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The article focuses on the potential adverse impacts of a proposed 14-story tower on Franklin Avenue and a skate park in Mount Prospect Park, both of which could significantly affect local green spaces and their surrounding communities.

The article focuses on the restoration of the James A. Bailey residence in Harlem, a landmarked mansion known for its eclectic architectural features, saved from decay and potential demolition by a dedicated couple through painstaking efforts and personal investment.

The article focuses on a team of stained-glass experts conducting a groundbreaking survey of approximately 1,200 stained-glass windows in mausoleums at Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx, uncovering previously unseen and unique stained-glass artworks.

The article announces the resignation of Robert Battle as artistic director of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.

The article discusses how the Piccirilli brothers of Italy have created the most cherished public sculptures in New York since the 1890s. According to Metropolitan Museum of Art curator Thayer Tolles, the brothers' sculptures are present in almost all major places and buildings in the state including the New York Stock Exchange building. Also cited is the plan of filmmaker Eduardo Montes-Bradley to make a documentary film about the brothers' lives and accomplishments.

The article focuses on the Sea View Hospital in Staten Island, New York City where African American nurses used to be on the front line battling tuberculosis in the first half of the 20th century. It shares the story of 92-year old Virginia Allen, who trained as a pediatric nurse's aide and later became a nurse at Sea View Hospital. It provides an overview of the hospital's architectural design and the informs about the plan to renovate the old Sea View staff House.

The article focuses on the author's dream of visiting Darjeeling, a picturesque town in the Himalayan foothills, exploring its history as a British summer retreat and its stunning natural beauty. It author recounts a visit in 2014, expressing a renewed desire to return in 2023 with family, outlining plans to explore Darjeeling, witness the sunrise at Tiger Hill, visit tea gardens, experience the Batasia Loop, and ride the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway through the mountains.

The article reports on the Spanish-speaking Church of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Manhattan, New York City that has been deconsecrated by the Archdiocese of New New York and could face sale, alteration or demolition. It shows efforts of elected officials and preservation groups to protect the church through landmark designation given its connection to the city's Hispanic and Lation community. Information on the history of the church is provided.

The article focuses on the debate over the definition of anti-Zionism and antisemitism, with one letter arguing that anti-Zionism is offensive and antisemitic, while another challenges the assertion that Zionism is fundamental to Judaism. Topics include the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's definition, the right to self-determination for the Jewish people, and the impact of debating Zionism on Israelis and the cause of peace.

The article highlights campaign of preservation advocates to gain landmark protection for the last historic Colored School No. 4 in Chelsea, Manhattan, New York City. A background on the history of the 1853 building including the assault during the 1863 Draft Riots and hosting of multiple primary schools for white children is provided. It discusses the eligibility and potential of the building to gain landmark status and looks back at its legacy as a civil rights defender for African Americans.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of visiting Himachal Pradesh in India to explore its foods and culture.

The article features the 1809 frame house at 2 White Street in Tribeca, New York City which was once home to Black abolitionist Theodore S. White and is now a Todd Synder men's wear shop. Topics covered include the design of the house built by school commissioner Gideon Tucker, the role played by the house in the path to freedom of those fleeing Southern slavery, and the building becoming a fashion destination in the past 14 years.

The article focuses on efforts to preserve the terra-cotta sculptures embedded in the facades of the Parkchester apartment complex in the Bronx in New York City. It reports the selection of the Parkchester Project for the annual Six to Celebrate program of the Historic Disctricts Council, a citywide preservation group. Concerns are raised regarding the restoration of the sculptures, as well as the architectural merit and historic significance of Parkchester in the context of housing complexes.

The article reports on the efforts by RXR Realty to transform its newly acquired 1930s Starrett-Lehigh Building in West Chelsea, New York into an upscale 21st-century office building. Among the projects in the transformation are the creation of passenger elevators and a vertical campus that includes amenities like lounge and fitness spaces. Also cited is the comment of building official Robert Montelbano on the transformation.

