NY Landmarks Conservancy Salutes COVID Heroes At Living Landmarks Gala 2020
On October 29, 2020, The New York Landmarks Conservancy will host its 27th Living Landmarks Celebration honoring: Joyce B. Cowin,Continue reading
Harlem Fire Watchtower Receives NY Landmarks Conservancy Lucy G. Moses Award
The New York Landmarks Conservancy has announced the winners of the 2020 Lucy G. Moses Preservation Awards. Continue reading
Harlem’s Mt. Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church Receives Sacred Sites Grant From NY Landmarks
The New York Landmarks Conservancy has announced 21 Sacred Sites Grants totaling $337,000 awarded to legendary historic religious properties throughout New York State.Continue reading
The Landmarks Preservation Commission Turns 55, Check Out Their New Story Map
Today, the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) announced the launch of Fifty-Five Years of LPC of work from Harlem to Hollis.Continue reading
LPC Launches New Permit Application Guide And Forms To Make It Easier To Quickly Obtain A Permit
Today, the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) launched an updated edition of the Permit Application Guide, now named the LPC Permit Guidebook: How to Get Staff-Level Approvals.
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Manhattan Congregations Open Doors To “Sacred Sites Open House” From Uptown To Downtown
The New York Landmarks Conservancy’s ninth annual “Sacred Sites Open House” (May 18 & 19, 2019) offers New Yorkers the opportunity to explore many of the state’s world-class houses of worship. Continue reading
Support Voiced For Designation Of Central Harlem
City Land NYC reports that Landmarks Preservation Commission held a public hearing on the potential designation of the Central Harlem West 130-132nd Historic District at its meeting on April 17, 2018. Continue reading
LPC To Hear Testimony On The Proposed Central Harlem West 130 -132nd Street Historic District
On Tuesday, April 17, 2018, the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) will hold a public hearing on the proposed designation of the Coney Island (Riegelman) Boardwalk as a scenic landmark, and the proposed Central Harlem West 130-132nd Street Historic District.Continue reading
Buildings With Strong Community Ties Are Now NYC Landmarks In East Harlem
NY Curbed reports that three East Harlem buildings with strong neighborhood ties were swiftly landmarked on Tuesday morning. Continue reading
Advocates From Harlem To Hollis Call For New Chair Of NYC Landmarks Commission
New York History Blog reports that the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) has proposed to overhaul its rules under the guise of “increasing transparency.”Continue reading
Ydanis Rodriguez Supports Landmarking Of Loew’s Washington Heights “Treasure”
In 2016, the Landmarks Preservation Commission designated 40 individual landmarks. Twenty-six of them came from its 95-item backlog.Continue reading
CM Rodriguez To Announce Decision On Landmark Designation Of Loew’s Theatre
Tomorrow, Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez will announce his final decision on whether or not he will vote to grant city landmark status to the historic Loew's Theatre on 175th Street and Broadway, also known as the "United Palace Cathedral" and the "United Palace for the Arts."
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Morningside Heights Landmarks Designations Approved
Morningside Heights preservationists celebrated long-fought victories Tuesday as the city landmarks commission voted unanimously to create a Morningside Heights Historic District and to designate the grounds of Cathedral of St. John the Divine an individual landmark.Continue reading
Landmarks Commission To Vote On St. John The Divine, Historic District
The moment many Morningside Heights preservationists have been fighting for has finally arrived. Continue reading
The “1769 9 Miles From N York,” Mile Stone In Harlem, NY, 1908 – 1965 (Photos)
The NY Times reports that before GIS, before GPS, before Google Earth, there was the milestone. These heavy markers, inscribed with distances to City Hall or other locations, went up in series as early as 1769, and once numbered 40 or 50 in all from Harlem to the Hudson. Continue reading
