Due to deep excavation and construction immediately beside us, we are forced to remove our beautiful, century old windows. We do not know if we will ever be able to afford the cost of returning them. For one hundred years, light has poured through these rare, painted windows that surveyed the wrecking balls of Robert […]
Chelsea Opponents Stymie Seminary Development PlanBY ANNIE KARNI – Special to the SunApril 3, 2007URL: http://www.nysun.com/article/51678 The General Theological Seminary’s plan to build a 15-story condominium development on its collegelike campus in Chelsea has been foiled by local opposition, seminary leaders said yesterday. Church officials said they sought to build the 151-foot-tall glass apartment tower […]
From the New York SunOn Churches, Some See Increased Preservation EffortBY GABRIELLE BIRKNER – Staff Reporter of the SunMarch 26, 2007URL: http://www.nysun.com/article/51157 The city is stepping up its efforts to save houses of worship from the wrecking ball, some preservation advocates say, contending that recent decisions to landmark churches are emblematic of an increasingly aggressive […]
From The Villager St. Brigid’s protection is extendedBy Albert Amateau St. Brigid’s Church received another reprieve last week from the wrecker’s ball when the Appellate Division extended a temporary restraining order barring the Catholic Archdiocese of New York from demolishing the 1849 church building. The church on Avenue B across from Tompkins Square Park, though […]
From The Brooklyn Paper Wild meeting over the Green ChurchBy Matthew Lysiak Everyone in Bay Ridge believes the Green Church should be saved — everyone except the parishioners at this century-old house of worship, that is. Church officials and preservationists squared off with parishioners on Monday night at an “emergency meeting” over the fate of […]
Possible Human Remains Reignite Church Debate by Colin Gustafson , Assistant Editor, Queens Chronicle A civic group fighting to preserve a historic church claimed Monday that it had found archaeological evidence suggesting that the city erred in denying landmark status to the property. But city officials said the findings have no bearing on their decision.According […]
If the protests in Boston are any indiciation, this is only the beginning of the backlash.February 14, 2007From the New York TimesA Church Protest Ends Quickly, but the Anger Is Likely to Endure By JAMES BARRON “Carmen Villegas did not expect the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York to send burly guards into her church, […]
From the JUNIPER PARK CIVIC ASSOCIATION ([email protected]) LPC & SHPO AGREE: ST. SAVIOUR’S HAS HIGH ARCHAEOLOGICAL POTENTIAL (February 12, 2007) In two shocking revelations, both the NYS Office of Historic Preservation and the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) have admitted that the St. Saviour’s site contains the potential for recovery of archaeologically significant materials, including […]
Ordinarily we let news stories pass without comment and speak for themselves but a little history is called for here. It was at the behest of the Morningside Heights Historic District Committee that the designation of the Close of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine was turned back at the City Council, which had […]
Community Board 4 Votes Against General Theological Seminary’s Luxury Condo Development on 9th Ave. The full board of Community Board 4, after hours of speeches, voted to approve the resolution against the General Theological Seminary’s application to built a 15 story luxury condo on their 9th Ave. property. Before the meeting, we didn’t have any […]
