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District Lines Spring 2008 DISTRICT LINES news and views of the historic districts council spring 2008 vol. XXI no. 3 HDC Annual Conference Eyes Preservation’s Role In The Future of New York City In Ma r c h 2008, the Historic Districts neighborhoods throughout the five bor- and infrastructure concerns. Council’s 14th Annual Preservation oughs were able to admire the recently A group of respondents to the key- Conference, Preservation 2030, took a restored rotunda, built on the land where note zeroed in on PlaNYC’s lack of atten- tion to community preservation. Partici- pants included Peg Breen, president of The New York Landmarks Conservancy; Jonathan Peters, a transportation expert from the College of Staten Island; and Anthony C. Wood, author of “Preserving New York: Winning the Right to Protect a City’s Landmarks.” “New Yorkers need more than just water to drink and beds to sleep in,” said Mr. Wood. “New York is a city of neigh- HDC Director Leo Blackman, left, moderates “Surviving the borhoods, and long-term planning for the Building Boom: Urban Neighborhoods of the Future,” featuring city has to take that into account.” Michael Rebic, Andrew Berman and Brad Lander. “Surviving the Building Boom: Urban Neighborhoods of the Future,” brought HISTORIC DISTRICTS COUNCIL together experts to discuss tools for pre- critical look at preservation’s role in shap- George Washington took his oath of serving the city’s historic urban neigh- ing New York’s urban environment for office as the first president of the United borhoods while providing new housing future generations. Rather than lament- States. and services for expanding populations. ing lost battles and reacting to impend- The next day, New York City Mayor Addressing out-of-scale development in ing threats, this year’s program focused Michael Bloomberg’s PlaNYC 2030 was the Village, SoHo and the Far West Vil- on establishing long-term tools and used as the basis for the Conference lage, Andrew Berman, executive direc- strategies to protect the city’s historic theme. Rohit Aggarwala, director of the tor of the Greenwich Village Society for resources before they are demolished or Mayor’s Office of Long-term Planning Historic Preservation, attributed recent fall victim to unsympathetic alterations. and Sustainability, presented the keynote loss of neighborhood character to faults The Opening Night Reception was address outlining the major tenets of the in the community-facilities bonus. By held at Federal Hall National Memorial. Plan. PlaNYC 2030 aims to prepare the granting schools, cultural institutions Nearly 150 people turned out despite the city to accommodate an additional one and hospitals special permission to build unexpected onslaught of rain that eve- million residents over the next 20 years, beyond the dimensions typical of their ning. Once inside, preservationists from specifically emphasizing environmental corresponding zoning envelopes, Mr. continued on page 6 to enshrine environmentally-beneficent downplays the intense community-based Cleaner, Greener, benchmarks in city policy, historic preser- struggle to rescue this beautiful and signifi- vation – as a strategy, tactic or even a phi- cant building from the city’s Department Fewer Landmarks losophy – is almost completely absent from of Education, which wanted to demolish it; Th e o s T e n s I b l e g o a l o f PlaNYC 2030 the document. Its one appearance is under HDC honored this laudable fight in 2000 is to provide a roadmap for the future of the Housing section’s fifth initiative, “Adapt by bestowing a Grassroots Preservation New York City. If the plan is followed, that Outdated Buildings to New Uses,” which Award upon the Coalition to Save P.S. 109 future New York will be more populated solely addresses publicly-owned proper- (Teri Slater, Ray Plumey, Gwen Goodwin, and cleaner with increased transit. It will ties. The sidebar case study, “Re-imagining David Corbin). In fact, this act of preser- have fewer cars and more trees. What it P.S. 109,” is a seemingly-innocuous story vation is back-handedly blamed for creat- won’t have is more landmarked areas. about transforming a former public school ing blight. “But in the years following the Despite PlaNYC’s laudable aim into artists’ housing. This tangent largely decision [to not demolish it], P.S. 109 sat continued on page 7 Historic Districts Council District Lines ~ Spring 2008 ~ page 2 HDC Tu r n s T h e sp o T l i g h T o n “neighborhoods a T ri s k ” Wh I l e T h e hI s T o r I c DI s T r I c T s co u n c I l is dedicated to the preservation and enhancement of all of New York City’s historic resources—be they churches, bridges, apartment buildings or other- wise—our main focus is on districts. More than just a single building, historic dis- tricts concern an ensemble of