The Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) has jurisdiction over both buildings and landscape features on landmarks sites. But the Commission rarely directly regulates changes to landscape features. For routine landscaping changes and in urban contexts, the landscape features are rarely a concern. In other cases the landscape takes on central importance. This is especially true where there where the existing landscaping and natural land features figure prominently in the beauty and importance of the site. In … <Read More>
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CLE Event: History in the Making – The NYC Landmarks Law at 50
THE LANDMARKS PRESERVATION COMMISSION, THE HARVARD UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN, THE NEW YORK LANDMARKS PRESERVATION FOUNDATION, and THE AIANY HISTORIC BUILDINGS COMMITTEE
present
History In The Making: The New York City Landmarks Law at 50
WHEN
Monday, October 26, 2015 from 8:45 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.
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WHERE
Bar Association of New York City
42 West 44th Street, New York (between 5th and 6th Avenues)
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Landmarks Designates the Old Croton Aqueduct Walk as the Bronx’s First Scenic Landmark
On April 16, 2024, the Landmarks Preservation Commission voted to designate the Old Croton Aqueduct Walk as a scenic landmark. The Aqueduct Walk is a 4.9 acre linear park along Aqueduct Avenue between West Kingsbridge Road and West Burnside Avenue. It features a public walkway built on top of the Old Croton Aqueduct.