Bushwick Community Calls on Landmarks to Protect Cook Mansion From Demolition by Neglect
Bushwick community members and preservationists will rally outside the more than 130-year-old Romanesque Revival Lipsius-Cook Mansion on Bushwick Avenue on Wednesday, calling on the Landmarks Preservation Commission to safeguard the building from further deterioration.
Preservationists Protest Demolition of Landmarked Buildings Across City
Angered by the razing of landmarked and calendared properties throughout New York City, dozens of preservationists, pols and neighborhood activists called for change at a gathering on the steps of City Hall Thursday afternoon.
Mayor Taps Preservationist Sarah Carroll to Head Landmarks Commission for Seven More Years
Carroll has an extensive background in historic preservation and her 2018 appointment to helm the LPC was widely praised by preservationists.
This Year’s HDC Preservation Conference Will Focus on Affordable Housing and Equity
Historic Districts Council has designed this year's preservation conference so fellow lovers of the city's built environment can opt to meet up virtually or in person.
Be Part of the Conversation at Historic Districts Council’s Annual Preservation Conference
Pull up a chair and gab with fellow concerned citizens about the preservation issues near and dear to you at the 25th annual preservation conference.
Making a Life in Brooklyn: Carroll Gardens Brownstoners in the 1960s
It was a time in Brooklyn when two schoolteachers with adventurous spirits and a willingness to get their hands dirty could cobble together enough money to buy their own slice of the borough.
7 of the Most Important Facts About Historic Preservation and Its Effects on Our City
Historic preservation is not without controversy. Is it elitist? Does it hasten gentrification? Now, three new studies have looked at the facts.
Two of East New York’s Historic Structures Threatened by Rezoning, City Report Reveals
As city agencies and community members continue to weigh the pros and cons of the East New York rezoning plan, the New York City Department of City Planning earlier this month released the final environmental impact statement, shedding light on the proposal’s potential effects on some of the area’s most landmark-eligible structures.
Big Surprise: Landmarks Says Yes to Lady Moody House, No to Coney’s Pumping Station
In a stunning turnaround and victory for preservationists in Brooklyn, the Landmarks Preservation Commission Tuesday voted to save six of the seven Brooklyn sites on its “backlog” list of 96 sites citywide. Initially, the commission’s new chair, de Blasio appointee Meenakshi Srinivasan, had planned to dump the whole bunch with no public hearings. Many had been on the commission’s calendar for more than 20 years.
Most notably, one of Brooklyn’s oldest structures, the Lady Moody House at 27 Gravesend Neck Road, got the green light for designation. The privately owned and occupied English farmhouse dates from Gravesend’s earliest days.
Young East New York Native Fights to Preserve Neighborhood’s Historic Gems
A young junior architect who grew up in East New York is leading the fight to landmark more than two dozen of the neighborhood’s architectural icons.
Spurred into action by the destruction of the historic East New York Savings Bank and Mayor de Blasio’s controversial rezoning plan, Zulmilena Then founded Preserving East New York (PENY) last year. Now with six members, the fledgling organization has caught the attention of the preservation nonprofit Historic Districts Council, which named East New York one of its 2016 “Six to Celebrate” earlier this month.
Just to be clear, getting the recognition of the Historic Districts Council is like finding out you have a landmarks fairy godmother — HDC’s mission is to help out local groups like PENY, and they’ll work with developers, the Landmarks Commission, and community members to protect spaces that need it.
Brownstoner caught up with the 29-year-old to hear more about her plans to work with the Mayor’s rezoning plan — not against it — to revitalize the area while preserving its historic character.