Daytonian in Manhattan, Landmarks, Tom Miller
Daytonian in Manhattan, is a blog dedicated to telling “the stories behind the buildings, monuments and other points of interest that make Manhattan fascinating.” From 45-47 Madison Street, the sole survivor of a row of Federal-style row houses in the Financial District, to the Chanin Building, a glorious Art Deco skyscraper in...
Calvert Vaux, Carriage Horses, Dept. of Parks and Recreation, Intro 573-a, Landmarks at Risk, Scenic Landmark, UWS, Wall Street Journal
In an article that a commenter noted “should take him [Mayor Bill deBlasio] off his high horse”, today’s Wall Street Journal posts Effort to Ban Carriage Horses Probed which outlines some of the investigations into the money trail funding the Mayor’s election efforts. His administration has come under repeated...
Carriage Horses, Intro 573-a, Landmarks, Landmarks at Risk
A former President of the United States of America once proclaimed ‘There’s an old saying in Tennessee — I know it’s in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can’t get fooled again.’ While the meaning of this profound...
Carriage Horses, Landmarks at Risk
As we’ve shared allegations of “Kick Backs” in the form of raises, for favorable votes toward passing the mayor’s Carriage Horse compromise, there is word early this morning that the vote scheduled for Friday is out of the stable- at least for this Friday. This is yet another upset for the de Blasio Administration...
C of A, Friends of the UES, Historic Districts Council, Scenic Landmark
UPDATE from the FIELDAs reported by Cristiana P.In 1980, with the founding of the Central Park Conservancy, our City’s first Scenic Landmark–Central Park, designated in 1974–began a miraculous transformation. Decades of neglect were slowly and carefully reversed and, after 30+ years, Central Park is the entrancing...