The article offers information on Audubon Terrace, an august assemblage of neo-ltalian Renaissance structures, which rose between 1904 and 1930 on part of the former estate of naturalist John James Audubon. It is noted that two Audubon Terrace institutions, the renamed Hispanic Society Museum & Library and the American Academy of Arts and Leners, are pursuing renovations and expanded programming intended to open the terrace to the mostly Latino neighborhood.

The article reports information about the Patrimony Warehouse on Staten Island in New York City that serves as a storehouse for sacred items such as altars and incense censers. Topics mentioned include the goal of the warehouse to preserve the kinds of relics that wound up in antique shops, the film "Being John Malkovich," and parish closings and mergers in 2014 under a planning process called Making All Things New.

The article reports that an 1833 home on Astor Row in Harlem, New York has been demolished in September 2021 under an emergency order from the Department of Buildings. Topics mentioned include the danger presented by the house to public safety, a proposal to explore ways to stabilize and repair the houses instead of tearing down significant parts of them, and a nine-year campaign by the Landmarks Preservation Commission to compel the owner of the house to repair it.

The article focuses on the role of the Big Yellow House as the primary home of the AllInOne Collective, a community of artists and activists. Topics include the historical background of the villa when Brooklyn emerged as the first commuter suburb in the U.S., the dogged idealism of AllInOne's organizers, and the other lectures and gatherings of community groups hosted by AllInOne in addition to fostering the creative outputs of its members.

The article presents the discussion on getting a summer job answering phones, giving directions, and collecting tickets for City Experiences Statue City Cruises.

The article reports on updates in the efforts to restore the 109-year-old Titanic Memorial Lighthouse in New York City, New York. Also cited are the 40 million dollar fund to be given to the lighthouse's owner South Street Seaport Museum from the Howard Hughes Corp. that could be used for the lighthouse's preservation, and the comment of Friends of Titanic Lighthouse Restoration president Adrian Saker on the developments.

The article presents the discussion on scandal ending Boris Johnson's tenure as Britain's prime minister swiftly trailing by lawmakers, junior ministers, and parliamentary assistants.

The article focuses on the uncertainty over the long-term survival of the studios of sculptor Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney in Greenwich Village and Old Westbury, New York. Topics discussed include the preference of Whitney for contemporary American artists to decorate her private work spaces, description of the sculptural inferno centerpiece at the Macdougal Alley studio created by Robert Winthrop Chanler, and efforts to restore the Village studio.

The article reports on plan of Deco Tower Associates, the owner of the McGraw-Hill Building in New York City to replace the name of the tower pinnacle with '330 W 42nd St.', the building's address. Topics discussed include opposition of the Land Use Committee of Community Board 4 to the plan, remarks from Bill Higgins, the project's preservation consultant, and historical background of the building.

The article reports on the reconstruction of the damaged Fame figure at the Louis J. Heintz statue at the Joyce Kilmer Park in Bronx, New York as of February 2021. Also cited are how artist and Parks Deparment monument conservation manager John Saunders has rebuilt the figure as per instruction from the Public Design Commission, and French sculptor Pierre Feitu as the original sculptor of the figure.

The article discusses the efforts to preserve historic buildings like safe houses in New York City, New York that were used in the fight against slavery in the U.S. as of January 2021. Also cited are the responsibility of the city's Landmarks Preservation Commission to hear and approve proposed buildings for preservation, and some building planned for preservation like the former home of abolitionists Harriet and Thomas Truesdell.

The article discusses that the majestically moldering Bronx stations of the old New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad are, in the words of one architectural historian, like a broken string of pearls, and some have been lost, while "others are being slowly crushed by the boot of time.

The article provides an update on the condition of the William Ulmer Brewery complex in Brooklyn, New York and highlights its history. Topics mentioned include the facility's value in the market after its renovation, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the facility's renovation plans, and the impact of the National Prohibition Act in 1920 on numerous Brooklyn breweries.

The article focuses on Ben Schneider, co-owner of restaurant Gage and Tollner, who pulled a milk crate full of antique brass hat hooks from a dusty crawl space beneath roof and mentions archival materials from Gage & Tollner, which opened under another name at 302 Fulton Street.

