A hotel and conference center is at the center of the current plan to redevelope Governors Island. The NY Times reported 1/3/99 on page one that Pataki and ...
New Photo Album has 11 photos of the Island, called "Nooten Eylandt" (The Island of the Nuts) by the early Dutch settlers. <br>Lord Cornbury encouraged the ...
By the way, for more on this discussion, visit the NY Area Greenies Club, an environmental group that overlaps in preservation interests in numerous ...
Eddy,<br>I checked out the pictures that you posted about Governor's Island. I had read about the island and was aware of it being endangered somehow, but the...
Here is an excellent (well, amusing) article by George Will about the development of Governors Island. He makes the mistake of taking Cornbury's transvestitism...
I don't know if I would call any George Will article "excellent." He's got a history of writing in reaction against progressive environmental ideas. After all,...
I agree. And, as I pointed out, there's a disregard for even the most basic historical facts, such as repeating the rumor of Lord Cornbury's cross-dressing as ...
An editorial in the "NY Observer" (1/17/00)(<a href=http://www.observer.com target=new>http://www.observer.com</a>) accused NY Congressman Jerold Nadler of...
I read the Observer editorial and couldn't find any footholds on the truth. Since I'm not familiar with the issue, I can't tell where the facts may be right or...
According to an n article in today's "NY Times" (1/23/00), a plan to convert on former city dump in the Bronx into a golf course has been approved by the City ...
I would expect that any reuse of a landfill is going to be high-maintainance. So a golf course seems appropriate. We hope to be facing the same issue on Staten...
The Jan. 24, 2000 Staten Island Advance reports:<br> "Its most recent prominent tenant is the president of Wagner College. But over the last century, the ...
Sign our petition at e-The People to help save Staten Island's Louis A. Stirn House overlooking the Narrows from Gymes Hill. I hope all of us will help save ...
The Honorable Jerome X. O'Donovan<br>City Council Representative<br>130 Stuyvesant Place, 6th Floor<br>Staten Island, NY 10301<br><br>The Honorable Jerome X....
The Feb. 6th NY Times reports that Brooke Astor and Phillip Johnson are among the supporters of a move by neighborhood residents to landmark a district of...
NYU plans to demolish a home on W 3rd Street where Edgar Allen Poe lived at the time that The Raven was published. The Preserve and Protect listserv urges...
I just receive the following info from the Preserve & Protect Listserv:<br><br>"H.R. 2372, "The Private Property Rights Implementation Act" (TAKINGS BILL) WILL...
Ed you continue to be a sounding voice for us all. I sent the attached to the Preserve and Protect today: <br><br>Shipping Information:<br> <br>To : Jennifer...
Thanks NAO for a great letter. It's a shame that NYU can't find a way to use the existing structure in it's plans. In other cases, the university has gone to ...
Fire ripped through the empty St. Elizabeth's Building at Mt. Loretto on Sunday night, March 5. Still smoldering on March 6, a 15 year old boy has been...
The Landmarks Preservation Commission recently held a hearing on designating the 120 Police Precinct on Staten Island. However, letters of support are ...
Ed: Every effort should be made to see if this building can be stabalized and not demolished. It really should be landmarked and preserved with the other ...
Hiya everyone.<br><br>I received a response to my online letter to The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission:<br><br>Re: The Edgar Allan Poe House, ...
Hiya everyone.<br><br>I received a response to my online letter to The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission:<br><br>Re: The Edgar Allan Poe House, ...
There were three James Whitfords. I'm pretty sure it works as follows: James Whitford the eldest designed the N.B. Village Hall, J.W. Sr. designed the 120 &...
Jerome X. O'Donovan<br>130 Stuyvesant Place, 6th fl.<br>Staten Island, NY 10301<br><br>The Hon. Jerome X. O'Donovan<br>In the past, I have applauded your...
Addresses for cc's of O'Donovan Letter:<br>Jennifer Raab, Commissioner, Landmarks Preservation Commission, 100 Old Slip, NY, NY 10005<br>Channel Graham, ...
Ed, regarding the three James Whitmore's, there appears to be a James Whitmore, Jr. that did some work on Staten Island as an architect in the 1960's. Is this...
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