Above: Walentyna (née Stocker) Janta-Połczyński. Our campaign to preserve her former home in Elmhurst, Queens was recently featured on NBC New York and NY1. The Historic Districts Council and the Elmhurst History and Cemeteries Preservation Society need your help to save an important cultural landmark in Elmhurst, Queens. The home of Walentyna (née Stocker) and her […]
Bayard Rustin in front of the National Headquarters for the March on Washington for Jobs & Freedom Associated Press, “March on Washington,” photographer: anonymous, August 1963 From “Central Harlem – West 130th-132nd Streets Historic District” Designation Report, NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission, 2018 Everything the Historic Districts Council does starts and ends in community. Although […]
February 26, 2019 World Monuments Watch Selection Committee World Monuments Fund 350 Fifth Avenue, Suite #2412 New York, NY 10118 Dear Selection Committee, The Historic Districts Council is the citywide advocate for New York’s historic places. We strong support the application for the Brooklyn Heights Promenade to be placed on the World Monuments […]
*UPDATE: This bill was not voted on No to bill S.6760 On behalf of the Historic Districts Council and our partner organizations, we implore you to contact your State Senator and tell her/him to veto bill S.6760 which would lift the current State cap (FAR 12) for residential development. This bill has not been vetted […]
Please continue reading for our testimony regarding the latest LPC Rules change under consideration. The Historic Districts Council (HDC) reviews every public proposal affecting New York City’s landmarks and historic districts and provides testimony to the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) whenever it is needed. Please continue reading for our testimony regarding the latest Rules change […]
Meenakshi Srinivasan Chair Person Landmarks Preservation Commission 1 Centre Street,9th Floor North New York , NY. 10007 Dear Ms. Srinivasan, I am writing this letter in support of the efforts of Fern Luskin, and the Friends of Lamartine Place Historic District Councils effort to secure an order from the Landmarks Commission directing the owner of […]
At public meetings held November 22, 2016 and December 6, 2016, the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) unanimously granted landmark status to 12 iconic historic buildings in Greater East Midtown. The Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) voted on May 10, 2016 to calendar 7 buildings in East Midtown, bringing the total number of calendared properties in the area to 12. […]
Update: Out of the 33 proposed properties the Landmarks Preservation Commission designated 12 buildings in East Midtown. Update: The Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) voted on May 10, 2016 to calendar 7 buildings in East Midtown, bringing the total number of calendared properties in the area to 12. The other 5 buildings were calendared in […]
