DOCOMOMO New York/Tri-State sponsored lecture Tuesday, September 25, 6:30pm Knoll, Inc.76 Ninth Avenue, 11th floor (W. 15th) Between 1954 and 1967 Albert C. Ledner, AIA, designed 14 projects for the National Maritime Union. Four were built in New York; all are expressive mid-century modern. In 2003 the dormitory building was reborn as the signature Maritime […]
From Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, http://www.gvshp.org/ Lecture with Author Irene Tichenor on the DeVinne Press BuildingTuesday, September 25th6:30pm-8:00pmThird Street Music School235 East 11th StreetFree. Reservations Required.RSVP: 212-475-9585 x 35 or [email protected]. Known as “the Fortress” in its heyday, the massive brick and terra cotta building on the northeast corner of Lafayette and Fourth […]
On Wednesday, September 19 at 7:00PM, please join the Prospect Heights Neighborhood Development Council and invited guest speakers for a community forum on historic designation for Prospect Heights, to be held in the auditorium of P.S. 9, 80 Underhill Avenue at St. Marks Avenue. Prospect Heights has remained remarkably free from large-scale physical change, making […]
METROPOLITAN CHAPTER of THE VICTORIAN SOCIETY IN AMERICA Please Join Us For These Fabulous Fall Programs! Lecture SeriesAll lectures are at the Donnell Library Auditorium, 20 W. 53rd St., New York CityAdmission is FREE; no reservations required! Tuesday, September 11, 6 PM Henry Ward Beecher, the Most Famous Man in AmericaDebby Applegate, winner of the […]
Seats are filling up fast! HDC’s “On the Town in New York: Historic Theaters and Bars of New York City” is just around the corner, so be sure to send in your reservations soon. This fascinating series of programs will investigate the history and preservation of some of New York City’s most notorious haunts. Tomorrow, […]
The Staten Island Museum is pleased to announce an exciting array of unique history programs for October and November 2007. Please note program locations and registration information where necessary. For further information call Seth Wollney at 718.727.1135 ext. 105. **************************************************** A new exhibition!This Was Our Paradise: Spanish Camp-1929 to TodayOctober 12, 2007-January 13, 2008Opening reception: […]
PRESERVATION and ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTStaten Island, Don’t Miss the Boat!Jay DiLorenzo, President of the Preservation League of New York State, will speak at 7:30PM on Friday, September 7, 2007, at Christ Church, 76 Franklin Avenue, Staten Island. This discussion will present how other parts of New York State have effectively used preservation as a tool for […]
NEW AUDIENCES FOR OLD HOUSES: BUILDING A FUTURE WITH THE PASTSeptember 28, 20078:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The Boston Athenaeum, 10 1/2 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02108 The Nichols House Museum, in partnership with the Art History Department and Preservation Studies Program of Boston University and The Boston Athenaeum, invite you to attend a symposium […]
SAVE THE DATE! The New York Preservation Archive Project and the Museum of the City of New York announce the symposium Preserving New York – Then and Now, to be held onSaturday, February 16, 2008 at the Museum of the City of New York. Call for PapersThe New York Preservation Archive Project is pleased to […]
Make sure to join us for our informative lecture series created to keep you up-to-date on some of HDC’s current projects and recent goings-on at LPC. And for Friends of HDC, we invite you to attend our exclusive cocktail reception at Roosevelt Island’s historic Octagon Building this Thursday. Each of these events is free of […]
