Historic Places At Risk

Will the Landmarks Preservation Commission act in time to save them?

At last count, there are over 40 neighborhoods throughout the city that have requested landmarks designation and are waiting for a response from the Landmarks Commission. Unless the Commission gets the funding, the staff and the political independence it needs to do its job, how many of these historic neighborhoods will be left?

Landmarks And Historic Districts In Waiting...Or On Death Row?
Click on the images below for more information.
Also visit the Historic Districts Council website at www.hdc.org/neighborhoodatrisk.htm.


   
Grand Concourse, The Bronx
 
Broadway-Flushing, Queens
 
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
         
   
West-Park Presbyterian Church,
Upper West Side
 
West End Avenue,
Upper West Side
 
Loew's 175th Street Theater, Washington Heights



And this is just the tip of the iceberg...

Lost...And Irreplaceable

 
 
2 Columbus Circle,
Manhattan
 
Dakota Stable,
Upper West Side
 
Paterson Silks,
Union Square
         
 
 
Colonial Club,
Upper West Side
 
Purchase Building,
Brooklyn
 
208 Richmond Terrance,
Staten Island
         

There have been many, many more losses...and more still to come. How many will it take?

 
             
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