Earlier this summer we brought word that the new owner of the Jarmulowsky Bank building was converting it to a boutique hotel. Ron Castellano (The Forward Building, Hester Street Fair, etc.) and Taavo Somer (Freemans, Peels, etc.) began working...
A packed public hearing held yesterday by the Landmarks Preservation Commission on the proposed East Village/Lower East Side Historic District drew enthusiastic support and passionate opposition. Local elected officials and preservation organizations spoke in favor of the plan. A...
There's news from the Landmarks Preservation Commission this afternoon. Today commissioners voted to designate two Lower East Side buildings -- the Bowery Mission and the Bowery Bank of New York.
The Bowery Mission, 227 Bowery, a neo-Greco style building, has...
Here's an update on the fate of the Bialystoker Nursing Home building at 228 East Broadway. As we have reported, the troubled home closed late last month after the last of its residents found new accommodations. Facing what they...
This morning, the Wall Street Journal files a report on 135 Bowery, an 1817 row house that was declared a New York City landmark in June but now faces a new threat. As we reported last month, City Councilmember...
In late June, neighborhood preservation activists felt they had reason to cheer. They had, after all, just received word that the Landmarks Preservation Commission had voted to protect 135 Bowery, a federal style row house built in 1817. It...
The Landmarks Preservation Commission voted unanimously yesterday to protect the former Citizens Savings Bank, 54-58 Bowery, in the shadow of the Manhattan Bridge. The 1924 gold-domed, Beaux Arts-style building (now an HSBC branch) is one of the neighborhood's most...
We have been following developments at the Bialystoker Nursing Home, which is being shut down and, its board of directors hopes, transformed into a residential apartment complex. According to a listing from Grubb & Ellis, 228-230 East Broadway is...
The Observer notices the recent sale of 511 Grand Street, the 1827 townhouse that became a city landmark four years ago. The new owners are artists Inka Essenhigh and Stephen Mumford. They paid $1.36 million for the historic home,...
The Bowery Alliance of Neighbors (BAN) is sending around a news release in celebration of the Landmarks Preservation Commission voting to protect 135 Bowery, a federal style row house, located between Grand and Broome streets.
“After a process of two...
