Media, New York, New York City, NYC, Pay to Play, Zoning
A DEVELOPING STORY What de Blasio’s Newly Released Emails Reveal About Affordable Housing in NYC Last week, Mayor de Blasio finally released thousands of pages worth of emails between him, his office, and his outside advisers–a cache of information hard...
Advocacy, Board of Standards and Appeals, Carrere and Hastings, Congregation Shearith Israel, First Church of Christ Scientist, Individual Landmark, Media, When the Process Works
There has been a lot of coverage of last Thursday’s victory for New Yorkers at the Board of Standards and Appeals where the commissioners voted 3-1 to deny the requested variances. Today’s online edition, (and tomorrow’s print edition) pick...
IRT Powerhouse, McKim Mead White, Media, NY Times, NYPAP, Penn Station
Protesters in front of Pennsylvania Station on Aug. 2, 1962.Photo: Eddie Hausner/The New York TimesThe architects Peter Samton and Diana Goldstein can tell you exactly where they were a half century ago, at 5 p.m. on Aug. 2, 1962: out on Seventh Avenue, tilting at...
Media, NY Times, preservation, Save St. Vincent de Paul, St. Vincent de Paul
Sanctuary of St. Vincent de Paul”A French Church Nears Its End, but Not Without a Contretemps” By David W. Dunlap, April 5, 2012, 6:16 pm Tossing a gauntlet as he delivered an Easter sermon in 1841 to the people of New York, Charles...
Columbus Avenue, Landmarks Preservation Commission, Leslie Albrecht, Media, NY Times, Robert Tierney, Victor's Cafe
Your neighborhood needs you!As reported in our recent blog post, a new restaurant operator has applied to the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) to demolish the sculpted mural at 240 Columbus Avenue (formerly home to Victor’s Cafe). This cultural artifact...
C of A, Historic Districts Council, Landmarks Preservation Commission, Leslie Albrecht, Media, Victor's Cafe
240-242 Columbus Avenue, at the time of its inclusion in the designation of the Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District (1990), via the LW! Online Building Database.Where the tastes and culture of Cuba once reigned supreme, a French wine bar/bistro hopes...
