Category Archives: News/Events

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/

Six to Celebrate 2015 Party

February 3: Six to Celebrate 2015 Party

LOCATION CHANGE –Calvary Church 61 Gramercy Park North

Due to the weather our original location for tonight’s party has lost heat. The new location is Calvary Church 61 Gramercy Park North the entrance is on 21st Street. Sorry for theinconvenience hope you can still join us.

http://sixtocelebrate.wpengine.com/events/

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 4^th 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.