METROPOLITAN CHAPTER of THE VICTORIAN SOCIETY IN AMERICAPlease Join Us This Evening! LECTURE: Tuesday, April 10 “Fleas at the Metropolitan Opera!” Scandal and Gossip in Victorian New York Mark Caldwell, professor of English, Fordham University and author of A ShortHistory of Rudeness: Manners, Morals, and Misbehavior in America and New YorkNight: The Mystique and Its […]
From Eric McClure, Campaign Coordinator, Park Slope [email protected] Community Board 6 to Consider DOT One-Way Proposal, Wednesday, 6:30 p.m.This Wednesday evening, at 6:30 p.m., the full membership of Brooklyn Community Board 6 will hold their monthly General Meeting, during which they will vote on the proposal presented last month by the Department of Transportation to […]
The Staten Island Institute of Arts & Sciences presents: “The Irish of Staten Island”with Curator of History, Patricia M. SalmonSaturday, April 21, 2007, 1pm, FREE!Saint George branch of the New York Public LibraryCentral Avenue and Hyatt Street, Staten IslandRegistration required: call 718.727.1135 x123 Join us as we honor Immigrant History Week with fascinating biographical accounts […]
Friends & Colleagues: I have a few announcements I’d like to share with you. 1. This Saturday, April 7, from 6:00p to 8:00p, the Queens Museum of Art will present “The Panorama Challenge,” a fun fundraiser for one of my favorite new institutions, the City Reliquary. This interactive geographical trivia-based contest will take place around […]
LANDMARK WEST! seminars for real estate brokers, coop board members and interested persons Green Building, Energy Efficiency and Historic Preservaton April 25, 2007 This seminar will explore the inherent environmental sustainability of historic buildings. Subtopics will include: improving energy and building efficiency, how to incorporate green building philosophy into apartment renovations and recognizing what design […]
Please join LANDMARK WEST! and friends forAN ILLUSTRATED LECTURE BY Andrew Dolkart“New York: Vernacular City”Wednesday, April 18, 20076:00 pm The lecture and after-party with wine and light food will take place in a dramatic, circa-1904 apartment in the West 67th Street Artists’ Colony Historic District(between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue) Tickets are $50 and […]
From Merchant’s House Museum29 East Fourth StreetNew York, NY 10003212-777-1089 www.merchantshouse.org Sunday, April 1, Noon to 5 pmNo April Foolin’, Admission Today is Free Be the first to take a tour of our new family-friendly exhibition, “Don’t Be Fooled”: A Mid-19th Century Mix Up. See if you can identify all the “hidden” objects. Then enjoy […]
Staten Island Historical Society at HISTORIC RICHMOND TOWN441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10306(718) 351-1611www.HistoricRichmondTown.org www.RichmondCountyFair.org PROGRAMS: TAVERN CONCERTSTwo shows every Saturday evening at 7:30 and 9:00 p.m.The cost is $15 per person, $12 for members of SIHSA mini-series of 4 concerts: $55/$44 for members of SIHSPrepaid reservations required – call 718-351-1611, Ext. 280 Saturday, […]
Synagogues and former Synagogues of the Lower East Side with Dr. Stuart Stritzler-Levine Thursday, April 12th at 6 PMLES Tenement Museum Visitors Center108 Orchard Street (below Delancey) The New York Book Club and the Lower East Side Jewish Conservancy invite you to join us for a talk by Dr. Stuart Stritzler-Levine on the history of […]
Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum895 Shore Road; Pelham Bay Park; Bronx, NY 10464Phone: 718-885-1461Website: www.bartowpellmansionmuseum.org The history of the site dates to 1654 when Englishman Thomas Pell purchased from the Siwanoy Indians 9,000 acres of what is now the Bronx and Lower Westchester. The Bartow-Pell home was built by Pell descendent, Robert Bartow, between 1836 and 1842. […]
