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    Landmarks Calendars Yorkville Church

    Landmarks Calendaring  •  Yorkville, Manhattan

    The First Hungarian Reformed Church. Image Credit: NYC LPC

    The 103-year-old church still serves the same congregation. On January 22, 2019, the Landmarks Preservation Commission voted to calendar the First Hungarian Reformed Church for landmarks designation consideration. The church, located at 346 East 69th Street between First and Second Avenues, was built in 1915 and designed by architect Emery Roth. The First Hungarian Reformed Church was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 31, 2000. (read more…)

    Tags : landmarks calendaring, Landmarks Preservation Commission, Manhattan, Yorkville
    Date:01/30/2019
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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    New Book Highlights Yorkville’s Historic Developments and Immigrant Roots

    Book Launch  •  Yorkville, Manhattan

    Shaped by Immigrants: A History of Yorkville book cover. Image credit: FRIENDS of the Upper East Side Historic Districts

    The illustrative book displays the rich architecture and neighborhood’s character. On November 7, 2018, FRIENDS of the Upper Side Historic Districts, a not-for-profit membership organization, will release Shaped by Immigrants: A History of Yorkville. Shaped by Immigrants: A History of Yorkville chronicles the history of development in the Yorkville neighborhood in Manhattan through the 19th and early 20th centuries, which was home to Czechoslovakian, German, Hungarian, Irish, and other immigrant groups. Their settlement is described to have had a “lasting imprint” in Yorkville’s architecture, culture, and character as it was “where immigrants lived, worked, shopped, and prayed.” (read more…)

    Tags : architecture, Cherokee Apartments, FRIENDS of the Upper Side Historic Districts, immigrants, St. Joseph's Church, Yorkville
    Date:11/02/2018
    Category : FRIENDS of the Upper Side Historic Districts
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