Forest Hills Celebrities

The Rego-Forest Preservation Council cordially invites you to –PROMINENT PEOPLE OF FOREST HILLSWhen: Saturday November 3rd @ 3:30PMWhere: Forest Hills Library, 108-19 71st Ave.In celebration of the Forest Hills Library’s 50th anniversary, please join neighborhood historian, Cheryl Cuddeback, for a presentation on neighborhood notables. Can you guess who they are?For more information visithttp://queenslibrary.org/index.aspx?page_id=126&section_id=12&sub_section_id=44&branch_id=Fhor call 718-268-7934

Written by on Oct 29, 2007

See the Ridgewood Reservior in its current state – and help save its future

The Newtown Historical Society (NHS) will be leading a walk at the Ridgewood Reservoir on the Brooklyn-Queens border this Sunday, October 28th at 1pm. Here is a short video on the history of the reservoir, it’s current state, and what we hope it will become in the near future: http://ridgewoodreservoir.blogspot.com/2007/10/ridgewood-reservoir-video.html The Ridgewood Reservoir Education and […]

Written by on Oct 26, 2007

Explore some of the schools of C.B.J. Snyder

Sunday, October 27, 2:00 pmThe Public Schools of C.B.J.Snyder: Stuyvesant to Gramercy Squares Superintendent of School Building from 1891-1923 during the glory days of public education, Snyder designed nearly 400 schools and additions. Replacing unsafe, unsanitary factory-like buildings, his “palaces of the people” (Jacob Riis’ phrase) convey Progressive and reform beliefs in light, play, health, […]

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Rally For Community Facility Reform

Council Member Tony Avella will join civic and preservation leaders at a press conference Sunday outside the New York University (NYU) Law School to call upon the Mayor, the Department of City Planning, and the City Council to institute necessary community facilities reform. Due to existing bulk exemptions in the community facilities section of the […]

Written by on Oct 19, 2007

Find Out About The Ferry!

The Staten Island Museum presents: All Aboard: The History of the Staten Island Ferry Thursday, October 18, 2007, 7 pmat the Staten Island Museum75 Stuyvesant Place, Staten IslandFREE! In celebration of the reissue of New York Municipal Ferryboats, the informative and popular book by the late Vince Sweeney, with updates by Historian Barnett Shepherd, a […]

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Events and News from DOCOMOMO

DOCOMOMO US New York/Tri-StateVisit the website at http://www.docomomo-us.org/The chapter’s general email is: [email protected] October 2007 DOCOMOMO New York/Tri-State co-sponsored event: Donald Albrecht on Saarinen’s Bell Labs CampusTuesday October 30, 7:30 pm, Holmdel, NJDOCOMOMO US New York/Tri-State, as co-sponsor, invites you to a lecture by Donald Albrecht on the architecture and landscape design of Eero Saarinen’s […]

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Lower East Side Walking Tour

THE “EDIFICE COMPLEX” ON THE LOWER EAST SIDE Sunday,October 21, 2007 11.15PMFeaturing : Historian-led walking tour of Lower East Side ends with annotated viewing and discussion of vintage Yiddish film, The Living Orphan-filmed on East Broadway The Lower East Side Jewish Conservancy is sponsoring a public walking tour, The ”Edifice Complex” on the Lower East […]

Written by on Oct 15, 2007

Book Launchs, Grants and More

From Michael Miscione, Manhattan Borough Historian, [email protected] Book Launch #1: “Washington Heights, Inwood, and Marble Hill,” by James RennerMy office is thrilled to announce the recent release of a new book about Upper Manhattan by James Renner, our very own Community Historian for District 12. To learn all about the book and purchase copies, visit […]

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Fall Events for Modern Architecture Enthusasists

DOCOMOMO New York/Tri-State presents its second fall event: Gallery Tour: “Lost Vanguard, Soviet Modernist Architecture, 1922–1932”Saturday October 20, 2:30 pm, MoMA DOCOMOMO US New York/Tri-State has organized a gallery tour of “Lost Vanguard, Soviet Modernist Architecture, 1922–1932.” Richard Pare, whose photographs comprise the exhibition will lead the tour. The exhibition features 80 of Pare’s photographs […]

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What Does PlaNYC mean for Parks?

From Partnerships for Parks, www.partnershipsforparks.org Please join us at a special event at the Arsenal Gallery in Central Park. On Monday, October 15 from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., join Adrian Benepe, Commissioner of the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation, as he answers the question: What does PlaNYC mean for parks? Commissioner […]

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