Private Club and Consulate Tour in Murray Hill

Private Club and Consulate Tour in Murray Hill http://hdc.org/secretlives_MH.htm April 13, 2011, 5:00pm Friends- $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 […]

Private Club and Consulate Tour in Murray Hill

Private Club and Consulate Tour in Murray Hill http://hdc.org/secretlives_MH.htm April 13, 2011, 5:00pm Friends- $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 […]

Private Club and Consulate Tour in Murray Hill

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 […]

HAWTHORNE COURT APARTMENTS TESTIMONY

Statement of the Historic Districts Council Designation Hearing March 22, 2011 Item 5 LP – 2461 BOROUGH OF Queens HAWTHORNE COURT APARTMENTS, 215-37 to 215-43 43rd Avenue and 42-26 to 42-38 216th Street The Historic Districts Council is the advocate for New York City’s designated historic districts and neighborhoods meriting preservation. In the far edges […]

HDC reacts to the South Street Seaport Plan

Under General Growth’s new plan for the South Street Seaport, the 1907 Tin Building would be dismantled and moved from its historic location, the birthplace of the Fulton Fish Market to the far edge of the pier behind it. The 1939 New Market Building, which is not landmarked, would be demolished and the site would be […]

HDC reacts to the South Street Seaport Plan

Under General Growth’s new plan for the South Street Seaport, the 1907 Tin Building would be dismantled and moved from its historic location, the birthplace of the Fulton Fish Market to the far edge of the pier behind it. The 1939 New Market Building, which is not landmarked, would be demolished and the site would be […]

HDC Testimony on 799 Carroll Street

Located within the Park Slope Historic District: This 20th-century alteration by a well-known architect deserves the same protection the Commission regularly gives to similar historic alterations. There is no documentation (at least none provided) regarding the building’s appearance before the 1918 alterations took place, and it was not built as part of the row that […]

HDC Testimony on 837 Washington Street

Located within the Gansevoort Market Historic District: Although small, this building has a history that distinctly reflects its time and place in the history of the Gansevoort Market. As described in the designation report, the “largely intact” building was built during the “last major phase of development in the district, when new low-scale buildings were […]

HDC Testimony on the Former Scribner Building

An individual landmark and integral part of the Ladies’ Mile Historic District at 155 Fifth Avenue: HDC is very happy to see the former Scribner Building moving closer to its historic appearance and we applaud the applicant on the steps they are taking towards this goal. At first glance the proposal looks quite appropriate, but […]