BLACK HISTORY MONTH: NYC’s sacred — and segregated — Black burial sites
Many New Yorkers can cite chapter and verse about the African Burial Ground National Monument in downtown Manhattan near City Hall, but only a few know about the burial grounds and segregated ...
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No More City Monuments!
In any other city than this, a labor so inconsiderable would have been performed in a fortnight; but in New-York, as every inhabitant knows, the Worth Monument has remained from that day to this ...
Gatekeeping the ‘Sex and the City’ stoop
Also forever, it would seem? The interest in the “Sex and the City” character’s stoop in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village ...
No cupcakes, no cosmos: 'Sex and the City' brownstone in NYC will get a gate to deter tourists
The front staircase of the Manhattan brownstone where Carrie Bradshaw lived in “Sex and the City” is getting a metal gate to ...
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Op-ed: City of Yes landmark transfer framework creates new opportunities
Known as the “Landmark TDR” program (“TDR” is shorthand for “transferable development rights”), the mechanism was created in ...
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New York Landmarks Illuminated in Yellow to Honor Holocaust Remembrance Day
New York landmarks were lit in yellow for International Holocaust Remembrance Day, as Governor Hochul honored the 6 million ...
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A hidden New York gem curates culture that might otherwise be lost
Founded in 1985, City Lore has become an iconic institution in the heart of New York City, dedicated to preserving and celebrating the rich, living cultural heritage of the city and beyond. Now an ...
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Here and Now with Sandra Bookman: Preserving Black history and landmarks in New York City
we discuss efforts to preserve Black history in New York City. After a four-year campaign, a 19th century building in Greenwich Village connected to the abolitionist movement has been designated ...