In 2022, HDC and community partners from across the city held a press conference at City Hall to decry the recent spate of demolition of landmarked properties, and properties under consideration for landmark status, across the 5 boroughs. Subsequently, we launched a community-driven buildings at risk survey in order to better understand the scope of […]
HDC has been proud to help to lead a diverse coalition including garment and fashion businesses, other preservation organizations, and many other stakeholders advocating for a MSMX plan that works for everyone. In August 2025, the City Council voted to approve a plan with some modifications, as requested by HDC and others,
The Historic Districts Council (HDC) supports the goals of the Faith-Based Affordable Housing Act (S. 7791A and A. 8386A), which is why we have long supported many preservation-and-development strategies for religious properties, including the 74-711 zoning variance, which allows “a modification of use and bulk” on landmarked sites in exchange for a restoration and maintenance […]
The Historic Districts Council partnered with the Rose Hill/Kips Bay Coalition via our 2024 Six to Celebrate program. Together, HDC and the Coalition surveyed Manhattan’s Rose Hill and Kips Bay neighborhoods in order to identify significant, undesignated properties that we believe merit designation as Individual or Interior Landmarks. As a result of that survey work, […]
The Historic Districts Council stands firmly against erasure and revisionist history. In conjunction with our preservation colleagues in New York State, we condemn the National Park Service’s erasure of Trans and Queer history from the Stonewall National Monument, and from the broader history of the struggle for LGBTQ+ rights. Trans and Queer people exist in […]
The Historic Districts Council (HDC), New York’s citywide advocate for historic buildings and neighborhoods, is pleased to announce its Six to Celebrate, an annual listing of historic New York City neighborhoods that merit preservation attention. Six to Celebrate is New York’s only citywide list of preservation priorities. Fort Washington HDC will help the Fort Washington […]
On December 5th the City Council voted 31-20 to approve Mayor Adams’ “City of Yes” citywide rezoning plan Thanks to sustained advocacy from groups including HDC, the approved plan includes provisions for deeper affordability than were originally proposed. While we still have concerns about some of the ways that City of Yes will impact our […]
HDC is excited to launch NEED Landmarks: Neighborhoods Expecting Equitable Designation, a preservation affinity group for community organizations advocating for designations in neighborhoods underserved by landmark designation. Who is this group for?: Community groups advocating for designations in neighborhoods underserved by landmark designation may be interested in joining this group. In this context, “underserved” means […]
HDC, is pleased to announce its Six to Celebrate, an annual listing of historic New York City neighborhoods that merit preservation attention. Six to Celebrate is New York’s only citywide list of preservation priorities.
Letter to The New York Times Editor, January 2024 Binyamin Applebaum thinks New York would be a better city if we tore it down. In his Op-Ed “I Want a City Not a Museum,” (December 30th, 2023), Applebaum writes that he is sad to see buildings where his forebears lived in New York City still […]
