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Six to Celebrate Hart Island Tour
Hart Island Tour aboard the John J. Harvey
Join HDC and The Hart Island Project aboard the John J. Harvey Fireboat on Sunday, July 30th to take a truly unique trip around the Southern tip of Manhattan, up the East River to follow the original path from Bellevue Hospital past Roosevelt Island through Hells Gate to Hart Island. The Hart Island Project’s Melinda Hunt will inform tour goers about the history of Hart Island, as well as the influences it has had on New York City.
Boarding will be at 12:00 pm
The trip will take approximately 5-6 hours
Water will be provided, but people are encouraged to bring refreshments. Casual dress is suggested, at some point the water cannons will go off.
This tour is free- RSVP is Required
SOLD OUT
Donations to HDC, The Hart Island Project and the John J. Harvey Fireboat are greatly appreciated
Corona-East Elmhurst Walking Tour
Corona-East Elmhurst Walking Tour
Saturday, June 10, 2017
11am-1pm
Corona-East Elmhurst has become one of the largest and most intercultural Latino communities in NYC. Originally part of the colonial village of Newtown, established in the 1600s by Dutch and African settlers, it has been home over the years to sizable Italian, African-American, Caribbean, German, Irish, Jewish and Swedish populations simultaneously. It also has a history as a horse-racing destination, a railroad and baseball town and a haven for New York’s jazz community. On this two-hour tour we will explore these aspects of Corona-East Elmhurst’s heritage, concentrating on the Corona portion of this diverse area. Sights include historic houses of worship, a 19th-century country villa, beloved local parks and eateries and the longtime home of music legend Louis Armstrong, as well as the former residence of his friend and fellow legend Dizzy Gillespie, who along with Charlie Parker ushered the era of bebop into the American jazz tradition. Tour participants will have the option of extending their tour by continuing with the guide to the World’s Fair Marina, a waterfront promenade where the mysterious Candela structures stand.
Ace Hotel and Madison Square North Park
Ace Hotel and Madison Square North Park
Friday, May 5
2:20 pm
Attendees of this unique tour will get to view the Ace Hotel located in the Madison Square North Historic District, and tour Madison Square Park. You will learn how the park affected development around Madison Square and how the hotel is a part of that history. The Ace hotel has embraced its historic roots by creatively decorating its interior with contemporary pieces that reflect the neighborhoods past. The tour will begin inside the lobby of the Ace hotel, where a staff member will guide us around the the original mosaic floor and stained glass windows. The tour will then continue through Madison Square Park. The land around Madison Sq. Park was designated a public space in the first city charter of 1686; in the ensuing centuries the land would be used as farmland, military training and finally a park. Come learn the storied history of the park and the neighborhood on this special Six to Celebrate tour.
2017 Six to Celebrate Launch Party!
2017 Six to Celebrate Launch Party!
Calvary-St. George’s Parish
61 Gramercy Park North, Manhattan
Wednesday, February 15, 2017
6pm
Friends $20 / General Admission $25
2017 Six to Celebrate:
Corona-East Elmhurst, Queens
Prospect-Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn
Six to Celebrate annually identifies six historic NYC neighborhoods that merit preservation. These will be priorities for HDC’s advocacy and consultation over a yearlong period. Please join the Historic Districts Council at the 2017 launch party!
To read more about the 2017 Six to Celebrate go to our website 6tocelebrate.org
Support is provided in part by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and by the New York State Council on the Arts and the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. Additional support is provided by City Council Members Margaret Chin, Inez Dickens, Daniel Garodnick, Vincent Gentile, Corey Johnson, Ben Kallos, Stephen Levin, Mark Levine, Rosie Mendez and Rafael Salamanca, and by New York State Assembly Members Deborah Glick, Richard Gottfried and Daniel O’Donnell.
Announcing the 2017 Six to Celebrate !
Announcing the 2017 Six to Celebrate !
