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Ralph Bunche House Designation Report
Landmarks Preservation Commission May 17, 2005, Designation List 363 LP-2175 RALPH BUNCHE HOUSE, 115-24 Grosvenor Road, Kew Gardens, Queens. Built, 1927; Architects, Koch & Wagner. Landmark Site: Borough of Queens Tax Map Block 3319, Lot 18. On May 17, 2005, the Landmarks Preservation Commission held a public hearing on the proposed designation as a Landmark of the Ralph Bunche House and its related Landmark Site (Item No. 1). The hearing had been duly advertised in accordance with the provisions of law. There were five speakers in favor of designation, including Dr. Benjamin Rivlin, Chairman Emeritus of the Ralph Bunche Institute, Marjorie Tivin representing the New York City Commission to the United Nations, the Chair of the Community Board 9, and representatives of the Landmarks Conservancy and the Historic Districts Council. Three representatives of the Kew Gardens Civic Association spoke in opposition to designation because they wanted the entire Kew Gardens area designated as an historic district rather than just one building. The owner of the building said he was “ambivalent” about designation, because it was already a National Historic Landmark. Summary Dr. Ralph Bunche and his family lived for more than thirty years in a neo-Tudor style residence constructed in 1927 and designed by the prominent Brooklyn architects Koch & Wagner, located in Kew Gardens, Queens. Bunche had an illustrious career in academia, international service and diplomacy, which included the award of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1950 for his role in negotiating armistice settlements between Israel and its Arab neighbors. He helped found, and then worked for the United Nations, first as head of its Trusteeship Division, later as advisor to three different Sectretaries-General. -
HISTORIC DISTRICTS COUNCIL 2012 GRASSROOTS PRESERVATION AWARDS and P R E S E RVAT I O N PA RT Y
HISTORIC DISTRICTS COUNCIL 2012 GRASSROOTS PRESERVATION AWARDS and P R E S E RVAT I O N PA RT Y Tuesday, June 5, 2012, 6pm South Street Seaport Museum 12 Fulton Street Between Front and South Streets South Street Seaport Historic District Manhattan PROGRAM 2012 Grassroots Preservation Awards and Annual Preservation Party Tuesday, June 5, 2012 Welcome Presentation of Awards Coalition to Save Manufacturers Hanover Trust The Green-Wood Cemetery Parkway Village Historical Society West End Preservation Society Friend in High Places Council Member Albert Vann 36th District, Brooklyn Friend from the Media DNAinfo Mickey Murphy Award Susan Henshaw Jones Closing Remarks 3 Grassroots Preservation Awards Successful historic preservation efforts in New York City require a collaboration among many parties, including the public, government agencies and the private sector. Without popular support even the most well-intentioned and farsighted public policy cannot be implemented, and without governmental guidance even the most organized and well-funded private efforts are doomed to fail. With these awards HDC seeks to recognize, honor and encourage public participation in the preservation process. These are the individuals and organizations that, with their time, effort and support, move the preservation collaboration forward. By working with, encouraging and cajoling public decision-makers, these grassroots preservationists form the foundation of all our work. In 2000, HDC gave the first annual Grassroots Preservation Awards to recognize such outstanding efforts. In addition, the awards include three special categories. The Friend in High Places and Friend from the Media Awards honor and acknowledge the dedication and support of elected officials and the press for encouraging the cause of historic preservation throughout the city. -
Brian Urquhart Collection of Material About Ralph Bunche, Ca
http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt409nb02d No online items Finding Aid for the Brian Urquhart Collection of Material about Ralph Bunche, ca. 1932-1972 Processed by Manuscripts Division staff, 1998; Hyung-ju Ahn and Eiichiro Azuma, 2014; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé. UCLA Library Special Collections Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library Box 951575 Los Angeles, CA, 90095-1575 (310) 825-4988 [email protected] ©1998 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 364 1 Title: Brian Urquhart Collection of Material about Ralph Bunche Collection number: 364 Contributing Institution: UCLA Library Special Collections Language of Material: English Physical Description: 24.0 linear ft.(48 boxes and 2 oversize boxes) Date: ca. 1932-1972 Abstract: Sir Brian Urquhart (b.1919) was active in the organization and direction of the United Nations (UN) Emergency Force in Middle East (1956) and responsible for the organization and direction of UN peace-keeping operations and special political assignments. Ralph Bunche (1904-1971) was the undersecretary for special political affairs at the UN (1958-67) and undersecretary general (1968). He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1950. The collection consists of papers about and collected by Ralph J. Bunche and later used by Brian Urquhart to write Ralph Bunche: an American Life (1993). Items in the collection include manuscripts, notebooks, project files, audiotape recordings, clippings, travel photographs, and memorabilia. Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information. -
