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As part of the celebration of the 45th Anniversary of New York City’s Landmarks Law, in April of 2010 this blog was launched to help focus attention on events from the last 45 years of preservation history. Now over 100 blog entries later, as the 45th anniversary year comes to its end, it is time [...]  Convent of the Sisters of the Bon Secours/Convent of the Little Sisters of the Assumption at Lexington and 81st Street. Demolished. Photo ©1982 Cornelis Verwaal. In March of 1985, the Landmarks Preservation Commission decided not to designate the Convent of the Sisters of the Bon Secours at Lexington Avenue and 8lst Street. Originally built [...] During the course of this 45th Anniversary Year of the passage of NYC’s landmarks law, how many events were you at where you heard a great story about some preservation event from the last 45 years of preservation history? Odds are good that the informative, infuriating, inspiring story that you heard has not been captured [...] Every preservationist needs to read Edward Glaeser’s new book Triumph of the City. I suggest you borrow a copy so his book sales don’t soar leading others to conclude popular support for his ideas. Preservationists need to read the book because it is a wake up call. Besides raising your blood pressure, the book provides [...] Halina Rosenthal receiving the Historic District Council's Landmarks Lion Award. From left to right: Anthony C. Wood, Halina Rosenthal, Laurie Beckelman, Beverly Moss Spatt, Gene Norman and David Todd. Photo courtesy of the Historic Districts Council. It was twenty years ago, in March of 1991 that Halina Rosenthal died at the age of [...] June 29, 1988 picketing of Penn Station to protest Mayor Koch's proposed changes to the landmarks law. Kurt Vonnegut reads the famous passage on Penn Station from Thomas Wolfe's You Can't go Home Again. Front right is Ray Rubinow, civic activist extraordinaire. Right of him is James Marston Fitch. Photo by Steven [...] Preservation has many heroes but very few actual martyrs. One who fits that definition is Chicago’s Richard Nickel. He died on April 13, 1972 while salvaging decorative elements from Adler and Sullivan’s Stock Exchange Building. At the time it was undergoing active demolition. His presence was unknown to those doing the demolition and whether as [...] One of the many compelling lessons to be learned from the history of preservation is the importance of communication and organization to the success of preservation efforts. Without communications it is hard to identify and remain connected to preservationists and if you are unable to identify and communicate with those who care about preservation, how [...] The Fitch Forum, with its focus on 45 Years of Landmarks Law, makes February resonate even more loudly as a month full of landmark legal events. On February 4, 1975 Justice Irving H. Saypol of the New York State Supreme Court (don’t be fooled by its title, New York’s Supreme Court is not the highest [...] It is true that this 45th anniversary blog has devoted significant space to New York City’s historic districts. With 102 historic districts and 16 extensions to historic districts, it is hard to let a month go by without recognizing the districts designated in that month over all these years. February is no exception. On February [...] |
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