Dec 12, 2016 | IRT Powerhouse, Landmarks at Risk, Landmarks Preservation Commission, Wish List
Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. ~ Virginia O’Hanlon (age 8), September 21, 1897 Virginia, sometimes we’re not so sure either. But New Yorkers could use some good news, so here goes… Dear Santa: It’s a tough world...
Jul 19, 2016 | Andrew S. Dolkart, Tours and Events, Wish List
Summer Walking Tour with Professor Andrew S. Dolkart! ____________________________________________________________ Featuring the Upper West Side’s newest Landmark & uncharted landmark territory in the West 90’s ...
May 5, 2016 | 361 Central Park West, Congregation Shearith Israel, First Church of Christ Scientist, Landmarks at Risk, Pay to Play, Preservation Under Fire, Wish List
It’s time to end pay-to-play real estate deals. — From the steps of City Hall, a coalition of community groups from across New York City demanded an end to the “pay to play” relationships between real estate developers, lobbyists and City and...
Mar 3, 2016 | Backlog 95, Historic Districts Council, IRT Powerhouse, Landmark West, Landmarks at Risk, Landmarks Preservation Commission, LPC, McKim Mead and White, Watch List, Wish List
Neighborhood Paper CHELSEA NOW has a new article on the LPC Backlog and it quotes our partners at the Historic Districts Council and our very own President, Kate Wood. The bulk of the article addresses the potential for designating the IRT Powerhouse: Preservationists...
Feb 8, 2016 | Backlog 95, IRT Powerhouse, Landmarks, Landmarks at Risk, Landmarks Preservation Commission, McKim Mead and White, Robert W. Gibson, St. Michael's Episcopal Church, Wish List
After years of being deferred, the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission has been in the process of reviewing 95 of its “Backlog” items that have languished on the LPC calendar for more than five years. Although they initially wanted to just...
May 30, 2012 | Christopher Gray, IRT Powerhouse, NY Times, Stanford White, streetscapes, Wish List
“Its delicate Renaissance-style exterior could just as well have clothed an opera house, although the five colossal stacks gave it away.” Photo: New York City Municipal Archives, via NY Times Preservation groups are circling the deliciously decorated...