Prospect-Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn
Support for Six to Celebrate is provided by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature and by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and New York City Councilmembers Inez Dickens, Daniel Garodnick, Vincent Gentile, Corey Johnson, Ben Kallos, Mark Levine, and Eric Ulrich.
A Walk Through Audubon Park
Sunday, October 16, 2016
2:00—3:30 p.m.
Audubon Monument, 550 West 155th Street
The distinctive footprint that disrupts Manhattan’s grid west of Broadway between 155th and 158th Streets—the Audubon Park Historic District—did not come about by accident or from the demands of local topography. It unfolded from careful planning and alliances among like-minded property owners, whose social and political connections ensured that when progress swept up Manhattan’s west side, they would benefit.
Join neighborhood historian Matthew Spady for a leisurely walk through the architectural treasures in the Audubon Park Historic District on Sunday, October 16 from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. The walk, sponsored by the Historic Districts Council, will begin at the Audubon Monument in Trinity Cemetery (155th Street between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue) and from there wind through the historic district, ending at the historic row of twelve houses that John Leo and John Lilliendahl built on 158th Street between 1896 and 1898. The Historic Districts Council selected this row as one of its Six to Celebrate designations for 2016.
The cost of the walk is $10 for HDC friends, seniors or students, and $20 for non-members.
Participants may also pay at the start of the walk (cash only).
Death and Life in East Harlem
East Harlem Preservation is pleased to offer another historical walking tour,Death and Life in East Harlem.
Sunday, October 30th
From 2:00 -4:00 pm
NW corner of 121st Street & Third Avenue
$10 suggested donation. Free for East Harlem residents. RSVP:EHP10029@gmail.com.
Lost and Found Murals of East Harlem
East Harlem Preservation is pleased to offer another outdoor art walking tour,Lost and Found Murals of East Harlem.
Sunday, October 23rd
From 2:00 -4:00 pm
NE corner of 100 Street & Lexington Ave.
$10 suggested donation. Free for East Harlem residents. RSVP:EHP10029@gmail.com.
Monument to What?
Monument to What? will address the complicated history behind the monument to Dr. J. Marion Sims located in Central Park at 103rd and Fifth Avenue. In recent years calls for its removal have centered on the fact that it ignores how Sims exploited enslaved women for his medical research. Similar disputes are currently underway in cities across the nation in response to 18th, 19th and early 20th century monuments that celebrate slaveholders, racists, Confederate soldiers and corrupt politicians. Click here to learn more.
Monument to What? A Panel Discussion
Friday, October 7th, 2016 from 6:30-8:30 pm
Project: ARTSspace, 156 Fifth Ave. @ 20th St., Suite 308
Speakers:
- Harriet A. Washington, author of Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present
- Heather Butts, MA, JD, Health Policy Management Department, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
- Artist and designer Xenobia Baily
- Laundromat Project 2016 Create Change Fellowship artists Vanessa Cuervo, Autumn Robinson, Rahviance Beme and Terence Trouillot
- East Harlem Preservation founder, writer, and activist, Marina Ortiz
Monument to What? is organized by the Institute for Wishful Thinking as the final public event for the exhibition Making Progress. Closing celebration to follow panel discussion.
2016 Six to Celebrate Tours
Saturday, September 24, 11:00AM: East New York
Following up on the success of our first tour of East New York in the spring, HDC is pleased to offer a repeat tour of this fascinating corner of Brooklyn! East New York has certainly been the talk of the town lately, as the City moves forward to rezone the neighborhood, along with 14 others. However, East New York is also known for its rich and somewhat troubled history. Join us for this tour, led by Farrah Lafontant, neighborhood resident and member of Preserving East New York, the newly formed civic group working to preserve the neighborhood’s built heritage. The tour will begin at the 75th Police Precinct Station and include visits to a Magistrates Court, the former site of the East New York Savings Bank, Maxwell’s Bakery and the Borden Dairy Company factory complex, which was recently heard by the Landmarks Preservation Commission for potential landmark status.
