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2023 HDC Press

Below is an on-going list of press mentions for the Historic Districts Council.

 

Historic Districts Council announces 2023 awardees, including two Bronx organizations

By Bronx Times

Posted on March 18, 2023

https://www.bxtimes.com/historic-districts-bronx-awardees/

 

Preservation Coalition Calls for Urgent Action to Save a Unique Public Space

CARL GLASSMAN 

March 23, 2023

Update 3/27/23:

http://www.tribecatrib.com/content/preservation-coalition-calls-urgent-action-save-unique-public-space

 

Bushwick Named One of HDC’s ‘Six to Celebrate’ as Locals Push for New Historic Districts

by Anna Bradley-Smith

March 15, 2023 

https://www.brownstoner.com/architecture/bushwick-hdc-six-to-celebrate-landmark/

 

Rally demands a Landmarks agency that ‘represents our community’ — not developers

March 12, 2023

BY THE VILLAGE SUN

https://thevillagesun.com/rally-demands-a-landmarks-agency-that-represents-our-community-not-developers 

 

Two ‘Architecturally Distinct’ Buildings and an Effort to Keep Them That Way

By CARL GLASSMAN

March 30, 2023

http://www.tribecatrib.com/content/two-architecturally-distinct-buildings-and-effort-keep-them-way

 

Bushwick Historic Preservation Association to get boost from Historic Districts Council

By Anna Bradley-Smith

March 16, 2023

https://www.brooklynpaper.com/bushwick-historic-preservation-boost-districts-council/

 

Landmarks Holds Public Hearing for Proposed Linden Street Historic District in Bushwick

03/08/2023 

Veronica Rose 

https://www.citylandnyc.org/landmarks-holds-public-hearing-for-proposed-linden-street-historic-district-in-bushwick/

 

A New Vision for Prospect Park’s Vale of Cashmere Sparks Controversy at Landmarks Hearing

by Anna Bradley-Smith

March 2, 2023

https://www.brownstoner.com/interiors-renovation/prospect-park-vale-of-cashmere-renovation-landmarks-hearing/

 

City Advocates Push For The Landmark Designation of Linden Street

BK Reader Staff

March 1, 2023 

https://www.bkreader.com/policy-government/city-advocates-push-for-the-landmark-designation-of-linden-street-6629665

 

A proposed Prospect Park development could eliminate important LGBT historic site, advocates say

By Audrey Wachs 

 February 28, 2023

https://www.archpaper.com/2023/02/proposed-prospect-park-development-could-eliminate-lgbt-historic-site-advocates-say/

 

Advocates voice support for Linden Street as Bushwick’s first historic district

By Ximena Del Cerro

February 28, 2023

https://www.brooklynpaper.com/linden-street-bushwick-historic-district/

 

What’s News, Breaking: 

Historic Districts Council has released a list of at-risk buildings with historic significance across NYC

February 27, 2023

Brooklyn Eagle staff 

https://brooklyneagle.com/articles/2023/02/27/whats-news-breaking-monday-february-27-2023/

 

Preservationists Hope New Landmarks Rules Will Better Protect Historic Buildings, Prevent Demos

by Anna Bradley-Smith

April 12, 2023 

https://www.brownstoner.com/architecture/landmark-rules-lpc-protect-historic-buildings-demolition/

 

Bronx Net:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOqBMjNrnL8&t=1s