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Posts tagged as “Landmarks Preservation Commission”

‘Catastrophic damage’: Merchant’s House Museum’s dire warning after Landmarks O.K.’s next-door project

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…

Landmarks Preservation Commission in thrall to Big Real Estate, panel says

BY PHYLLIS ECKHAUS | “Time To Reform Our Landmarks Preservation Commission?” That was the question before an Oct. 18 panel at Grace Church High School…

Saving Downtown’s vulnerable landmarks; Advocates cry city must do more

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…

Seaport Coalition appeals court’s ruling to green-light 250 Water St. tower

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | The South Street Seaport Coalition is desperately trying to keep fighting the 250 Water St. tower project by Howard Hughes…

Pitching Union Square area’s ‘critical film history’ in push for a historic district

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…

FOIL cracks facade of city’s case for dismantling row-house exteriors in Meatpacking District

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…

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