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05/17/2012 - 10:55 |
Posted In: East Village & LES
The Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) voted unanimously yesterday to landmark the Van Tassel and Kearney Horse Auction Mart...
05/08/2012 - 12:05 |
Posted In: Chelsea
Hotel Chelsea is in quite a mess.
Department of Buildings records show the hotel is already five feet too tall and thousands of sq...
04/27/2012 - 10:57 |
Posted In: West Village & Greenwich Village
Work will ensue at the site of former St. Vincent's Hospital in Greenwich Village, but the building is saving face.
On Tuesday, th...
04/13/2012 - 15:27 |
Posted In: SoHo TriBeCa & FiDi
Last night, locals packed a meeting of Community Board 1 to voice their opposition of a proposed residential building at 11-15 Leo...
04/13/2012 - 11:03 |
Posted In: East Village & LES
Community Board 3 will be voting next month whether or not to allow the proposed project at the Essex Street Market to move forwar...
04/09/2012 - 13:17 |
Posted In: SoHo TriBeCa & FiDi
The Landmarks Preservation Commission has extended the historic district of SoHo in an effort to protect the architectural signifi...
04/06/2012 - 11:10 |
Posted In: Chelsea
Turns out the Hotel Chelsea really does want to raise the roof.
Despite previous statements to the contrary, documents show the ne...
03/15/2012 - 12:43 |
Posted In: West Village & Greenwich Village
A historic building will be preserved and a new public school will be coming at the site of former St. Vincent's Hospital in Green...
02/22/2012 - 16:46 |
Posted In: Upper West Side
Turmoil and indecision have surrounded Tavern on the Green since it’s closing in 2009. The new renovation project has been dramati...
02/08/2012 - 14:00 |
Posted In: Chelsea
The Hotel Chelsea is looking to soar to new heights after it was erected nearly 130 years ago but as usual, the remaining tenants...
Read More: Chetrit Group, Hotel Chelsea, Landmarks Preservation Commission
02/06/2012 - 16:43 |
Posted In: East Village & LES
A former "Friends" star making enemies? These stories write themselves.
David Schwimmer recently purchased and destroyed an East V...
01/19/2012 - 14:26 |
Posted In: East Village & LES
Just one day after East 10th Street was declared a historic site, work has begun on the building that caused all the trouble, EV G...
01/18/2012 - 11:12 |
Posted In: East Village & LES
One block of the East Village has been granted historical district status following a ruling by the Landmarks Preservation Commiss...
01/17/2012 - 17:44 |
Posted In: Upper West Side
Sugar and Plumm, the candy store set to open on Amsterdam Avenue, has redesigned their facade to hopefully remove the sour taste t...
01/04/2012 - 15:36 |
Posted In: SoHo TriBeCa & FiDi
It required five attempts and three months of dialogue and compromise before the Landmarks Preservation Commission unanimously app...
12/22/2011 - 12:45 |
Posted In: Upper West Side
Apparently the Upper West Side isn't feeling so warm and cuddly about welcoming a new Sugar & Plumm Purveyors of Yumm candy st...
12/15/2011 - 15:15 |
Posted In: Upper West Side
Sweet turned sour.
A new sweets store/restaurant, Sugar and Plumm Purveyors of Yumm, is scheduled to open on the Upper West Side n...
12/15/2011 - 14:10 |
Posted In: SoHo TriBeCa & FiDi
Pier 17 might get a little classier - and glassier.
A three-story, glass-walled structure may replace the current mall at the Sout...
12/09/2011 - 18:30 |
Posted In: East Village & LES
315 East 10th Street
In two separate instances, GVSHP and our allies are fighting notorious developer Ben Shaoul in his efforts t...
12/08/2011 - 11:50 |
Posted In: Midtown & Hells Kitchen
Why have a cul-de-sac when you can have a plaza?
Residents of the Tudor City apartment complex have been petitioning for the addit...
11/30/2011 - 10:00 |
Posted In: Harlem
Some Harlem residents feel a new liquor store is too "ghetto."
Harlem residents have recently become angered with a new liquor sto...
10/18/2011 - 12:32 |
Posted In: Upper West Side
Upper West Side residents will have one last chance to voice their opinions on the proposed expansion of the historic district on...
10/04/2011 - 14:58 |
Posted In: SoHo TriBeCa & FiDi
Jared Kushner’s plans for the expansion of the Puck Building will be revisiting the drawing board. Crain's reports Kushner, husban...
