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Letters to the editor, May 8
Landmarking won’t help T&V Synagogue The following is an open letter given as testimony regarding the possible landmarking of the Town & Village Synagogue. (It has been edited for length.) Dear...
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T&V Synagogue leaders don’t want landmark status
Town & Village Synagogue on East 14th Street (Photo by Maria Rocha-Buschel) By Maria Rocha-Buschel Although Town & Village Synagogue on East 14th Street is currently being considered for...
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Repair of Stuyvesant Square Park’s historic fence to start soon, city says
Money was raised to fix the fence outside of Stuyvesant Square Park in 2012. (Photo by Michael Alcamo) By Sabina Mollot It was almost two and half years ago, in June of 2012 when the last $600,000...
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Commission shoots down shell for former Tammany Hall
Rendering of the proposed shell dome, which would have raised the height of the old Tammany Hall building by two stories (Rendering by David Ettinger and Wei Lee, BKSK Architects) By Sabina Mollot The...
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Garodnick, Brewer propose database for pending and existing landmarks
By Maria Rocha-Buschel Councilmember Dan Garodnick worked with Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer to introduce a bill at the end of June that would require the Landmarks Preservation Commission to...
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Documentary on ST/PCV nearing completion
Filmmaker William Kelly By Sabina Mollot It was in 2008 when the Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village Tenants Association, realizing the vulnerability of the community as its new owner set to work at...
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Exploring Union Square’s landmarked buildings
Daryl Roth Theatre Building (Photos courtesy of the Union Square Community Coalition) By Wally Dobelis In this year of many anniversaries of political, civil rights and social significance, we should...
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Preservationists say it’s too late for landmarking of Union Square Park
Union Square Park on a recent afternoon (Photo by Maria Rocha-Buschel) By Maria Rocha-Buschel As the Landmarks Preservation Commission began addressing decades worth of backlog last Thursday,...
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CB5 divided over landmarking of Flatiron buildings
One of the buildings up for landmarking debate, 16 West 18th Street (Photo by Maria Rocha-Buschel) By Maria Rocha-Buschel A developer’s plan to demolish two buildings near Union Square and replace them...
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Producer of Stuyvesant Town documentary dies
Partner on project says he will complete film Marie Beirne, who had a background in preservation, died on November 26. (Photo from Marie Beirne bio) By Sabina Mollot It was over a decade ago when, as...
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‘Landmarks Lion’ Jack Taylor dies
Jack Taylor with Rosalee Isaly, then-president of the Stuyvesant Park Neighborhood Association, who presented him with an award for his preservation work in the neighborhood last year (also now...
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Strand bookstore fighting landmarking attempt
Strand bookstore at 826-828 Broadway and 12th Street (Photo via Wikipedia) By Maria Rocha-Buschel Advocates for the Strand bookstore are protesting its proposed landmarking ahead of the last public...
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