HDC Press

Below is an on-going list of press mentions for the Historic Districts Council. Brooklyn Daily Eagle: “Longtime Brooklyn Preservationist Among Those Honored by Historic Districts Council.” June 20, 2024 https://brooklyneagle.com/articles/2024/06/20/longtime-brooklyn-preservationists-among-those-honored-by-historic-districts-council/ BK Reader: “Downtown Brooklyn Historic Coalition Bolstered by Historic Districts Council.” April 7, 2024 https://www.bkreader.com/non-profit-community/downtown-brooklyn-historic-coalition-bolstered-by-historic-districts-council-8541637   CUNY Newsletter: “CUNY DSI-Backed Washington Heights Makes HDC’s 2024 […]

Written by on Apr 13, 2023

Rally Monday, March 6th to Designate 60 Wall Street as both Individual and Interior Landmark

On Monday, March 6th, at 11am, HDC, Docomomo US, and a coalition of community advocates, elected officials, architects and urbanists will gather at 60 Wall Street and release a joint letter calling on the Landmarks Preservation Commission to designate the building as both an Individual and Interior Landmark.  60 Wall Street, Roche-Dinkeloo’s 1985-89 Postmodern office tower […]

Written by on Mar 2, 2023

Celebrate Women’s History Month

Ada Louise Huxtable Ella Fitzgerald Lady Deborah Moody Walentyna Janta-Połczyński (née Stocker) Audre Lorde Emma Goldman Odetta Margaret Sanger Alice Austen Jane Jacobs Margaret Cochran Corbin Billie Jean King Edith Wharton Ada Louise Huxtable Ada Louise Huxtable (1921-2013), a native New Yorker, was a pioneer in architectural criticism, and a champion of livable cities. As […]

Written by on Mar 1, 2023

HDC Defends Buildings at Risk with New Policy Recommendations

On February 6th, following up on our December 2022 Press Conference at City Hall decrying the ongoing trend of demolition of landmarked structures across New York, HDC sent a number of new policy recommendations to LPC detailing specific ways the LPC and DOB can work together to prevent demolition of landmarked structures in the future. In […]

Written by on Feb 15, 2023

Follow HDC’s Advocacy at 60 Wall Street

For the better part of a year, HDC has been at the forefront of advocacy on behalf of the architectural and material integrity of 60 Wall Street, Roche-Dinkeloo’s 1985-89 Postmodern office tower in Lower Manhattan. We have not only called on the LPC to designate 60 Wall as both an Individual and Interior Landmark, but […]

Written by on Feb 1, 2023

Read HDC’s Response to The New York Times Article about 250 Water Street

On January 27, 2023, the New York Times published a Big City column concerning the Seaport Coalition’s successful lawsuit against the Landmarks Preservation Commission over the proposed development at 250 Water Street. Because The Times article falsely pitted preservation against affordable housing, our Executive Director, Frampton Tolbert, responded with this letter to the editor: To […]

Written by on Jan 30, 2023

The Seaport Coalition Wins Lawsuit Against the Landmarks Preservation Commission

On Thursday, January 12th, the Seaport Coalition won its lawsuit against the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC). The Coalition took the Commission to court over LPC’s inappropriate approval of the Howard Hughes Corporation’s proposed development project at 250 Water Street in the South Street Seaport District.  HDC filed an amicus brief in support of the Seaport Coalition’s lawsuit against LPC, going on record to call out what we […]

Written by on Jan 30, 2023

HDC and Preservation Colleagues Question NYC’s Link5G Tower Roll Out in Joint Letter

On Thursday, January 12, 2023, HDC sent a joint letter to City Hall in conjunction with 8 preservation colleague organizations, pressing the City for information about its Link5G Tower roll out, and questioning both the tower design, and locations chosen, for the program’s initial phase. We support the City’s stated project goal of bridging the […]

Written by on Jan 20, 2023

Penn Station Advocacy Alert

 Send a Letter to Governor Hochul! There has been increased focus by the press recently on Governor Kathy Hochul and Empire State Development’s plan to transform the Penn Station Area. Many of these articles point out the lack of transparency and details in this plan. While the Historic Districts Council agrees that there need to […]

Written by on Jul 19, 2022