Dear Fellow New Yorker, Bloomberg acted fast after the most recent crane disaster: He held a closed-door meeting with construction industry insiders. He came out with a proposal that is a watered-down version of Jim Brennan’s proposals from 2007 and 2008. Yet nobody is standing up for the community groups who have been following DOB […]
Dear Fellow New Yorker, Bloomberg acted fast after the most recent crane disaster: He held a closed-door meeting with construction industry insiders. He came out with a proposal that is a watered-down version of Jim Brennan’s proposals from 2007 and 2008. Yet nobody is standing up for the community groups who have been following DOB […]
Preservation Vision: NYC has been launched. This project is a year-long initiative to engage those interested in preservation in a conversation about their aspirations for preservation in New York City in the year 2030 and the actions needed to make those hopes a reality. As part of the first phase of the project, a unique, […]
Preservation Vision: NYC has been launched. This project is a year-long initiative to engage those interested in preservation in a conversation about their aspirations for preservation in New York City in the year 2030 and the actions needed to make those hopes a reality. As part of the first phase of the project, a unique, […]
WHAT: Informational Community Meeting on Proposal to Amend Zoning Text for Contextual Zoning Districts WHEN: Wednesday, January 23, 6:30 PM WHERE: General Society for Mechanics & Tradesmen, 20 W. 44th Street. (Located in third floor classrooms of The Institute of Classical Architecture & Classical America) Contextual zones have been embraced across New York City as […]
WHAT: Informational Community Meeting on Proposal to Amend Zoning Text for Contextual Zoning Districts WHEN: Wednesday, January 23, 6:30 PM WHERE: General Society for Mechanics & Tradesmen, 20 W. 44th Street. (Located in third floor classrooms of The Institute of Classical Architecture & Classical America) Contextual zones have been embraced across New York City as […]
The Dumbo Neighborhood Association, Fulton Ferry Landing Association, the Brooklyn Heights Association and the Vinegar Hill Neighborhood Association (collectively, the “Associations”) have joined together in opposition to the proposed development by Two Trees Management Corp. at the intersection of Water and Dock Streets, adjacent to the Brooklyn Bridge. Approximately three years ago, Two Trees Corp […]
The Coalition to Preserve Community (CPC) will hold a rally and press conference on the steps of City Hall at 1:00PM today, Wednesday, Dec. 19, to protest the vote in favor of the Columbia expansion plan in West Harlem. Speaker Quinn and Mayor Bloomberg have been pushing this plan hard behind the scenes with committee […]
from the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservationhttp://www.gvshp.org/ Gansevoort Market Update: GVSHP continues the fight against the proliferation of illegal billboards in the Meatpacking District, and throughout our neighborhoods (see www.gvshp.org/GansvBlbd.htm ). We have some good news to report on that front – two illegal billboards we targeted have recently been removed. The first covered […]
From Aaron Brashear, Concerned Citizens of Greenwood [email protected] While I cannot speak on behalf of CB7, where as a member I obtained this info (though it is in the public forum) on a ULURP introduced by the NY Chapter of the AIA for “changes” the zoning code that will affect all of us in the […]