After the tour we will head to Arts East New York for a reception. The party will allow neighbors to learn more about PENY and the work they are doing in East New York. The party is free and open to the public, you do not have to attend the tour to attend the party.
Sunday, October 30, 11:30AM: Clay Avenue & Grand Concourse
Join us for a tour highlighting two very different historic districts in The Bronx! We will begin with a stroll through the charming Clay Avenue Historic District, a one-block stretch of remarkably intact and refreshingly unchanged rowhouses. Following this treasure of a block, the tour will loop back to the Grand Concourse Historic District to take in a smattering of Revival and Art Deco apartment buildings. This juxtaposition of small-scale, late 19th century rowhouses and large-scale, early 20th century apartment buildings will allow participants to compare and contrast trends in the development of middle-class housing a generation or so apart. The tour will end at another locally designated gem, the Andrew Freedman Home, located on the Grand Concourse at East 166th Street. The home has a colorful and unlikely origin story, having been built by millionaire philanthropist Andrew Freedman as a retirement facility for wealthy people who had lost their fortunes.
Sunday, October 30, 2:00PM: East River Vistas: Architecture and Changing Lifestyles in Yorkville
Once home to bucolic farmland, the eastern edge of Yorkville was dotted with clapboard farmhouses and country houses before being transformed into an industrial factory hub at the turn of the 20th century. As immigrants settled in Yorkville, tenement buildings were constructed, and by the 1930s the area around East End Avenue was home to luxury apartments designed by elite architects. Join the Historic Districts Council and FRIENDS of the Upper East Side Historic Districts as we track this fascinating history of housing in eastern Yorkville with architectural historian and famed tour guide, Francis Morrone. Highlights will include East End Avenue, Gracie Square and Carl Schurz Park, model tenements such as the Cherokee Apartments, the idyllic rowhouses at Henderson Place and everything in between, including the largest white brick high-rise in the universe!
SOLD OUT
Support is provided in part by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and by the New York State Council on the Arts and the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. Additional support is provided by City Council Members Ben Kallos, Rosie Mendez, Mark Levine, Inez Dickens, Vincent Gentile, Corey Johnson, Stephen Levin, Margaret Chin, Dan Garodnick, and Rafael Salamanca and New York State Assembly Members Deborah Glick, Richard Gottfried, and Daniel O’Donnell.
Advocacy in a Changing Lower East Side
Wednesday, August 10, 6:00PM
Join us for a tour of some of the highlights of one of Manhattan’s most historic and storied neighborhoods, the Lower East Side! The area has been experiencing rapid change in the form of large-scale development projects over the last decade. In the seeming blink of an eye, entire blocks have been demolished, leaving gaping holes in the landscape, while individual tenements have been replaced with glassy new condo buildings. Yet, its character-defining tenement architecture still exhibits the Lower East Side’s illustrious past as a dense immigrant enclave of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. To save a representative piece of this historic tableau, advocates have been working hard to preserve sections of the neighborhood so that its story might live on through its physical fabric. The tour will include the intact areas that are the subject of preservation focus, but will also explore its changing landscape.
Crown Heights South Fun(d)raiser
Crown Heights South Fun(d)raiser- Sunday, July 10, 2016
Help! Spot-zoning bringing towers to Inwood
Proposed 23-story tower from Ft. Tryon Park. 4650 Broadway visibility study by Saratoga Associates
The Historic Districts Council chose Inwood as one of the Six to Celebrate neighborhoods in 2011 for its historical, architectural and environmental attributes. Nearly half of the land in Inwood is public park space which preserves natural terrain and geological features of Manhattan, as opposed to the designed landscapes of many parks in New York City. Thus, Inwood’s distinctive development pattern and architecture was created in relation to the original landscape of Manhattan Island.
One of Inwood and Washington Heights’ treasured historical resources is Fort Tryon Park, a 67-acre park which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is one of only ten Scenic Landmarks in all of New York City. Designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. the park’s landscape is unrivaled in its romantic views of the Hudson River, the Palisades, and its rich topography.
