Articles Tagged with ''historic preservation''

Dutch architecture firm Mecanoo will lead the renovation of the Stephen A. Schwartzman Building at 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue and the Mid-Manhattan Library on 40th Street.

After decades of gaining strength as a movement, the battle lines have been drawn again, with a significant structure in peril.

The rebuilding of the old Jewish Quarter would be guided by an advisory council of distinguished philosophers, historians, artists, architects, planners, theologians, and philanthropists called the Jerusalem Committee, established by the mayor immediately upon entering office.