"Tomorrow’s Yesterdays: Historic Districts of the Future": A Panel Hosted By Historic Districts Council

"Tomorrow’s Yesterdays: Historic Districts of the Future"

March 18, 6:30 PM

ShapeShifter Lab

18 Whitwell Place

Gowanus

The Historic Districts Council, an advocacy organization for all of New York City’s historic neighborhoods, is launching its 2015 Annual Preservation Conference Series throughout the month of March. The focus of this year's conference is a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the New York City Landmarks Law.

This year’s conference consists of three panels, one of which is entitled "Tomorrow’s Yesterdays: Historic Districts of the Future". It will take place in Gowanus and will, in part, focus on preservation of industrial buildings such as the ones that can be found in this mostly manufacturing neighborhood.

From HDC:

When Brooklyn Heights was designated the very first New York City historic district in 1965, the architectural styles found there exemplified the types of buildings that the Landmarks Preservation Commission saw as worthy of protection. While protecting classic Federals and grand rowhouses has never gone out of style, over the past 50 years, the question of what types of buildings can be landmarked has slowly been re-examined. 

Beginning in 1973 with the designation of the SoHo-Cast-Iron District, acceptance has slowly warmed to the potential diversity of historic districts, including with vernacular or industrial buildings. This panel will include a presentation of the evolution of historic districts by architectural historian Francis Morrone, before considering the issues of the present and future. The panelist, urban planner Paul Graziano, Gowanus advocate Marlene Donnelly and Ward Dennis, Columbia University professor and Brooklyn Community Board 1 member, will discuss potential historic districts, technological and bureaucratic strategies for looking ahead, and questions such as Can Gowanus ever be designated? and Is there a place for a historic district in suburban Queens?

Tickets for this panel are $20 and can be purchased here.

All information about the conference and other panels, click here.

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Cobble Hill Walking Tour With Historian Francis Morrone

The Cobble Hill Association has just announced that historian Francis Morrone will once again lead a Historic Walking Tour through Cobble Hill. If you have never accompanied Morrone on one of his tours, you should reserve a spot now.

Cobble Hill History Walking Tour

With Historian Francis Morrone

Sunday June 9th 

2PM TO 4PM

Join Francis Morrone, director of the CHA Cobble Hill History Project, on a walking tour of Cobble Hill history and architecture. This year’s tour will focus on the landmarks and history of the southern Cobble Hill. So, even if you have been on other Cobble Hill History Tours, you won’t want to miss this one! Travel + Leisure magazine named Francis as one of the 13 best tour guides in the world.The roughly two-hour walk begins at Clinton and Kane Streets in front of Christ Church.
$10 for CHA members and $20 for non-members Tour Limited to 30 Participants

Please RSVP: CobbleHillAssociation@gmail.com




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Cobble Hill History Walking Tour This Saturday

If you have never taken the Cobble Hill Historic Walking Tour with historian Francis Morrone, do yourself a favor and reserve your spot for this week-ends tour.  I promise you won't regret it.

2012 Cobble Hill History Walking Tour 

Date: Saturday, June 9th

Time: 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM

Cost: $20 per person ($10 for Cobble Hill Association members)

RSVP: CobbleHillAssociation@gmail.com

(The walking tour is limited to 40 participants, so please RSVP early.) 

Join Francis Morrone, director of the CHA Cobble Hill History Project, on a walking tour of Cobble Hill history and architecture, ranging from Jennie Jerome to the impact of the BQE to Cobble Hill's unparalleled collection of ornamental ironwork--and much, much more. The roughly two-hour walk begins at Court and Congress streets in front of St. Paul's Church. The tour will also be a chance to learn more about the History Project and opportunities to volunteer and share information.

For more info, click here.

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Research The History Of Your Brooklyn Home With Historian Francis Morrone

 

This is a great event for all history lovers and Brooklyn home owners, who would like to know more about their home's past. 
"Join the Cobble Hill Association for a discussion with Francis Morrone about how to research the history of a house or other building in Brooklyn. Morrone will discuss some of the nuts and bolts of basic building research, as well as the myriad avenues opened up in recent years by the internet. The web has changed the whole game. For the serious researcher it has not replaced the necessity of consulting physical archives, but it has made stay-at-home research rewarding as never before.
Learn the secrets of the trade from a professional historian."

Time: 7:30 P.M.

Date: Monday, October 17, 2011

Place: Long Island College Hospital, Conference Room A

Enter at main entrance 339 Hicks (at Atlantic)

All members of the public are invited. No admission charge.

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