The article discusses the recreation of the 1907 Tin Building in the Fulton Fish Market with a new structure at Pier 17 in Manhattan, New York City. Topics discussed include the disassembly of Tin Building in 2018, the incorporation of salvaged pieces of the Tin Building in the new replica, and the controversy surrounding the new Tin Building project in relation to development and preservation.

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The article reports on the partnership between department store Macy's and commercial real estate firm Tishman Speyer to redevelop the historic Abraham & Strauss (A&S) department store building in Brooklyn, New York. Also cited are a brief history of the original Wheeler building constructed by 19th-century developer Andrew Wheeler, including its purchase by dry-goods merchant Abraham Abraham and partner Joseph Wechsler of the building in 1881.

The article discusses the historic value of carriage houses, which are gaining popularity in the field of real estate business, at the Brooklyn borough in New York City. Topics discussed include the historic value of a garage property bought by Lisa Radcliffe in the Clinton Hill section of Brooklyn in 1999, the history of carriage houses dating to the 19th century, on Waverly Avenue, and the red brick carriage houses built for the sons of oil-rich Charles Pratt and partner, John D. Rockefeller.

Features the Shaft House, an emergency exit and fan plant in New York City which is kept incognito for security reasons. Ownership of the plant by the city of New York and operated by New York City Transit; Equipment of the plant with ventilation equipment that can supply fresh air or expel smoke and heat in the event of a fire in the rail transit subway tunnel; Disguise of the exterior of the plant by the Landmarks Preservation Commission.

Reports on John Pollack, a former White House speechwriter for Bill Clinton, who pieced together a six-foot-wide American flag out of hundreds of warning labels, cautionary advertisements and terror-tinged public service announcements. Display of Pollack's fear-spangled banner inside Jack's Stir Brew Coffee on West 10th Street, New York City.

Reports that as the number of high-rise residential buildings increase in the Far West Village in New York City, so has the concern that they will eclipse the area's traditional feel. Efforts for rezoning and landmarking in order to address the neighborhood's future.

Reports that hotel doormen at 90 Riverside Drive in New York City close the glass doors at midnight to keep the rats from getting in. Complaint filed with the city's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; Treatment of a building believed to be a source of rodents.

Reports that the New York City-based Peggy Levine Fitness Studio, owned by Peggy Levine, is ending its business on September 30, 2004. Development of the studio into a clearinghouse for emotions, information and life experiences; Introduction of clients to the studio through prenatal classes; Bond forged among students.

Focuses on art and nature in Monhegan Island, Maine. Tourism; Natural beauty of the place; Island's landscape.

Focuses on the effect of suicide deaths in New York University on students. Factors that may have taken an emotional toll on the students; Average number of suicide deaths by college students in the United States every year; Importance of social life for college students; Students' comments on negative remarks about their school.

The author offers opinion on the tendency to label transgender childhood as a contemporary trend amid the legal assault on transgender youth in the U.S. in 2021.

The article discusses that New Yorkers who have fled the city during this year's Covid-19 pandemic, Mr. Audubon promptly left town, relocating three generations of his family to the country to escape what he called the ''hot bricks and pestilential vapors" of urban life. It mentions that Mr. Spady, a market research project manager and a former opera singer, became curious about his neighborhood's long-forgotten his10ry in 1997.

The article reports that jewelry company Tiffany & Co. has revealed its plan for glass jewel box on the roof of its flagship store and mentions renovation of the building's interior done by the company.

The article reports that covid-19 pandemic has Deno's Wonder Wheel which is signature feature of the entertainment destination Coney Island to celebrate its centennial and mentions that the Wonder Wheel was invented by Charled Hermann, native of Romania's Transylvanian Alps.

The article discusses the history of the Basilica of St. Patrick's Old Cathedral in New York City, which played a central role in deterring civil violence.

The article offers information on resolve of preservation battle over a pair of tenement buildings in New York City; and mentions that Landmarks Law requires the owner to keep the buildings in good repair.