However, the super-tall development found in other parts of the city has arrived above 200th Street in Manhattan in this low-scale neighborhood. Ft. Tryon Park and the Inwood community is currently threatened by two rezonings which will irreversibly alter the experience of the park and the neighborhood at large. The proposed rezoning for 4650 Broadway will be a 27-story building abutting the park, four times taller than the surrounding buildings’ heights. The other proposal, 4566 Broadway, would allow a 19-story development (increase in FAR from 3.44 to 9.96).
Click here to send a letter saying “NO” to spot-rezoning and require an Environmental Impact Study (EIS) of the cumulative impacts of these projects, and undertake a comprehensive plan to develop appropriately scaled development, similar to the City’s InwoodNYC plan immediately to the north.
March 30, 2016 Audubon Park Meeting on Landmarking
Join us at this meeting to learn what we are doing and how you can help.
Representatives from the Historic Districts Council will discuss the architectural, cultural and economic benefits of historic districts and address misconceptions about the impacts of designation on operating and repair costs.
Come and meet your neighbors as we help our community.
CROWN HEIGHTS SOUTH TOWN HALL MEETING & LANDMARK WEEKEND- post
2016 Six to Celebrate Launch Party
Introducing the 2016 Six to Celebrate!
Six to Celebrate annually identifies six historic NYC neighborhoods that merit preservation. These will be priorities for HDC’s advocacy and consultation over a yearlong period.
To learn more about the 2016 Neighborhoods click here
To honor our new Six to Celebrate we will be hosting a party at the South Street Seaport Museum’s Melville Gallery at 213 Water Street on January 28th at 6 pm!
To register for the event click here
Audubon Park, Manhattan
Clay Avenue, The Bronx
Crown Heights South, Brooklyn
East New York, Brooklyn
Richmond Hill, Queens
Yorkville, Manhattan
Support for Six to Celebrate is provided by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature and by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and New York City Councilmembers Inez Dickens, Daniel Garodnick, Vincent Gentile, Corey Johnson, Ben Kallos, Mark Levine, and Eric Ulrich.
CROWN HEIGHTS NORTH TOUR 11.14.2015
Join the Crown Heights North Association
and the Historic Districts Council
for a walking tour of this beautiful and historic
neighborhood in the heart of Brooklyn.
The tour will be led by architectural
historian, CHNA Board member and
Brownstoner blogger (pseudonym: “Montrose Morris”),
Suzanne Spellen!
TO REGISTER CLICK HERE
THE GREAT WOODLAWN CEMETERY SCAVENGER HUNT
Date: Saturday, September 26
Time: Scavenger Hunt starts at 2:00PM; Reception at Rambling House starts at 4:00PM
Location: Meet at the Work Gate, East 233rd Street between Katonah Avenue and Vireo Avenue (across from 329 E. 233rdStreet and one block west of Woodlawn’s main entrance at Webster Avenue)
Cost: $10 per team (up to 4 people per team) (Click here to register )
This fun-filled scavenger hunt of The Woodlawn Cemetery will celebrate some of this National Historic Landmark’s most famous residents, landscapes, and monuments, as well as the adjacent Woodlawn Heights neighborhood, one of the Historic Districts Council’s 2015 Six to Celebrate!
Choose from five themed trails in search of some of the cemetery’s most famous memorials and sites. Each trail covers 1.5 miles (no hills!) of the cemetery’s picturesque lanes, and will last roughly 60-90 minutes.
WALKING TOUR: DEAN ALVORD’S IDEA: VICTORIAN FLATBUSH
Saturday, October 24, 2015
1PM-3PM
Highlighting the transformation of the rural town of Flatbush into a planned community of great spatial and aesthetic coherence, Brooklyn native and tour guide, Norman Oder, leads a walk through Dean Alvord’s Prospect Park South.
Reservations are required:
$15 Friends & Young Preservationists (Under 30)
$20 Non-Members
Click here to register
PLEASE NOTE:
Starting points will be provided after tickets are purchased.
