E-BULLETIN OF THE HISTORIC DISTRICTS COUNCIL July 2013, Volume 10, Number 1 UPDATE ON PROTEST OVER LIBRARY SELL-OFFS AND CLOSINGS The Central Library Plan has had preservationist and scholars outraged for several months now but the reality of the situation is finally coming to light and New Yorkers are not happy. The reality is […]
E-BULLETIN OF THE HISTORIC DISTRICTS COUNCIL June 2013, Volume 10, Number 6 Campaign to Preserve the Carnegie Libraries This year the Historic Districts Council launched a new campaign to combat the potential loss of historic community libraries. Our strategy: This Campaign will lead to the nomination of all the New York City Carnegie Libraries […]
E-BULLETIN OF THE HISTORIC DISTRICTS COUNCIL June 2013, Volume 10, Number 4 Campaign to Preserve the Carnegie Libraries The Historic Districts Council recognizes New York’s public library systems as one of the city’s most important resources. Each branch is an anchor in its community and is where countless generations of New Yorkers have been nurtured […]
E-BULLETIN OF THE HISTORIC DISTRICTS COUNCIL June 2013, Volume 10, Number 1 Tonight! VIGIL MONDAY, JUNE 3 6:00 – 7:30 PM at the 5th Avenue Entrance to the 42nd Street Library DON’T GUT THE 42ND STREET LIBRARY! DON’T SELL THE MID-MANHATTAN! The Central Library Plan, at enormous cost to New York City and its taxpayers, […]
E-BULLETIN OF THE HISTORIC DISTRICTS COUNCIL May 2013, Volume 10, Number 7 Historic Districts Council 2013 Grassroots Preservation Awards and Annual Preservation Party Date: Thursday May 23, 2013 Location: Village Community School, 272 W 10th St New York, NY 10014 Time: 6:30 pm Click here to read more or purchase tickets!! Highlighted 2013 Grassroots Awards Recipient: Robert LaValva – New […]
E-BULLETIN OF THE HISTORIC DISTRICTS COUNCIL May 2013, Volume 10, Number 5 Tomorrow: Exclusive tour of Green-Wood Cemetery 500 25th Street Brooklyn, NY 11232 Twilight Tour and Catacomb Visit Thursday, May 16th 5:30 to 8pm Admission: $50/$75 Two is better than one on this exclusive joint tour with members of the […]
E-BULLETIN OF THE HISTORIC DISTRICTS COUNCIL May 2013, Volume 10, Number 2 Help Save the New York Public Library from Itself Rally & Leafleting on Wednesday, May 8, 3:30pm – 5:30pm RAIN or SHINE The late Ada Louise Huxtable called it “a plan devised out of a profound ignorance of or willful […]
E-BULLETIN OF THE HISTORIC DISTRICTS COUNCIL April 2013, Volume 10, Number 10 The League of Preservation Voters is Back! HDC is bringing back its successful League of Preservation Voters initiative for the 2013 elections. The program works to help communities and elected officials partner together to better preserve the historic resources that make each […]
The Grand Boulevard and Concourse in the Bronx has a history as one of New York’s most dazzling, stylish thoroughfares. Opened to traffic on November 25, 1909, the Grand Concourse was at the center of the economic and population boom that transformed the borough in the following half-century. The Grand Concourse was the concept of […]
E-BULLETIN OF THE HISTORIC DISTRICTS COUNCIL February 2013, Volume 10, Number 2 BSA Rejects Owner’s Appeal to Legalize Fifth Story on Underground Railroad House Requires LPC to Review Permits; Lawsuit Threatened On Tuesday, the Board of Standards and Appeals unanimously voted that the Hopper Gibbons house must fall under the jurisdiction of the Landmarks Preservation […]