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RALPH BUNCHE HOUSE, 115-24 Grosvenor Road, Kew Gardens, Queens
Landmarks Preservation Commission May 17, 2005, Designation List 363 LP-2175 RALPH BUNCHE HOUSE, 115-24 Grosvenor Road, Kew Gardens, Queens. Built, 1927; Architects, Koch & Wagner. Landmark Site: Borough of Queens Tax Map Block 3319, Lot 18. On May 17, 2005, the Landmarks Preservation Commission held a public hearing on the proposed designation as a Landmark of the Ralph Bunche House and its related Landmark Site (Item No. 1). The hearing had been duly advertised in accordance with the provisions of law. There were five speakers in favor of designation, including Dr. Benjamin Rivlin, Chairman Emeritus of the Ralph Bunche Institute, Marjorie Tivin representing the New York City Commission to the United Nations, the Chair of the Community Board 9, and representatives of the Landmarks Conservancy and the Historic Districts Council. Three representatives of the Kew Gardens Civic Association spoke in opposition to designation because they wanted the entire Kew Gardens area designated as an historic district rather than just one building. The owner of the building said he was “ambivalent” about designation, because it was already a National Historic Landmark. Summary Dr. Ralph Bunche and his family lived for more than thirty years in a neo-Tudor style residence constructed in 1927 and designed by the prominent Brooklyn architects Koch & Wagner, located in Kew Gardens, Queens. Bunche had an illustrious career in academia, international service and diplomacy, which included the award of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1950 for his role in negotiating armistice settlements between Israel and its Arab neighbors. He helped found, and then worked for the United Nations, first as head of its Trusteeship Division, later as advisor to three different Sectretaries-General. -
Fiduciary Landlords: Life Insurers and Large-Scale
The Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies advances understanding of housing issues and informs policy through research, education, and public outreach. Working Paper, April 2017 Fiduciary Landlords: Life Insurers and Large-Scale Adam Tanaka Housing in New York City Ph.D. Candidate, Urban Planning Harvard University Meyer Fellow 2015, JCHS Abstract For a brief window between the late 1930s and the late 1940s, The paper argues that, when it came to middle-income life insurance companies built approximately 50,000 middle- urban housing, the 1940s represented a moment of unusual income rental apartments across the United States. At the convergence between corporate need and municipal interest. time, life insurers controlled the largest pool of capital funds While incentives were aligned, tens of thousands of relatively in the nation, and believed that large-scale housing offered a housing market. Mixed-use and transit-oriented decades for the industry. Most projects took the form of large-scale, beforelow-cost the apartments terms gained were currency, built in theseAmerica’s projects most proved expensive a racially-segregatedsecure and profitable complexes, investment often — aswith well their as good own publicityprivate panacea for white families who earned too much for public streets, parks, and playgrounds. Most were also market-rate, housing but not enough to purchase suburban homes. As soon as civic and corporate needs began to diverge, however, produced relatively affordable prices. insurance capital shifted towards the suburban mortgage Whilethough the economies volume of of life scale insurance in financing housing and soonconstruction paled in the market, which offered higher returns with fewer political face of the postwar suburban boom — built for much the same inobstacles. -
National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet the Hunter - Dulin Building Section Number 7 Page 1 San Francisco, California
NFS Form 10-900 OMB No. 10024-0018 (Oct. 1990) ;....,...,.. United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Registration Form This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations for individual properties and disfrlc*fs7~SBB~1nTStructions in How to Complete the National Register of Historic Places Registration Form (National Register Bulletin 16A). Complete each item by marking "x" in the appropriate box or by entering the Information requested. If an ttem does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable." For functions, architectural classification, materials, and areas of significance, enter only categories and subcategories from the instructions. Place additional entries and narrative items on continuation sheets (NFS Form 10-900a). Use a typewriter, word processor, or computer, to complete all items. 1. Name of Property historic name HTTNTRR - DULIN BUILDING ______________________________ other names/site number QNR ELEVEN (ill) SUTTER BUILDING___________________________ 2. Location_________________________________________________________ street & number 111 Sut-.ter street___________________________ D not for publication N/A city or town .san'p-ranMsrn______________________________ D vicinity N/A state California________ code HA county San Francisco____ code 075 zip code 94104 3. State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, I hereby certify that this DQ nomination D request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion-, the property ats D does not meet the National Register criteria. -