09/29/2011 - 14:54 |
Posted In: Upper East Side
A plan to develop townhouses on the Upper East Side that used to belong to the Whitney Museum is getting attention from local resi...
09/27/2011 - 10:30 |
Posted In: Upper West Side
Not everyone on the Upper West Side wants to give peace a chance.
The peace symbol perched atop the Ansonia apartment building on...
08/14/2011 - 13:12 |
Posted In: West Village & Greenwich Village
By Kevin Korber of Village Confidential
West 8th Street in Greenwich Village was once a hub for bohemia in New York City; the...
Read More: Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYU, West 8th Street
08/11/2011 - 18:14 |
Posted In: Upper West Side
Cherry Hill Concourse, following the 1980s renovation.
Thirty years ago, architect Gerald Allen, under the auspices of Peter Glu...
08/10/2011 - 11:10 |
Posted In: East Village & LES
As previously reported by NearSay, the old Citizens Savings Bank at 54-58 Bowery, located near the Manhattan Bridge, was being con...
08/09/2011 - 14:00 |
Posted In: West Village & Greenwich Village
Architect Morris Adjmi has big plans for the corner of Lafayette and Great Jones Streets in NoHo. This afternoon, the Landmarks Pr...
Read More: Landmarks Preservation Commission, Morris Adjmi, noho
08/04/2011 - 13:11 |
Posted In: West Village & Greenwich Village
It was once a bustling area of high-end retail, book stores, and the original Whitney museum. Now, West 8th Street, between Fifth...
Read More: Appleseed, Economic development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYU
08/04/2011 - 10:55 |
Posted In: Upper West Side
And the water-works continue for the Upper West Side's Historic District Council. The anti-pool patrol, who have been objecting to...
08/03/2011 - 10:00 |
Posted In: East Village & LES
Included within the boundaries of the Landmarks Preservation Commission’s proposed East Village/Lower East Side Historic District...
08/01/2011 - 16:28 |
Posted In: Upper West Side
The diminutive row house at 51 W. 83rd St. is making a splash. Or at least the owners would like for it to.
At a recen...
07/26/2011 - 10:59 |
Posted In:
Bed-Stuy already has a rich cultural history and growing food culture, and now it seems plans to designate a small portion as a Hi...
07/21/2011 - 13:06 |
Posted In: Chelsea
It took nine months and two previous proposals, but the Landmarks Preservation Commission finally granted approval for additions t...
07/11/2011 - 18:55 |
Posted In: East Village & LES
Thursday night, Community Board 3 held a public hearing on the proposed East Village Historic Districts. The proposal, which will...
07/07/2011 - 10:19 |
Posted In: Upper West Side
On Tuesday, June 28, LANDMARK WEST! joined with fellow West Siders, elected officials, preservation colleagues, and lovers o...
06/30/2011 - 17:21 |
Posted In: West Village & Greenwich Village
On Tuesday the Landmarks Preservation Commission designated 154 West 14th Street, at the southeast corner of Seventh Avenue, an of...
06/30/2011 - 10:18 |
Posted In: East Village & LES
East Village/Lower East Side Historic District, centered around Lower Second Avenue south of St. Mark's Place, and the 26-building...
06/29/2011 - 12:28 |
Posted In: Midtown & Hells Kitchen
The grand midcentury interior of the Manufaturers Hanover Trust Company building on Fifth Avenue has been demolished despite...
06/28/2011 - 18:38 |
Posted In: Park Slope & Prospect Heights
Is one of these (potential) historic districts in your neighborhood?
06/21/2011 - 12:15 |
Posted In: SoHo TriBeCa & FiDi
70 Pine St. will receive a crowning achievement on Tuesday as it becomes a city landmark, reports the New York Post. The building...
06/14/2011 - 13:50 |
Posted In: East Village & LES
They are the next generation of New York City conservationists, and the wee ones are only in the second grade. A group of sec...
06/06/2011 - 17:44 |
Posted In: East Village & LES
We had a hunch this day was coming. The owners of the former Sigmund Schwartz Gramercy Park Chapel, at 152 Second Ave., have appl...
06/02/2011 - 12:55 |
Posted In: West Village & Greenwich Village
Call it whatever you’d like: antique, vintage, or historic. If one thing is for certain, the Village is really, really old. Old by...