All walking tours will proceed rain or shine.
Space is limited.
Co-sponsored with Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities
Crown Heights North Walking Tour Pictures
Crown Heights North Walking Tour
Saturday, June 20, 2015
South Street Seaport Tour Pictures
South Street Seaport Walking Tour
Thursday, June 18, 2015
New Oscar Lopez Rivera mural !
East Harlem Preservation along with other neighborhood supporters hosted a fundraiser to create a new Oscar Lopez Rivera mural. The previous mural had been harshly defaced. Along with their Six to Celebrate grant from HDC and the money they raised they were able to hire the original muralist to paint a new mural. There are still several more paintings around East Harlem that need to be restored, so fundraising will continue; but for now we celebrate the beautiful new Oscar Lopez Rivera mural !
Former mural
Tour the Gardens During Historic Jackson Heights Weekend
It encompasses the country’s first planned garden and cooperative apartment community. It’s the birthplace of Scrabble. And it’s the setting for the TV show Ugly Betty.
It’s also the place to be on Saturday and Sunday, when the Jackson Heights Beautification Group celebrates the 25th annual Historic Jackson Heights Weekend.
On Saturday, the fun kicks off with an exhibition of vintage photographs and memorabilia at theCommunity United Methodist Church. At 10:45 am and 12:15 am, there will be slide presentations on the neighborhood’s history. Then, a self-guided garden tour (using maps provided upon ticket purchase) will allow participants to visit at least 15 private gardens. These block-long, park-like gardens are only open to the public one day a year.
On Sunday at noon, guides will take walkers through the historic district, highlighting the apartments, private homes, and commercial and civic buildings that distinguish Jackson Heights.
Details: Historic Jackson Heights Weekend, Community United Methodist Church, 81-10 35th Street, Jackson Heights. June 13, slide lectures at 10:45 am and 12:15 am, free; garden tours from noon to 4 pm, $10. June 14, tour at noon, $10. Click here for ticket information.
Photo by Jackson Heights Beautification Group
http://queens.brownstoner.com/2015/06/tour-the-gardens-during-historic-jackson-heights-weekend/
Long Island City Walking Tour
Long Island City
Tuesday, June 30 at 6:00PM:
Join us for a tour of the ever-changing Queens Plaza in Long Island City, where 350 years of history exhibit New York City’s cutting-edge spirit. From the Dutch Kills Green millstones to Sunnyside Yards, from loft buildings to new towers and tech industry, the area is both dynamic and connected to its past. Queens Plaza opened in 1909 to accommodate the connection of the Queensboro Bridge to Queens, and once served as the borough’s transportation hub and financial and business center. While major redevelopment plans are underway in Queens Plaza, the Landmarks Preservation Commission has just designated its most beloved architectural jewel, the former Bank of Manhattan Building, affectionately known as the “Clock Tower,” as the city’s newest Individual Landmark. Historian and Greater Astoria Historical Society trustee Richard Melnick will lead us on a walk around Queens Plaza to learn about its history and plans for its future.
South Street Seaport Walking Tour
South Street Seaport
Thursday, June 18 at 6:00PM:
As the nation’s most important port for over 100 
years, the South Street Seaport, through its historic buildings, harbor views and tall ships, provides an important link to New York City’s fascinating and multi-layered origin story. As Manhattan’s oldest intact neighborhood, the Seaport derives its distinct sense of place from its 200-year old mercantile buildings, Belgian block paving and views of the Brooklyn Bridge. For many generations, it has been a destination for those with a passion for history. With major development pressures threatening to irreversibly and insensitively distort its character, advocates are working hard to protect this unique district. Join us as urban historian and author Francis Morrone illuminates the early history of the Seaport, its evolution over time and proposed plans for its future.