Abbott, C., 146 Abbott, Robert S., 179 Abdullah, Melina, 14, 465–74 'Abdul'l-Bahá, 168, 170–9, 183 Abernathy, Ralph, 34
Index Abbott, C., 146 Ashburn, Roy, 274 Abbott, Robert S., 179 Ashe, Arthur, 246–7 Abdullah, Melina, 14, 465–74 Asian Americans, 6–7, 9, 14, 127–30, 135–40, 152, ‘Abdul’l-Bahá, 168, 170–9, 183 428–37 Abernathy, Ralph, 341, 342 Assembly to End Prejudice, Injustice, and Poverty, 308 abolitionists, 287–8, 290 Atlanta, 44, 57, 59, 62–5, 68–9, 111, 160, 360, 369, 373, Ache, 260 375, 398, 405, 410–11, 470 Adams, Cyrus Hall, 311 Atlanta Housing Authority (AHA), 62–4 Addams, Jane, 51 Atlanta University Publications, 52–3 Adoption and Safe Families Act, 277 Atwell, Christopher, 254 Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP), Austin, 119, 151 58–9, 68 Austin, Elsie, 178, 180–1 Africa, 9, 31, 33–7, 82, 127–43, 169, 181–2, 187–9, 246, AZ, 460 257, 417, 421–2, 425, 438, 440, 446–7 Africa News, 259–60 Bacon, Warren, 306, 309 African American Protestant Church, 204–24 “Bad Girls of Hip-Hop, The” (Morgan), 461 African Caribbean immigrants, 2, 3, 13 Badillo, Herman, 390 African immigrants, 2, 3 Baha’i religion, 11, 167–92 African Union churches, 30, 35 Bahá’u’lláh, 167–9, 178–81, 183, 185 Afrik, Hannibal (Harold Charles), 313 Bailer, Lloyd H., 209, 212–14, 222n39 agriculture, 83–4, 88, 106 Baker, Ella, 76, 323–4 AIDS, 12, 244–67 Baker, Houston, 434 Aid to Families with Dependent Children, 106–7, 236, 273 Balk, Alfred, 266n3 Akron, 113 Baltimore, 21, 30, 44, 113, 151, 398, Alabama, 334–43, 352, 354, 359, 360 408, 411 Alabama National Guard, 342 Bamba, Ahamadou, 142n35 Albuquerque, 113, 151 Bane, Mary Jo, 114 Allard, Patricia, 270 Banks, Rae, 11, -
Storefront Registry” Information for Calendar Year 2019 with Updates Through June 30, 2020
Reported NYC “Storefront Registry” Information for Calendar Year 2019 with Updates through June 30, 2020 The Department of Finance is pleased to present summary information on the status of storefronts across New York City, as reported by required filers pursuant to the recently enacted “Storefront Registry Law.” New York City Local Law 157 of 2019 requires owners of properties containing ground floor or second floor commercial premises that are used to offer or sell goods at retail (“storefront” business locations), or could be used to sell such goods, to submit registration statements to the Department of Finance. The first-year filings were submitted in the summer of 2020 for calendar year 2019. A supplemental registration was also required to be submitted to provide information on vacancy or ownership changes between January 1, 2020 and June 30, 2020. The information from both submissions was combined to produce the summary reports and maps provided in this presentation. To establish the very first registry of storefront locations in New York City, the Department of Finance utilized data from its property valuation system and from private sources to identify potential storefront locations and to inform owners of properties with storefronts that they were required to register with the Department of Finance. Outreach materials were sent to approximately 70,000 property owners. Approximately 52,000 properties, or 74 percent of the properties contacted, filed with the Department. In addition, the Department received submissions from a small number of properties that were not part of the original outreach population. In all, 55,000 filings, providing information on more than 75,000 storefronts, were available for reporting purposes. -
Community Board 8
Borough President, Melinda Katz Deputy Borough President, Melva Miller Community Board 8 197-15 Hillside Avenue Hollis, NY 11423 -2126 Chairman, Alvin Warshaviak Telephone: (718) 264-7895 District Manager, Marie Adam-Ovide Fax: (718) 264-7910 [email protected] www.nyc.gov/queenscb8 Minutes of Community Board 8 Board Meeting held on Wednesday, April 13, 2016 at the Hillcrest Jewish Center, 183-02 Union Turnpike in Flushing, New York. Attendance: Board Members Present: Dilafroz Ahmed, Jagir Singh Bains, Carolyn Baker-Brown, Dr. Allen J. Bennett, Robert H. Block, Edward Chung, Susan D. Cleary, Monica Corbett, Allen Eisenstein, Mary Maggio Fischer, Florence Fisher, Carolann Foley, Kevin Forrestal, Bhitihara-Martha Fulton, James Gallagher Jr., Marc A. Haken, Michael Hannibal, Sylvia Hernandez, Tami Hirsch, Fakrul “Delwar” Islam, Steven Konigsberg, Paul S. Lazauskas, Mark J. Lefkof, , Mitch Lisker, Elke Maerz, Frank Magri, Jennifer Martin, Rabbi Shlomo Nisanov , Tamara Osherov, Simon Pelman, Frances Peterson, Jesse Rosenbaum, Seymour Schwartz, Douglas Sherman, Harbachan Singh, Martha Taylor, Mohammed Tohin, Rachele Van Arsdale, Jacob Weinberg and Albert Willingham. Board Members Absent: Kenneth Cohen II, Maria DeInnocentiis, Howard A. Fried, Joshua Glikman, Robert Harris, Bright Dae-Jung Limm, Charlton Rhee, Steven Sadofsky, Alvin Warshaviak and Stanley Weinblatt. Others Present: Alexander Bennett representing Congresswoman Grace Meng, Susie Tanenbaum representing Borough President Melinda Katz, Steve Behar representing Councilman Barry Grodenchik, Honorable Councilman Rory Lancman, Daniel Rosenthal representing Councilman Rory Lancman, Amir Abbady representing State Senator Leroy Comrie, Facia Class representing Assemblyman Michael Simanowitz, Marilla Li representing Assemblywoman Nily Rozic, Muhammad Rahman representing Assemblyman David Weprin, City Planner, Stephen Everett, Marie Adam-Ovide, CB8 District Manager and Jatnna Pimentel, CB8 staff member.