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The B & B Carousell: Restoring a Piece of Coney Island’s Past

This past weekend, two of Coney Island’s historic and iconic rides, the Cyclone and the Wonder Wheel, opened for the 2009 season. The B & B Carousell, Coney Island’s third operating historic ride,...

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Two Carnegie Libraries in the Bronx Designated

The Landmarks Preservation Commission today designated two new landmarks in the Bronx and added two other items to the “calendar” – which is the first step in the designation process. The city’s newest...

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Landmarks Hearing for IRT Powerhouse Planned for Bastille Day

Preservation advocates received good news last week regarding the future of the Con Ed Powerhouse, located in the northern reaches of Hell’s Kitchen, on the block bounded by 11th Avenue and 59th...

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Preservation Lobby Day Crowd Urges the City to Support the LPC

Last Wednesday’s Preservation Lobby Day, which took place on the steps of City Hall, drew the largest crowd in the annual event’s three year history.  Over a hundred people from all five boroughs...

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Today at the LPC: St. Vincent’s, Fillmore Place & More

The LPC’s agenda today is full of projects MAS has been following.  This morning, the agency addressed the St. Vincent’s hospital and new residential development projects, and this afternoon the...

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It’s Raining Landmarks at the LPC

The Landmarks Preservation Commission agenda is packed today with numerous worthy designation items. Check out our slideshow below of the items being calendared, heard, and designated today. MAS is...

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Prospect Heights: The Making of a Historic District

Last week, the Landmarks Preservation Commission approved the 850-building Prospect Heights Historic District, the largest district designated in two decades. MAS made a video about the process of...

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LPC Approves St. Vincent’s Residential Redevelopment

The Landmarks Preservation Commission today voted to approve the plans proposed by the Rudin Management Company to redevelop the current site of St. Vincent’s hospital into a residential complex. The...

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The Vander Ende-Onderdonk House, A Place That Matters

The Vander Ende-Onderdonk House, located in the Ridgewood section of Queens near the Brooklyn border, is the oldest Dutch Colonial stone house in New York City. It was nominated to the Census of Places...

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LPC Sets Sight on Expanding Historic Districts

Today is another large Designation Day at the Landmarks Preservation Commission. The focus of today’s hearing is expanding some of the city’s existing historic districts to include worthy buildings...

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Landmarks-to-Be by the Sea

Even though it’s not yet summer, the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) has Coney Island on its mind. On Tuesday, March 23, the LPC will hold a public hearing on two important historic buildings...

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Preservation Community Celebrates 45th Anniversary of Landmarks Law

Photo: Prospect Park boathouse, Brooklyn. Just one of the many historic buildings protected under the New York landmarks law. Photo: Al Rabowitz Last week, MAS President Vin Cipolla joined a host of...

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MAS Praises Court Decision on First Avenue Estate Buildings

MAS applauds last week’s decision of the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, which upheld the Landmarks Preservation Commission’s re-designation of two buildings on the Upper East Side. The...

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MAS Supports the Borough Hall Skyscraper Historic District

Lower Manhattan did not have a monopoly on skyscraper construction in New York City in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Across the East River in Brooklyn, another downtown rivaled its...

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MAS Submits 17 Buildings to the Landmarks Preservation Commission for Evaluation

The New York City Department of City Planning’s proposed East Midtown re-zoning has the potential to dramatically change the area and threaten the mix of old and new buildings that define the...

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