06/01/2011 - 13:48 |
Posted In: West Village & Greenwich Village
Last week, we took readers through the tumultuous history of the MTA’s attempts to design an aesthetically appropriate Emergency V...
05/31/2011 - 15:30 |
Posted In: East Village & LES
Last week, GVSHP joined the Bowery Alliance of Neighbors, Councilmember Rosie Mendez, and several other community and preservation...
05/31/2011 - 15:29 |
Posted In: West Village & Greenwich Village
The Rudin Company and North Shore Long Island Jewish Hospital have begun the process of filing their rezoning application for rede...
05/31/2011 - 15:28 |
Posted In: East Village & LES
Good news — the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) has agreed to expand the boundaries of their proposed East Village/Low...
05/20/2011 - 17:18 |
Posted In: West Village & Greenwich Village
South Village Landmarking Urgently Needed
The board of the Children’s Aid Society (CAS) was scheduled to vote last night on severa...
05/19/2011 - 14:47 |
Posted In: Chelsea
The Brodsky Organization, the group who bought the debt-ridden General Theological Seminary, and their architect John H. Beyer, un...
05/19/2011 - 11:03 |
Posted In: Midtown & Hells Kitchen
The architecture of New York, as it is anywhere else in the world, serves as a testament to the history of the location, and, in t...
Read More: Automobile Row, Landmarks, Landmarks Preservation Commission
05/17/2011 - 17:07 |
Posted In: East Village & LES
GVSHP has been working in concert with fellow preservation organizations and East Village community groups to support and promote...
Read More: Historic Districts, Landmarks Preservation Commission
05/10/2011 - 15:45 |
Posted In: East Village & LES
As we have recently reported, the City's Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) is considering proposing two historic districts i...
Read More: Historic Districts, Landmarks, Landmarks Preservation Commission
05/10/2011 - 12:43 |
Posted In: West Village & Greenwich Village
Did you know that the iconic department store Macy’s actually started out right here in the Village on the southeast corner of Six...
Read More: Ladies Mile, Landmarks, Landmarks Preservation Commission, Macy's
05/05/2011 - 16:49 |
Posted In: Upper West Side
In 1980, with the founding of the Central Park Conservancy, our City's first Scenic Landmark, Central Park – designated in 1974 –...
05/04/2011 - 11:14 |
Posted In: SoHo TriBeCa & FiDi
The Landmarks Preservation Commission recently approved a new design for a proposed eight-story luxury hotel, The Wall Street...
05/01/2011 - 17:24 |
Posted In: East Village & LES
By Kevin Korber of Village Confidential
After months of surveying and examining the neighborhood, the city’s Landmark Preservation...
04/29/2011 - 12:24 |
Posted In: East Village & LES
Last night, the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) revealed maps of their two proposed historic districts in the East Village...
04/27/2011 - 14:04 |
Posted In: East Village & LES
At a meeting for affected property owners last night, the Landmarks Preservation Commission unveiled two small study areas for pot...
04/22/2011 - 11:28 |
Posted In: East Village & LES
Speaking of the firm Town, Davis & Dakin (which as you’ll recall from yesterday’s post built NYU’s original main building), we...
04/21/2011 - 17:05 |
Posted In: West Village & Greenwich Village
Some exciting news – the New York State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) has ruled that the entire Washington Square Village (W...
04/21/2011 - 16:51 |
Posted In: East Village & LES
Next week the Landmarks Preservation Commission will be holding a property owner’s meeting to discuss two potential historic distr...
04/15/2011 - 10:28 |
Posted In: Chelsea
On Tuesday, April 12, the Landmarks Preservation Commission turned back a revised proposal to add five stories to the two-story fo...
04/13/2011 - 11:45 |
Posted In: Chelsea
As promised in today’s earlier post, we have photos of the revised designs for 837 Washington Street that were presented today at...
04/06/2011 - 09:44 |
Posted In: West Village & Greenwich Village
Greenwich Village dwellers will see the first phase of NYU's neighborhood modification plan arise around them sooner rather than l...
Read More: I.M. Pei, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYU, NYU 2031, Silver Towers
03/24/2011 - 14:51 |
Posted In: Upper West Side
Following up on yesterday's NearSay story (and email ... and blog post!) ...
See for yourself! For those who were unable to a...
03/23/2011 - 19:01 |
Posted In: Upper West Side
The hearing room was filled to capacity (and beyond!) on Tuesday as the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) held the first of,...
