Issue no. 10 Winter 2023
Here is our latest newsletter edition featuring exciting updates on our Phase II expansion including Community Board 9’s Unanimous Resolution and other exciting news.
Here is our latest newsletter edition featuring exciting updates on our Phase II expansion including Community Board 9’s Unanimous Resolution and other exciting news.
Here is the summer 2021 edition of our newsletter, which features updates on our ongoing work to protect Morningside Heights, ways for you to get involved, exciting new graphics and merchandise, and a profile on a truly important Morningsider in world history.
Our recent online survey provided neighbors with an opportunity to express their views on a number of issues. The expansion of existing Historic District protections was a top issue for respondents, with 88% agreeing this is an important aspect of protecting our community. Click here to open the complete survey and see the local overwhelming … More Phase II Study Areas Survey
The Morningside Heights Historic District Committee is pleased to be participating in Jane’s Walk NYC 2021. This global program promotes preservation and community development and is a mainstay of the Municipal Arts Society. Our participation takes the form of an online presentation on local history and architecture, as well as the Historic District proposal process … More Jane’s Walk NYC 2021: a virtual tour of Morningside Heights and efforts underway to protect our community from overdevelopment
Here is our 7th issue in which we describe our participation in Jane’s Walk NYC 2021: an online community tour, as well as petition updates, and our new survey in support of Phase II Historic Districting.
Here’s the March issue of Historic Morningside Heights. We remain focused on seeking Landmark status for McGiffert Hall and on expanding our Historic District protections.
Please join us for a very timely and interesting discussion on what we must do to provide greater protections to our community during this era of real estate overdevelopment. Architectural historian Gregory Dietrich and Kelly Carroll of the Historic Districts Council will lead the conversation and offer their views on the policies and practical realities … More A plan to expand our Historic District Protections in Morningside Heights with Gregory Dietrich and Kelly Carroll
During this time of seemingly nonstop real estate development in Morningside Heights — overdevelopment — a committed group of neighbors and advocates has been planning to have more of our neighborhood designated an NYC Historic District. This needs to become a wide community effort if it’s going to succeed. We need your involvement! This month, … More Issue no. 6
MHHDC is proud of our neighborhood hosting Dr. King on several occasions. We feel he would approve of our community-based priorities, which are described in the latest issue of Historic Morningside Heights here. As we begin a new year, let us recommit ourselves to protecting our unique and wonderful neighborhood.
MHHDC Robert Stern’s op-ed in the Columbia Spectator compellingly describes the potential threat to McGiffert Hall. Please read this piece and share your thoughts with us here. While you have a few moments, please also join in signing the petition to landmark this gem of our community. Real estate overdevelopment — mostly of luxury, out-of-scale … More Get involved with efforts to save McGiffert