Congregation Shearith Israel, Landmarks at Risk, Preservation Under Fire, Uncategorized
Congregation Shearith Israel (CSI) is a powerful Upper West Side religious institution attempting to exploit the City’s zoning variance process to construct luxury condominiums as part of a new building that exceeds area height limit by nearly...
Calvert Vaux, Carriage Horses, Dept. of Parks and Recreation, Intro 573-a, Landmarks at Risk, Scenic Landmark, UWS, Wall Street Journal
In an article that a commenter noted “should take him [Mayor Bill deBlasio] off his high horse”, today’s Wall Street Journal posts Effort to Ban Carriage Horses Probed which outlines some of the investigations into the money trail funding the...
American Museum of Natural History, Columbus Avenue, Gilder Center, Landmarks at Risk, Teddy Roosevelt Park
On Wednesday, April 6th, the Parks Department held their mandatory scoping session in the LeFrak theater at the American Museum of Natural History. After brief introductions from the Parks Department, the Museum presented its project. Senior Vice President...
Congregation Shearith Israel, Landmarks at Risk, Preservation Under Fire, Watch List
BAIT AND SWITCH: Congregation Shearith Israel’s planned building has changed substantially since approved in 2008 UPDATES! March 30, 2016: Department of Buildings issues Stop-Work Order April 18, 2016: Board of Standards & Appeals denies...
Advocacy, Affordable Housing, City Council, City Hall, Dept. of City Planning, Landmarks at Risk, MIH-Mandatory Inclusionary Housing, Preservation Under Fire, Zoning, ZQA-Zoning for Quality and Affordability
MAYOR DE BLASIO’S HEIGHT INCREASES WON’T IMPROVE QUALITY OR AFFORDABILITY* Yet, there is talk of a “deal” on sweeping citywide zoning changes Zoning for Quality and Affordability (ZQA) and Mandatory Inclusionary Housing (MIH) and reports that...
Backlog 95, Historic Districts Council, IRT Powerhouse, Landmark West, Landmarks at Risk, Landmarks Preservation Commission, LPC, McKim Mead and White, Watch List, Wish List
Neighborhood Paper CHELSEA NOW has a new article on the LPC Backlog and it quotes our partners at the Historic Districts Council and our very own President, Kate Wood. The bulk of the article addresses the potential for designating the IRT Powerhouse: Preservationists...