03/23/2011 - 07:46 |
Posted In: Midtown & Hells Kitchen
At a public hearing at City Hall on Monday, the NYC Landmarks Commission (LPC) named the Japan Society building, at 333 E. 47th St...
03/16/2011 - 17:57 |
Posted In:
More work and less resources, so continues the saga of the Landmark Preservation Commission's funding history. At a public hearing...
03/16/2011 - 13:19 |
Posted In: East Village & LES
NearSay previously reported on the struggling fight to preserve 35 Cooper Square. Now, the fight to save the old Citizens Savings...
03/07/2011 - 15:15 |
Posted In: East Village & LES
EV Grieve sends some sad news from the East Village today, where 326 and 328 East Fourth Street – the two remarkably intact 1837-4...
03/04/2011 - 14:23 |
Posted In: Upper West Side
This past Tuesday morning, March 1, the Landmarks Preservation Commission convened to review proposed amendmen...
03/03/2011 - 19:20 |
Posted In: Upper West Side
In one week, on Wednesday, March 9, West End Avenue residents and property and business owners, along with members of the preserva...
02/16/2011 - 14:39 |
Posted In: Midtown & Hells Kitchen
Due to the combined efforts of the Landmarks Preservation Commission and landlord, Vornado Realty Trust, the historical gem at 510...
02/02/2011 - 11:57 |
Posted In: East Village & LES
Less than a week after the closing of the Asian Pub on the ground floor of 35 Cooper Square, Real Estate Weekly has the scoop on t...
01/31/2011 - 18:00 |
Posted In: East Village & LES
On Friday, GVSHP joined dozens of other community groups, neighbors, elected officials, and preservationists for a rally organized...
01/24/2011 - 12:42 |
Posted In: East Village & LES
The East Village nearing the loss of one of its most venerable buildings. The New York York Times East Village blog The Local repo...
01/13/2011 - 03:48 |
Posted In: Midtown & Hells Kitchen
After being vacant for almost 20 years, the Times Square Theater is planned to re-open with a new show called Broadway 4D, writes...
01/12/2011 - 13:32 |
Posted In: SoHo TriBeCa & FiDi
On Tuesday, January 11, The New York Times reported that lawyers representing firefighter Timothy Brown, filed motion to block any...
01/05/2011 - 11:39 |
Posted In: Chelsea
The High Line has made headlines for its fragrance, fashion, and a Whitney museum collaboration. Curbed reports educatio...
12/17/2010 - 18:10 |
Posted In: West Village & Greenwich Village
Yesterday, the board of the Children's Aid Society (CAS) voted to pursue the sale of its three Phillip Coltoff Center b...
12/06/2010 - 13:04 |
Posted In: Upper West Side
The Landmarks Preservation Commission is considering a proposal that would protect 790 buildings between 70th Street and 106th Str...
11/24/2010 - 11:24 |
Posted In: SoHo TriBeCa & FiDi
The owners of a traditional townhouse in TriBeCa are hoping to give their building a modern look, that’s if the Landmarks Pr...
Read More: Chicago, Chrysler Building, Empire State Building, Franklin Street, Greenwich Village, IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line, Landmarks Commission, landmarks committee, Landmarks Preservation Commission, modern look, New York City, Pablo Picasso, Skyscrapers, The Wall Street Journal, Townhouses, Wall Street Journal
11/11/2010 - 16:19 |
Posted In: West Village & Greenwich Village
Dear friend,
Hundreds and hundreds of people turned out for last night’s standing-room-only Community Board #2 p...
11/03/2010 - 11:53 |
Posted In: Chelsea
Although only in its planning stage, Curbed reports a proposed 7-story addition to the current 837 Washington Street property in t...
10/08/2010 - 08:01 |
Posted In: West Village & Greenwich Village
Crain’s NY reports that NYU has just sought approval with the City Landmarks Preservation Commission to build a new faculty...
Read More: I. M. Pei, I.M. Pei, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYU, NYU’s Next Move
07/29/2010 - 17:22 |
Posted In: East Village & LES
After beating out the Landmarks Preservation Commission and putting in two years worth of renovations, Kelly Ripa and her husband...
07/28/2010 - 18:04 |
Posted In: West Village & Greenwich Village
Today Curbed NY lets us in on the scoop about a new six-story building to be constructed at 685 Washington. Curbed says the Landma...
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