From Eric McClure, Park Slope Neighbors, [email protected] Please Attend Thursday’s CB6 Meeting and Voice Support for 9th Street Traffic CalmingThis Thursday, Community Board 6’s Transportation Committee will meet to continue its discussion of the Department of Transportation’s well conceived plan for calming traffic on 9th Street from 3rd Avenue to Prospect Park West. We urge […]
On this LESJC tour, your knowledgeable guides will take you inside some of the area’s best known sacred sites, from the spectacular to the plain and simple. You’ll see where immigrants went to shul (synagogue) and how a new generation is carrying on these traditions. Date: Sunday, May 27, 2007 Time: 11:15 a.m. (tour takes […]
Hidden neighborhood, home to 4 historic districts and 100’s of turn-of-the-century houses with elegant yards and expansive porches, to open their doors for historic house tour. BROOKLYN, NY, MAY 13, 2007 – The 2007 Victorian Flatbush House Tour includes interiors from many of the hundreds of turn-of-the-century homes, all with wide porches and dazzling yards, […]
Celebrate Historic Jackson Heights Sponsored by the Jackson Heights Beautification Group Join the JHBG in celebrating Jackson Heights, the first planned garden and cooperative apartment community in America – and a City, State, and Federal Historic District Saturday, June 9th Rain date for Garden Tour: June 16th – all other events rain or shine Slide […]
TOUR OF BETHESDA TERRACE AND MINTON TILES Monday, May 216 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Join FRIENDS for a very special evening tour of the recently restored Bethesda Terrace Arcade and Minton tile ceiling. The treasured tile ceiling was designed by Jacob Wrey Mould in the mid-1860s and manufactured by the Minton Company of Stoke-on-Trent, England. […]
If you have not already done so, this week is the last chance to purchase ticketsfor the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation’s 9th Annual Benefit House Tour & Reception this Sunday, May 6, from 1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. The tour offers a rare glimpse into seven of the finest and most exclusive townhouses […]
R6b Zoning Proposal Moves Ahead: The proposal to change the zoning from R6 to R6b in Clinton Hill and Fort Greene was “certified” by the NYC Planning Commission at its Review Session on Monday, April 23, 2007. This is a very positive and important step in this community effort to provide additional protection to our […]
The Staten Island Institute of Arts & Sciences presents: “The Irish of Staten Island”with Curator of History, Patricia M. SalmonSaturday, April 21, 2007, 1pm, FREE!Saint George branch of the New York Public LibraryCentral Avenue and Hyatt Street, Staten IslandRegistration required: call 718.727.1135 x123 Join us as we honor Immigrant History Week with fascinating biographical accounts […]
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 […]
