BY THE VILLAGE SUN | To hear congregants tell it, the Archdiocese does next to nothing to promote the fact that there are still two…
Posts tagged as “Landmarks Preservation Commission”
Community activists in two separate fights for light and air — as well as grass, trees and contextual development — in Downtown and Lower Manhattan…
BY THE VILLAGE SUN | In a move that advocates say will surely imperil Manhattan’s first landmarked building, the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission on Tuesday…
BY PHYLLIS ECKHAUS | “Time To Reform Our Landmarks Preservation Commission?” That was the question before an Oct. 18 panel at Grace Church High School…
BY PHYLLIS ECKHAUS | Last year, when a demolition permit was filed for the 200-year-old row house at 14 Gay St. — an integral part…
BY THE VILLAGE SUN | The South Street Seaport Coalition is desperately trying to keep fighting the 250 Water St. tower project by Howard Hughes…
BY THE VILLAGE SUN | And the nominee is: the South of Union Square Historic District. In the run-up to the Oscars, Village Preservation is making…
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Updated Nov. 22, 11:30 a.m.: To quote from Ecclesiastes (and The Byrds), there is “a time to tear down, and a…
BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Updated May 31, 2:15 p.m.: Something was indeed “undermined” in the case of nine historic Meatpacking District buildings whose facades…
BY WILL THOMAS | I write as a fellow resident of Lower Manhattan, one who welcomes in many ways how the Seaport and the Financial…