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LPC’s Rowhouse Manual Gets a Makeover
Some news from the Landmarks Preservation Commission: they, too, have renovated, updating their “Rowhouse Manual,” which they describe as “a guide designed to help the owners of rowhouses in New York City’s historic districts preserve and maintain their remarkable homes and work successfully with the agency when exterior alterations are needed.” (Click here for the [...]
Development Done Right, and Wrong
We asked the folks at Bedford Corners Historic District to show us examples of “good” and “bad” development in their neighborhood. After all, they’ve asserted clearly that they want a historic district not because they’re anti-development, but because “We want to preserve what we have,” Claudette Brady told us last week. “We’d just like [the [...]
LPC Looks at Bed-Stuy
The proposed expansion of the Carroll Gardens historic district has garnered a lot of attention lately, in part because the struggle has been depicted as low-income old-timers versus high-income newcomers, not to mention developers against residents. Old rumors and misinformation have been re-circulated in the process, drudging up already discounted ideas: that those who live [...]
Calling All Housing Research Analysts
We are looking for someone to help us update an analysis first undertaken by the New York City Independent Budget Office in a Background Paper – The Impact of Historic Districts on Residential Property Values, 1975 through 2002. If you think you are up for the challenge please contact Donald Brennan via email or on [...]
Getting Into the Book Biz
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