Tag: historic preservation

New York has a long history of not giving a pigeon’s butt about the past.

The price of repairs is at the heart of the argument that landmark status should be removed, allowing demolition of the church.

The Landmarks Commission is not used to sorting out this sort of situation; its mission is to save historic structures, not issue their death sentences.

By Mark Diller The historic preservation movement, the Upper West Side, and indeed the City of New York, lost a determined and gracious leader with the passing on December 21st of Lenore Norman. Lenore’s professional career was remarkable and inspiring. She rose in three years from an intern to the ...