March 26th - Read about today's important press conference at 857 RSD with Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, State Senator Al Taylor, Senator Robert Jackson and others CLICK HERE
THE MARCH OF PROGRESS HAS NOT BEEN KIND TO CULTURAL LANDMARKS RELEVANT TO PERSONS OF COLOR IN UPPER MANHATTAN.
Sites related to abolitionists and the Underground Railroad are rare in New York, and this historically Greek Revival–Italianate house is arguably the only one known to survive north of 96th Street in Manhattan.
TO LEARN ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE ABOLITIONIST HOUSE AND NEIGHBORHOOD,
READ THE PROPOSAL TO EXPAND THE Audubon Park Historic District.
According to the DoB website, Javier Martinez (developer) has filed applications to demolish three of the row houses: 636, 638 and 640
West 158th Street.
A 197-foot tower would be a knife in the heart of our neighborhood.
Other towers will follow, ending our affordable community as we know it.
Please download, print and share this URRA FLYER concerning current events that will have a devastating impact on West 158th Street and the future of Audubon Park Historic District.
More information about this issue is on our West 158th Street page.
DEVELOPMENTS ON
WEST 158TH STREET
WE ARE OPPOSED
to the HARDSHIP APPLICATION to demolish & redevelop
WEST PARK Presbyterian Church,
a designated NYC landmark
We believe that taking the terminal step of permitting this landmark to be demolished before every option is exhausted should not be allowed.
We further believe that this decision risks setting a damaging precedent for landmarks owned by nonprofits citywide.
For updates and to sign the petition visit:
https://www.centeratwestpark.org/save-west-park
128 WEST
SEVENTEENTH
STREET
This unassuming Chelsea building was a decades-long Black community pillar spanning the years of the Civil War, the postbellum Reconstruction Era and New York’s gritty-bordered Gilded Age.
The Legacy of Colored School No. 4
with Eric K. Washington on view here:
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Designate Chelsea’s Former Colored School No. 4
as a New York City Landmark
You can read more
and sign the petition here:
https://chng.it/qN8P2SLfhf
The URRA Introduction PDF, a link to the Historic Districts Council: Audubon Park booklet, and our team bios are available on the
ABOUT US page.
The New York Times article
by John Freeman Gill
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