E-BULLETIN OF THE HISTORIC DISTRICTS COUNCIL January 2012, Volume 9, Number 3

Join Us TOMMORROW for the 2012 Six to Celebrate Launch Party

Please join the Historic Districts Council as we announce the neighborhoods selected for the 2012 Six to Celebrate program! Come honor the accomplishments of outgoing participants from Inwood, Jackson Heights, Mount Morris Park, Gowanus, Bedford-Stuyvesant, and The Bowery; and welcome the possibilities for the new class as they commence a year of preservation campaigns, advocacy efforts, educational outreach, and fabulous events!

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

5:30pm-7:30pm Bowery Poetry Club 308 Bowery at East First Street, Manhattan $30 per person/ $20 Friends of HDC and Seniors. Click here to purchase tickets now and join us as we launch the next Six to Celebrate.

These worthy neighborhoods need your support! But dont take our word for it. See below for just some of the recent coverage of these exciting and historic areas...
http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2012/01/11/historic_districts_council_releases_list_of_six_t o_celebrate_nabes_the_results_may_surprise_you.php http://www.brooklyneagle.com/categories/category.php?category_id=5&id=48505 http://www.newyorkhistoryblog.com/2012/01/nyc-historic-districts-council-names.html

http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2012/01/closing-bell-celebrating-bay-ridge-victorianflatbush/ http://bayridgejournal.blogspot.com/2012/01/bay-ridge-conservancy-honored-by.html http://www.homereporternews.com/news/general/ridge-one-of-six-city-nabes-tocelebrate/article_5829a828-3c7f-11e1-92ed-001871e3ce6c.html http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/united-states/nyc-s-top-six-neighborhoods-for-historicpreservation-177187.html http://awalkintheparknyc.blogspot.com/2012/01/port-morris-gantries-access-couldusher.html http://www.riverdalepress.com/stories/FIPNA-gains-support-forpreservation,49771?content_source=&category_id=&search_filter=&event_mode=&event_t s_from=&list_type=&order_by=&order_sort=&content_class=&sub_type=&town_id=

Six to Celebrate is generously supported by The New York Community Trust and HDCs Six to Celebrate Committee. Additional support for the Six to Celebrate Tours is provided by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council and by Councilmembers Inez Dickens, Daniel Garodnick, Stephen Levin and Rosie Mendez.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------LPC Acts to Designate East 10th Street Historic District but Rooftop Addition Beats the Clock

Picture from EV Grieve.

Racing the clock, the Landmarks Commission held a public hearing on the 26 buildings in the proposed East 10th Street Historic District, followed by a unanimous vote to designate the district. This swift action was caused by the application of a property owner at 315 East 10th Street to put an unsympathetic rooftop addition on their building. Unfortunately, the LPC was not able to act within the 40 day window afforded by the Department of Buildings permit process and the permit was issued on 1/13/12. This kind of gamesmanship is completely unacceptable the LPC had been considering this small district for months and that was well-known in the community. While we understand that there must be limits on the LPCs powers and responsibility with regard to buildings which are not yet designated, this situation should not be allowed to stand. HDC calls on the administration to create a process which requires the agencies to interact in a sensible fashion and for the Council to pass CM Rosie Mendezs Landmarks Protection Bill which would remedy this exact situation. _____________________________________________________________________

~Save the Date: Important 2012 Dates~

Open Spaces, Open Voices: Wednesday, January 25, 2012, 6-8pm Jefferson Market Library, 425 Avenue of the Americas (at West 10th Street), Manhattan Free and Open to the Public. Registration required. Email sromanoski@hdc.org or call 212-614-9107 to reserve a space. Space is limited. HDC Preservation Conference: Friday-Sunday, March 2-4, 2012: The Great Outside: Preserving Public and Private Open Spaces For more information on the conference go to our website: http://hdc.org/ConferenceMain.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Got this as a forward? Sign up to receive our future emails. The Advocate for New York Citys Historic Neighborhoods 232 East 11th Street New York NY 10003 tel: 212-614-9107 fax: 212-614-9127 email: hdc@hdc.org