Josef Astor's "LOST BOHEMIA"

 Josef ‘Birdman’ Astor’s new film: LOST BOHEMIA: For tickets:  http://www.ifccenter.com/films/lost-bohemia/ The new film , a searing document of the destruction of the the landmarked artists’ colony above Carnegie Hall, has very well with the critics,  but it’s in a limited run at the IFC cinema in Manhattan, so…  ”See it before it gets evicted!”  –  Michael Musto Village Voice 

LOST BOHEMIA

 The new film LOST BOHEMIA, a searing document of the destruction of the the landmarked artists’ colony above Carnegie Hall, has very well with the critics,  but it’s in a limited run at the IFC cinema in Manhattan, so…  “See it before it gets evicted!”  –  Michael Musto Village Voice   for tickets:  http://www.ifccenter.com/films/lost-bohemia/

NYC H2O: Bronx River Bike Tour

 Bronx River Bike Tour  Sunday, June 12, 10 a.m. Soundview Park Did you know that the Bronx River Is NYC’s only true fresh water river? It was considered a source for NYC’s drinking water in the early 1830’s. By the end of the 1800’s it was labeled “an open sewer.” The river has made a […]

Grassroots Awards

HDC’s Annual Preservation Party and 12th Annual Grassroots Awards: Tonight!: Thursday, May 12, 2011. Honoring: Cedar Grove Beach ClubCentral Queens Historical AssociationMary Kay GallagherProspect Cemetery Association FRIEND IN HIGH PLACES AWARDState Senator Bill Perkins, 30th District FRIEND FROM THE MEDIA AWARDThe Architect’s Newspaper MICKEY MURPHY AWARDBronson Binger & Ann Walker Gaffney

Walking tour of Mount Morris Park–TOMORROW!!

Walking tour of Mount Morris Park http://hdc.org/6tocelebrate-tour-mount-morris.htm Come join us for a series of tours throughout 2011, highlighting our Six to Celebrate neighborhoods. The residential area surrounding Mount Morris Park in Harlem includes elegant rowhouses and larger apartment buildings from the late 19th and early 20th centuries in Romanesque Revival, Neo-Grec and Queen Anne styles. […]

Harlem's Historic Mount Morris Park 22nd Signature Annual House Tour

Sunday, June 12 from 11 AM to 4 PM! We are celebrating 40 years as New York City’s 19th neighborhood to be recognized of the over 125 since 1965 when Mayor Robert Wagner established the Landmarks Preservation Commission in response to New Yorkers’ growing concern that important historic, aesthetic, and cultural elements of the city’s […]

Steeples of Sheepshead Bay’s oldest house of worship saved!

The pastor of Sheepshead Bay’s oldest house of worship says he’s abandoning a plan to tear down its two iconic steeples, and will now restore the debilitated towers. “We had a meeting with a new contractor who told us that it’s possible and affordable to restore them,” said Pastor Jay Kyung Kim. “We’re very happy.” […]

Steeples of Sheepshead Bay’s oldest house of worship saved!

The pastor of Sheepshead Bay’s oldest house of worship says he’s abandoning a plan to tear down its two iconic steeples, and will now restore the debilitated towers. “We had a meeting with a new contractor who told us that it’s possible and affordable to restore them,” said Pastor Jay Kyung Kim. “We’re very happy.” […]

New Secret Lives of Public Places Tour

http://hdc.org/secretlives_MH.htm April 13, 2011, 5:00pmFriends- $75; Non-friends $100 New Secret Lives of Public Places tour. Join us on April 13th on a tour of the Amateur Comedy Club and Sniffen Court and the De Lamar Mansion. The Amateur Comedy Club is America’s oldest continuing performing theatrical society in the country, the Amateur Comedy Club moved […]

New Secret Lives of Public Places Tour

http://hdc.org/secretlives_MH.htm April 13, 2011, 5:00pmFriends- $75; Non-friends $100 New Secret Lives of Public Places tour. Join us on April 13th on a tour of the Amateur Comedy Club and Sniffen Court and the De Lamar Mansion. The Amateur Comedy Club is America’s oldest continuing performing theatrical society in the country, the Amateur Comedy Club moved […]