2011
Where 1 +1 Equals a Roomy 25 Feet, by Josh Barbanel. Wall Street Journal, December 15, 2011.
Supporters Argue for Former Barbizon Hotel to Become Landmark, by Olivia Scheck. DNAinfo, July 26, 2011
Barbizon, New York Could Achieve Landmark Status, by Allison Halliday. Realty Biz News, July 25, 2011
City considers landmarking Barbizon 63, The Real Deal Online, July 22, 2011
Landmark Status Weighed for Barbizon, by Sarah Kershaw. The New York Times, July 22, 2011
Fancy UES Women’s Hotel Now on Landmarking Docket, by Kelsey Keith. Curbed NY, July 13, 2011
Hotel Once Home to Famous Single Ladies Could Become Landmark, by Amy Zimmer. DNAinfo, July 13, 2011
Group Fighting to Landmark the Barbizon Hotel, by Jen Carlson. Gothamist, July 13, 2011
Landmarks Are Called a Hardship, Setting Off a Fight, April 20, 2011
York Ave. Tenants Fight Plan to “De-landmark” Building, April 13, 2011
Tenants Battle Landlord Over Fate of Landmarked Upper East Side Buildings, April 13, 2011
Trevor Davis, surrounded by lenders, digs in, by David Jones. The Real Deal Online, February 01, 2011
2010
FRIENDS of the UES Awarded Grant, by Sharon Elizabeth Samuel. Our Town, November 23, 2010
Gallery of Blueprints: A Fresh Battle Looms Next Door to the Whitney, by Zeke Turner. The New York Observer Real Estate, November 22, 2010
Eight NYC preservation projects selected for National Trust grants. The Real Deal Online, November 11, 2010
Commission Order to Guggenheim: Hot Dogs, Hold the Kiosk, by Robin Pogrebin. The New York Times, Art & Design, October 20, 2010
Upper East Side Historic District to Expand, by Dan Rivoli. Our Town, June 10, 2010
Brearley School makes three-building buy, by Amy Tennery. The Real Deal Online, May 26, 2010
The Upper East Side Historic District: The Impossible Becomes the Inevitable, by Anthony C. Wood. Landmarks 45, May 19, 2010
2009
Historic District Would Protect Site, by Dan Rivoli. Our Town, December 3, 2009
Davis hit with $17M suit at Kean site, by David Jones. The Real Deal Online, November 18, 2009
Landmarks Commission considers extensions of SoHo and Upper East Side districts, by Carter B. Horsley. City Realty, October 28, 2009
A Shopping District That Takes You Back in Time, by Joseph Berger. New York Times, June 26, 2009
It’s On! City Moves to Extend Historic Districts on Upper East Side, Greenwich Village, by Eliot Brown. New York Observer, June 23, 2009.
A ‘Landmark’ Bill, by Dan Rivoli. Our Town, June 17, 2009
Landmarks Commission Moves to Designate Lexington Avenue; Landlord Lobby Uneasy, Activists Ready the Champagne, by Bonnie Kavoussi. The New York Observer, June 16, 2009
2008
A Brutalist Concrete Design Gives Way To Red Brick,” by David W. Dunlap. New York Times, December 4, 2008
Preservation and Development, Engaged in a Delicate Dance, by Robin Pogrebin. The New York Times, December 1, 2008.
Houses of Worship Choosing to Avoid Landmark Status, by Robin Pogrebin. The New York Times, November 30, 2008.
Preservationists See Bulldozers Charging Through a Loophole, by Robin Pogrebin. The New York Times. November 28, 2008.
An Opaque and Lengthy Road to Landmark Status, by Robin Pogrebin. The New York Times, November 25, 2008.
The Disappearing City, by Peter Blauner. Our Town, November 13, 2008.
Neighborhood Watch: Ambassador Liz, by Lauren Collins. The New Yorker, October 6, 2008.
Board 8: Thumbs Up To Lex Preservation: Concern That Kean House Project Will Lead To More Area Development, by Dan Rivoli. Our Town, September 25, 2008.
As Towers Loom, a Hoped-for Line in the Sand, by Gregory Beyer. The New York Times, August 15, 2008.
Upper East Side Landmark Area Expansion Eyed, by Peter Kiefer. The New York Sun, July 23, 2008.
Kean Residence Rejected as Landmark, by Patty Lee. Our Town, July 17, 2008
Upper East Side Tower Plan Significantly Scaled Back, by Peter Kieffer. The New York Sun, June 17, 2008
Landmarks Panel May End East Side Clash, by Peter Kieffer. The New York Sun, March 4, 2008.
2007
In the Mansion Land of the Fifth Avenoodlers, by John Strausbaugh. The New York Times, December 14, 2007.
A decorating dilemma at Guggenheim Museum, by Karen Schuster. October 17, 2007.
‘New Preservationists’ Make Their Mark on the City, by Gabrielle Birkner. The New York Sun, May 2, 2007.
White Bricks and Pale Imitations, by Jake Mooney. The New York Times, April 15, 2007.
Vote on Landmark Status Set for Manhattan House, by Gary Shapiro. The New York Sun, January 29, 2007.
2006
NYC Explosion Destroys 1880s Brownstone with Covert WWII Ties, by Kim A. O\’Connell. Preservation Online, July 13, 2006.
Next Door to Protected Elegance, Lexington Avenue Urges, ‘Me Too’, by John Freeman Gill. Wired New York, July 9, 2006.
Upper East Side Historic District Awards, by Gary Shapiro. The New York Sun, February 6. 2006.
2005
Manhattan to bid adieu to a moviehouse icon, by Randee Dawn. Entertainment News Wire, June 21, 2005.
So a Mainstay Hospital Can Expand, a Signature Theater Will Go Dark, by John Freeman Gill. The New York Times, June 5, 2005.
2003
Mormon Chapel Planned for East 87th, by David W. Dunlap. The New York Times, August 17, 2003.
Into the Pool on East 73rd, by Lauren A. Elkies. Our Town, June 26, 2003.
2002
Alexander Calder Design is Restored, by Rosalie R. Radomsky. The New York Times. September 1, 2002.
Friends Indeed: Preserving the Upper East Side, by Nicole Laporte. The Cooperator, August, 2002.
Neighborhood Report: New York Modernism; A Campaign to Honor Buildings Some Love to Hate, by Erika Kinetz. The New York Times, June 9, 2002.
Museums, Mansions, and Millionaires: Life in Manhattan’s Carnegie Hill, by Lisa Iannucci. The Cooperator, June 2002.
2001
Planning a Nest of Concrete for a Landmark Flight, by David W. Dunlap. The New York Times, August 14, 2001.
Modern Preservation: It’s Still All About Form and Function, by Anthony Vidler. The New York Times. August 12, 2001.
N.Y. Life Could get $600 M. For Big Manhattan House, by Michael Calderone. New York Observer.
Blue Brick Building Brawl: Lovely Eyesore in Makeover, by Gabriel Sherman. NY Observer.
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