Manhattan: We were disappointed to read your knee-jerk editorial (“Keep building,” Dec. 26) supporting the inappropriate, out-of-scale, and quite likely illegal 470-foot towers proposed by the Howard Hughes Corporation for the South Street Seaport Historic District. The design has nothing to do with the area’s historic architecture; there is more to appropriateness than a brick facade.
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After five terms as mayor, Gail Coniglio announced Wednesday she is not seeking re-election once her term ends in March.
In an email, Coniglio thanked residents and said it had been an honor to serve the residents of this island paradise for the last 14 years.
Coniglio also announced that Town Council member and former council president Danielle Moore will be running for the mayor s seat. According to the town clerk s office, Moore filed the required paperwork Wednesday morning. It is my privilege to pass the mayoral mantle to Dani Moore for her continued leadership. She has served for six years as [a] Town Council member, ready to tackle all issues with her steady and balanced approach to problem solving, Coniglio said in the email.
New train hall opens at Penn Station, echoing building’s former glory | The Daily Gazette
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By Christina Goldbaum/The New York Times and Gazette Staff |
December 30, 2020
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NEW YORK For more than a half-century, New Yorkers have trudged through the crammed platforms, dark hallways and oppressively low ceilings of Pennsylvania Station, the busiest and perhaps most miserable train hub in North America.
Entombed beneath Madison Square Garden, the station served 650,000 riders each weekday before the pandemic, or three times the number it was built to handle.
But as more commuters return to Penn Station next year, they will be welcomed by a new, $1.6 billion train hall complete with more than an acre of glass skylights, art installations and 92-foot-high ceilings that Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who championed the project, has likened to the majestic Grand Central Terminal.
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ITHACA, N.Y. (WHCU) – The Town of Ithaca pursuing a partnership with the City of Ithaca to help with historic preservation.
A memo sent to the city’s Planning and Economic Development Committee outlines what the potential partnership would look like. The Town’s Comprehensive Plan established in 2014 set a goal of preserving, enhancing and promoting historic resources. In achieving that goal, town leaders asked the city for guidance and the idea for a mutual partnership was created.
Some ideas underway include a joint Landmarks Preservation Commission and evaluation of the town’s current historic resources.