Wallabout Historic District Approved by City Council

On September 21, 2011, the New York City Council approved the Wallabout Historic District. Wallabout had previously been designated a historic district by the State Board for Historic Preservation and NYC Landmarks Preservation Committee (LPC) earlier this year.

With the return of the fall session, the City Council’s Land Use Committee considered the landmark designation of Wallabout Historic District at a hearing on September 19, 2011; and the LPC application was approved during yesterday’s Council Stated.

Please contact the Office of Council Member Letitia James at (212) 788-7081 with any questions.

ATTENTION: FGA/ LPC Info Session On Proposed Extension to FG Historic District

Please join the Fort Greene Association (FGA), and the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC)- the mayoral agency responsible for protecting the City’s architecturally, culturally and historically significant buildings, neighborhoods and sites- for an information session for property owners on the proposed extension to the Fort Greene Historic District at FGA's next neighborhood meeting.

LPC will make a presentation and answer questions about the proposal, the commission's regulations, and the permit application process.

WHEN: Monday, September 19, 2011
7:00pm- 9:30pm

WHERE: Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School Auditorium
357 Clermont Avenue; enter on Greene Avenue


Confirmed guest speakers:
Kate Daly – Executive Director, LPC
Mary Beth Betts – Director of Research, LPC
Tenzing Chadotsang – Director of Grants and Outreach, LPC
Jenny Fernandez - Director of Intergovernmental & Community Relations, LPC
Nadezhda Williams - Director of Preservation & Research, Historic Districts Council

Email your questions to be addressed at the meeting to landmarks@HistoricFortGreene.org. General questions can be directed to FGA at 718-875-1855.