatly help them with future projects affecting historic properties.
Presenters:
Bill Neeley, deputy director, Landmarks Preservation Commission
Richard Moses, RA, associate, Superstructures
Kevin Daly, project manager, Walter B. Melvin Architects
Leon Geoxavier, RA, project architect, RAND Engineering and Architecture
Location:
Institute for Classical American Architecture
20 West 44th Street, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10036
Between Fifth and Sixth Avenues
Fee:
$125 per person / $100 for friends of HDC (breakfast included)
4 Continuing Education Hours, 4 HSW Credit Hours
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~ Special Program~
In the Beginning: The Creation of the Historic Districts Council
Tuesday, June 21, 2011, 6-8pm
Cocktail Reception, followed by Discussion
The Players
16 Gramercy Park
between Irving Place and Lexington Avenue
Gramercy Park Historic District, Manhattan
Celebrate Our 40th Birthday with a drink and a chat with some of our founders.
The Historic Districts Council was formed in 1971 as a committee at the Municipal Art Society, consisting of representatives from New York City’s designated and proposed historic districts. Join us for cocktails and a stroll down memory lane to look back at how and why the organization was created and how it has evolved.
The event will feature a conversation with some of the influential founders and early leaders of the Historic Districts Council, including Kent Barwick, Michael Gruen, Lorna Nowve, and Bronson Binger (pictured at far left receiving HDC’s 2011 Mickey Murphy Award with Ann Walker Gaffney). The discussion, moderated by HDC Chairman Emeritus Anthony C. Wood, will focus on the beginnings of HDC and the preservation movement of the 1970s. Co-sponsored by our friends at the New York Preservation Archive Project.
$40 per person – a dollar for every year of accomplishment, $30 for Friends of HDC, members of NYPAP. Additional sponsor levels are available to support HDC’s 40th Birthday Campaign. Click here to purchase tickets.