GREENPOINT WALKING TOUR
Join Preservation Greenpoint for a walking tour led by professor, author, and architectural historian Andrew Scott Dolkart (who is back by popular demand!). The group will explore the architecture, history, and development of Brooklyn’s Greenpoint, from the industrial heritage that remains as a reminder of the neighborhood’s role as a powerful industrial center, to the delightful array of residential structures in a wide variety of styles. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn more about Greenpoint from one of New York City’s preeminent architectural experts!
When: Wednesday June 17, 6:00PM
Where: Meet in front of St. Anthony St. Alphonsus Church at 862 Manhattan Ave Brooklyn, NY 11222 (one block south of the Greenpoint Avenue G train stop)
RSVP: info@preservationgreenpoint.org
(tour is free, but space is limited; please rsvp to ensure a spot)
Matthew Coody & Jennifer Schork
PRESERVATION GREENPOINT
Greenpoint Walking Tour
Join Preservation Greenpoint for a walking tour led by professor, author, and architectural historian Andrew Scott Dolkart (who is back by popular demand!). The group will explore the architecture, history, and development of Brooklyn’s Greenpoint, from the industrial heritage that remains as a reminder of the neighborhood’s role as a powerful industrial center, to the delightful array of residential structures in a wide variety of styles. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn more about Greenpoint from one of New York City’s preeminent architectural experts!
When: Wednesday June 17, 6:00PM
Where: Meet in front of St. Anthony St. Alphonsus Church at 862 Manhattan Ave Brooklyn, NY 11222 (one block south of the Greenpoint Avenue G train stop)
RSVP: info@preservationgreenpoint.org
(tour is free, but space is limited; please rsvp to ensure a spot)
Matthew Coody & Jennifer Schork
PRESERVATION GREENPOINT
East Harlem Tours April 27 and May 4 2015
Lost and Found Murals of East Harlem
Dear Neighbor,
East Harlem Preservation is pleased to invite you to a FREE walking tour through the neighborhood’s mural district. Join us on Sunday, May 3rd at 2:00 pm and learn about the neighborhood’s “buildings as canvases” tradition. We will be meeting on the corner of 103rd Street and Lexington Avenue! Hope to see you there!
https://www.facebook.com/events/1579232428982929/
Art Auction Works by Angelo Romano
Fundraiser to restore the Oscar Lopez Rivera mural
Annual Neighborhood Remembrance Day Celebration & 150th Anniversary of the end of the Civil War and 70th Anniversary of the end of WWII.
Saturday, May 30th 2 PM
Neighborhood Remembrance Day Celebration
Lake Cemetery, Forest Ave/Willowbrook Road
Staten Island Civil War Canon Brigade, GAR Post 525 Re-enactors, Staten Island OutLOUD, Richmond County Pipes/ Drums and Boy Scout Troop #7. This year the flag will be raised in honor of WWII Veteran William Morris Jr.
(This event made possible in part by an Encore Grant from Staten Island Arts with public funding from the NYS Council on the Arts.)
Annual International Commemoration of the Great Irish Hunger
Annual International Commemoration of the Great Irish Hunger
Sunday, May 3, 2015
Battery Park Irish Hunger Memorial
North End Ave & Vesey Street and North End Avenue
2 PM at the Irish Memorial at Battery Park for a Walk and Talk with:
Battery Park Conservancy, Horticulturist Richard Farraino, creator of the memorial Artist Brian Tolle; will discuss the memorial’s design and native plantings. Lynn Rogers, Friends of Abandoned Cemeteries, Inc. (FACSI); will discuss Irish immigration to New York City 1845-1858, the role of the Staten Island Marine Hospital & Quarantine Station and the ultimate fate of thousands of Irish immigrants.
After the event, please join Lynn Rogers and Bill Fahey for a Staten Island Ferry ride. During the crossing we will toss flowers into New York Harbor in memory of all who perished. Bring long stemmed flower.
(This event is made possible in part by an Encore Grant from Staten Island Arts with public funding from the NYS Council on the Arts.)
Sunset Park Trolley Tour with LPC staff
Sunset Park Landmarks Committee led the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission chair Meenakshi Srinivasan and staff on a trolley tour through the proposed historic district !