structures, their relationships to one another and the history they tell together. The New York City Landmarks Law defines an historic district as an area that has “special character or special historical or aesthetic interest or value [represent- ing] one or more periods or styles of archi- tecture” and has been designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. The LPC is further mandated to pre- HISTORIC DISTRICTS COUNCIL serve and protect buildings and areas “of The west side of Bowery, between Bond and Great Jones Streets, is include in the proposed NoHo special distinction or special historical or extension in Manhattan. aesthetic interest or value” through desig- nating and regulating landmarks and his- toric districts. still cries out for landmarking. Sunnyside However, by no means are all of the Gardens was landmarked in 2007, and When “Calendar” deserving historic neighborhoods in New Fiske Terrace/Midwood Park in March of York City landmarked. 2008. Most recently the proposed NoHo Is a Verb Increasingly, the special character and extension had a favorable Public Hearing. Pr e s e r v a ti o n I s T s a r e o f T e n a c c u s e D sense of place of these areas are under dire A dozen other neighborhoods have been of speaking in tongues, using acro- threat or direct assault from demolition, added to the list since its inception, nyms and abbreviations such as out-of-scale and garish new construction and some of them, such as Brooklyn’s ULURP, CNE and SHPO in everyday or unsympathetic alterations. Over the DUMBO and Crown Heights North conversation. It sometimes gets even past 15 years neighborhoods whose archi- neighborhoods, have been designated more arcane, with constructions such tecture and sense of place were seemingly as well. as NR-eligible and NegDec making stable for decades have moved beyond The “Neighborhoods at Risk” list is their way into meeting notes. simply being worthy of landmarking to by no means conclusive. Like the initial But one of the most obscure being seriously at risk. list, it strives for a balance of geography, terms used exclusively by New York Whereas landmark designation styles, date ranges and building types. One City preservationists is “calendar.” might once have been merely a worth- of the things that the chosen areas have The word itself, which is derived while community goal, all too often now in common, and a primary reason for suc- from the French and means a reckon- it is a vital ingredient in the continued cess, is an organized neighborhood pres- ing of time in which the divisions of life of a community. ervation campaign behind them. HDC a year are defined, is not at issue; it In 2004, HDC launched a feature on works closely with such local groups to is the use of the word as a verb that our Web site called “Neighborhoods at further their cause. By building aware- seems odd. Risk” with five threatened areas —Sunny- ness of these efforts, HDC hopes to push In almost every conversation side Gardens, Queens; Stapleton, Staten them forward on the path to designation. about a potential landmark designa- Island; Grand Concourse, The Bronx; The threats facing our city’s historic tion or an historic building at risk, Fiske Terrace/Midwood Park, Brooklyn; neighborhoods are manifold, but demoli- eventually the question is raised, and the undesignated sections of NoHo tion is obviously the most dire. Besides the “Is it calendared?” This odd query is in Manhattan. The neighborhoods, one irreplaceable loss of historic architecture, almost always followed immediately from each borough, represent a range demolition can lead to new construction by “How can we get it calendared?,” of dates, architectural styles and build- that is often out of scale and at odds with which leads to a strategy session. ing types that all speak to the history of existing buildings. While the LPC judges This conversational turn often leaves New York City. In the four years since its new structures on how their design, mate- landmark laymen somewhat at a loss launch, there has been progress. rials and scale harmonize with the his- – What is this “calendaring” that The part of Stapleton centered on toric district, no such review is required in is being referred to? Does it have St. Paul’s Avenue was designated in 2004, nondesignated areas as long as zoning something to do with fiscal years? Or while the section around Harrison Street continued on page 6 continued on page 8 Historic Districts Council District Lines ~ Spring 2008 ~ page 3 Addisleigh Park: Uncovering African-American History in Southeast Queens HISTORIC DISTRICTS COUNCIL Clockwise, from top left: The homes of former Addisleigh Park residents Jackie Robinson; Rose Murphy and Slam Stewart; Ella Fitzgerald; James Brown and Cootie Williams; Milt Hinton; and Lena Horne.
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