Preserving the Upper East Side for Over Twenty-Five Years
Posted in Events, Uncategorized on Dec 4th, 2009
On December 3, authors Peter Pennoyer and Anne Walker delivered a fascinating presentation about their new book, The Architecture of Grosvenor Atterbury, at All Souls Church. We enjoyed seeing everyone who attended! Please stay tuned for our upcoming programs and events for Spring 2010. From all of us here at FRIENDS, we wish you a [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 1st, 2009
WHAT: Preservation Lobby Day WHERE: Steps of City Hall WHEN: Wednesday, May 6, 2009, 12:00 p.m. – a press conference will begin at approximately 12 noon, but please plan to arrive by 11:45 a.m. to show critical mass Join us on the City Hall Steps for a press conference and rally on May 6th at noon [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 17th, 2009
In honor of the Museum of the City of New York’s new exhibition, Stoops of Manhattan-Railings & Shadows, join the artist, Andrew Berrien Jones, in a discussion of the stylistic history of cast-iron architectural decorations and the preservation issues they present, with Richard Pieper, Director of Preservation, Jan Hird Pokorny Associates, Inc.; Diana Waite, expert [...]
Posted in Events, Uncategorized on Jan 20th, 2009
Unexpected New York Please join us for an evening filled with discovery as author and photographer Chester Burger regales us with hidden tales that lie all around us in New York City’s architecture. Mr. Burger, a native New Yorker, will share stories from his recent book, Unexpected New York- 87 Discoveries in Familiar Places. Copies [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 20th, 2009
Many of our readers have been following Sir Norman Foster’s proposal for an addition above 980 Madison Avenue. In 2006, developer Aby Rosen and architect Sir Norman Foster appeared before the landmarks commission with a project for a 355′ cylindrical tower. After a great deal of outcry from Friends of the Upper East Side and [...]