Morningside Heights Historic Districts Committee Honors HDC!
The Morningside Heights Historic Districts Committee is honoring the Historic Districts Council at their Annual Party this Thursday Feb 12!!
LESPI- SHIP BUILDING IN THE DRY DOCK DISTRICT OF NEW YORK CITY
Lower East Side Preservation Initiantive &
Art Loisaida Foundation
present
LESPI presents Ship Building in the Dry Dock District in New York City
Thursday, January 29, 2015
6:30-8:30 pm
Neighborhood Preservation Center
232 East 11th Street
(btn. 2nd and 3rd Avenues)
presented by
Laura Zelasnic
http://sixtocelebrate.wpengine.com/whats-new/ship-building-in-the-dry-dock-district-of-new-york-city/
The History and Endurance of New York City’s Carnegie and Branch Libraries- A lecture by Dr. Jeffrey Kroessler
(images courtesy of NYPL and HDC)
Join the Historic Districts Council for a presentation on the history of New York City’s Carnegie and branch libraries and their endurance into the present.
(at the very first Carnegie Library built in New York City!)
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
5:30 PM
Yorkville Branch of the New York Public Library
222 East 79th Street (between Second & Third Avenues)
In 1899, industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie donated the funds which would build 67 architecturally distinctive libraries in the five boroughs between 1901 and 1923. These buildings, of which 54 still function today as libraries, have been community landmarks ever since. Together with the more recently built branch libraries, and the famous main branches, they make up the three library systems that serve the dynamic population of New York City.
Dr. Jeffrey Kroessler, author of Lighting the Way: A Centennial History of the Queens Borough Public Library, 1896-1996, will discuss the early history of the Carnegie and branch libraries, including their philanthropic origins, purposeful locations, and intended neighborhood functions, as well as their endurance into the 21st century.
This event is free and open to the public. Seating will happen on a first come, first serve basis.
If you have any questions, please contact Brigid Harmon at bharmon@hdc.org or 212-614-9107
Terra Cotta, Don’t Take It for Granite: Morningside Heights Highlights
To RSVP E-mail info@morningsideheights.org
“GREEKS ON THE LOWER EAST SIDE: AMERICAN STORIES”
Presented by:
Marcia Haddad Ikonomopoulos
Director of the Museum at Kehila Kedosha Janina and LESPI Board Member
This program illuminates a little-known part of the American immigration story – that of the immigrants from Greece.
Step into the Balkan world of the Lower East Side, the kafenions and dance halls, the lilting bouzouki music and the aromas of Mediterranean cooking. Learn about the Sephardic and Romaniote synagogues and the local Greek Orthodox Church. They came during the massive wave of immigration (1881-1924) but their stories were very different.
Suggested donation: $15
Wednesday, October 1, 2014
6:30-8:30pm
Neighborhood Preservation Center
232 East 11th Street
(btw. 2nd and 3rd Avenues)
The lecture will be followed by a short reception. Light refreshments will be served.
For further information contact Richard at info@LESPI-nyc.org or 347-827-1846.
Space is limited RSVP are required – Make a reservation online HERE.
Historic tour of Atlantic Avenue! September 13
The Atlantic Avenue Business Improvement District invites you to join a tour of Atlantic Avenue, one of Brooklyn’s most dynamic commercial thoroughfares for over one hundred years. This diverse retail and dining destination connects the historic neighborhoods of Boerum Hill, Brooklyn Heights and Cobble Hill. Tour guide and Brooklyn native Joe Svehlak will guide us from 4th Avenue to Hicks Street, discussing Atlantic Avenue’s architecture, social and commercial history, as well as areas that have been more recently redeveloped. The variety of commercial, religious, civic, and residential architecture combining the new with the old are a testament to the vitality of Atlantic Avenue. In addition to the many shops and restaurants on our walk, we will view a former brewery, several religious sites, and, near the entrance to Brooklyn Bridge Park, a new mural depicting the avenue’s history and significance.
