The Brooklyn Historical Society would like to extend an invitation to the opening night reception for the exhibit LANDMARK AND LEGACY: BROOKLYN HEIGHTS AND THE PRESERVATION MOVEMENT IN AMERICA, this Wednesday, March 28, 5:30-7:30pm. http://brooklynhistory.org/exhibitions/upcoming.html Landmark and Legacy: Brooklyn Heights and the Preservation Movement in AmericaMarch 28 – September 9, 2007 This exhibit will highlight […]
From Citizens Emergency Committee to Preserve Preservation ([email protected]) Below we have reproduced parts of Council Member Tony Avella’s Media Advisory for Monday’s press conference, since it pretty much says it all: WHAT: Council Member Tony Avella will join preservation groups/activists at a press conference Monday to promote the adoption of specific qualifications for candidates appointed […]
O! MULTITUDES!: THREE CENTURIES OF DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE ON THE LOWER EAST SIDEA PUBLIC WALKING TOUR Sunday March 25, 2007, 11:15 AM Discuss The Cultural And Social History of the Lower East Side Through The Perspective Of Housing. If landscape is history, as Henry James suggested, then housing is the history of NYC. Crank up your […]
Join us on a walking tour of Maple Grove CemeterySaturday April 21, 2007 (raindate April 22)2 pm83-15 Kew Gardens Road and Lefferts Blvd.Please call 718-847-7878 for more info Follow the theme of the newly published book by Nancy Cataldi and Carl Ballenas as they guide you through the pages of the book and the cemeteryFREE […]
The Waterfront Preservation Alliance of Greenpoint and Williamsburg is sponsoring a Don’t Demo Domino Bake Sale and Q & A hosted by The City Reliquary on Saturday, March 24th from 7-9pm at 370 Metropolitan Avenue in Williamsburg.The history, preservation and zoning of the site will be discussed by experts in these areas in short, presentations […]
XØ Projects Inc and Rooftop Films in association with FROGG invite you to a screening of Brooklyn Matters a new documentary film about Atlantic Yards by Isabel Hill No single project will have a more drastic and long-lasting impact on Brooklyn than the proposed Atlantic Yards development. This uncommon proposal, however, is mostly misunderstood. Brooklyn […]
Barry Lewis lecturing at the Metropolitan Museum of ArtVictorian Brooklyn:Olmsted, Vaux and the Greening of the American CityThursday, March 22, 2007, 6pm. $22.00 for more info,http://barrylewis.org for the Met’s online catalogue:http://www.metmuseum.org/events/ev_cl_program.asp?EventId={C8A5A739-9574-4688-A22F-BB6EC40DDA64} Tickets not available online. Purchase at the door.To purchase in advance, call the Met at 212.570.3949 ($9.00 handling fee if purchased by phone, fax […]
PRESERVING THE PAST, PLANNING FOR THE FUTUREHDC’s 13th Annual Preservation ConferenceThis Friday, Saturday and SundayMarch 9-11, 2007 It’s here! After two successful pre-conference kick-off events, the weekend of our 13th annual Preservation Conference has arrived! There are still limited spaces available for our Opening Night Reception and our full day of Conference Panels, so either […]
“In the Footsteps of Jane Jacobs”Thursday, March 16:30pmParish Hall, St. Marks Church in-the-Bowery,131 East 10th Street at Second AvenueRSVP: 212 614-9107, [email protected] Is the golden age of activism gone? What does it take to motivate the masses in 21st-century New York? Some of New York City’s most ambitious grassroots organizers discuss their currents efforts in […]
Spring Programs from the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation212.475.9585, www.gvshp.org In the Footsteps of Jane JacobsSt. Mark’s Church-in-the-Bowery Parish Hall131 East 10th Street at 2nd Avenue Thursday, March 16:30-8:00 p.m.Free.Reservations: (212) 614-9107 or email [email protected] Over 45 years after she successfully combated Robert Moses and his plan to build a massive thoroughfare through Washington […]
