Preserving the Upper East Side for THIRTY Years!
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 25th, 2012
A special thanks to all our FRIENDS and colleagues who attended yesterday’s hardship application hearing at the Landmarks Preservation Commission! We were so grateful to hear from Council Member Jessica Lappin, State Assembly Member Micah Kellner, State Senator Liz Krueger, Community Board 8, Historic Districts Council, the Municipal Art Society of New York, New York [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 23rd, 2012
First they defaced our landmarks, and now they want to tear them down! Join us in OPPOSITION to the First Avenue Estate hardship application on Tuesday, January 24th: Rally to Save the First Avenue Estate Municipal Building, 1 Centre Street, North Entrance 2pm New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission Public Hearing Municipal Building, 1 Centre [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 10th, 2012
Last night the Community Board 8 Landmarks Committee voted UNANIMOUSLY to REJECT the City & Suburban First Avenue Estate hardship application! The room at Marymount Manhattan College was packed with over a hundred supporters, making it clear that the outcome of this important case will have an impact on many New Yorkers. With thoughtful testimony [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 3rd, 2012
The owners of the individually designated City and Suburban Homes First Avenue Estate (the full-block complex from First to York Avenues between East 64th and East 65th Streets) have submitted an application for the demolition of 429 East 64th Street and 430 East 65th Street on the ground that they do not generate a sufficient [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 15th, 2011
After twenty years on Madison Avenue, FRIENDS has decided to pull up our stakes! With the successful completion of the historic district extension, it seems fitting that we hang our shingle on livable, lovable Lexington Avenue, one of New York City’s greatest main streets. And so, beginning on December 19th, we will be even more [...]