Saturday, September 13
11:00am – 1:00pm
Suggested donation: $10
To reserve your spot, please visit:
http://atlanticavebid.ticketleap.com/atlantic-avenue-historic-tour-july-12/
Park Avenue, Manhattan -Walking Tour
Monday, October 6, 6:00PM (Walking Tour)
SOLD OUT
The June 17 Six to Celebrate tour of the newly designated Park Avenue Historic District quickly sold out and was extremely well received. As such, Urban Historian Justin Ferate will conduct a second tour – beginning at Park Avenue at 91st Street and traveling south along the avenue. The upper segment of the new district boasts of elegant apartment houses by such impressive architects as J.E.R. Carpenter, George & Edward Blum, Mott B. Schmidt, Emery Roth, Mills & Bottomley, and others. In addition, we’ll view religious structures by some of America’s noteworthy ecclesiastical design firms: Patrick C. Keely, Cram, Goodhue & Ferguson, and Schickel & Ditmars.
Join us on this walking tour of New York City’s premier historic boulevard. Learn more about the histories of these remarkable architectural treasures and the effort to protect Park Avenue’s historical and architectural significance for future generations.
TAKE BACK GOWANUS
TOUR OF TEACHERS COLLEGE IN MORNINGSIDE HEIGHTS WITH ANDREW SCOTT DOLKART
Jewels in the Crown: Select Interiors of Teachers College and Union Theological Seminary
Tuesday, July 8th at 6:00 p.m.
Teachers College, Broadway and West 120th Street, northeast corner
Suggested donation: $10
R.S.V.P. required
Email: info@morningsideheights.org
http://morningsideheights.org/amazing-tour-of-morningside-heights-jewels-july-8-2014/
SHINE-A-LIGHT: NEON WALKING TOUR OF THE LOWER EAST SIDE
May 8, 2014
Sponsored by Lower East Side Preservation Initiative
Neon signage – bold, colorful, flashy, and often beautiful – is emblematic of New York itself, and particularly the Lower East Side with its exuberant and diverse immigration, political, and cultural history.
Join Tom Rinaldi, architectural designer and author of New York Neon, in a rollicking tour of some of the most striking and historically interesting Lower East Side neon, including Katz’s, Russ and Daughter’s, Gringer Appliances, and lesser known gems.
Thursday, May 8th, 6:30 PM
Meet in front of John’s Restaurant 302 East 12th St. just west of 2nd Ave.
Admission: $20 LESPI Members: $15
Reservations are limited: advance ticket purchase recommended
Purchase tickets at www.NYCharities.org
Contact Richard:347-827-1846 or info@LESPI-nyc.org
You can purchase New York Neon here
Six to Celebrate Tours 2014- Forest Close
Forest Close, Queens
Saturday, June 7, 11:00AM (WALKING TOUR)
SOLD OUT!!
Led by architectural historian Barry Lewis, this walking tour will cover some of the highlights of Forest Hills, one of the city’s most beautiful suburban-style communities developed in the early 20th century. Featured on the tour is Forest Close, a nook of 38 neo-Tudor houses surrounding a communal garden. Designed in 1927 in the spirit of the garden city movement, Forest Close can be described as an enclave within an enclave, its private orientation and country-inspired architecture lending charming appeal.
Six to Celebrate Tours 2014-Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn
Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn
Saturday, June 14, 11AM (WALKING TOUR)
A commercial thoroughfare for more than one hundred years, Atlantic Avenue is a diverse retail and dining destination connecting the historic neighborhoods of Boerum Hill, Brooklyn Heights and Cobble Hill. Join us as tour guide Joe Svehlak leads this walking tour between 4th Avenue and Hicks Street, discussing Atlantic Avenue’s architecture, social and commercial history, as well as areas that have been more recently redeveloped.
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O’Donnell, locals continue to oppose St. John’s expansion
From The Morningside Heights Historic District Committee:
O’Donnell, locals continue to oppose St. John’s expansion. Continue reading