Arab-American Community Unites in Letter to the Landmarks Preservation...
Several days ago, as we were preparing once again to forward our group letter to the Landmarks Preservation Commission and its Chairman Robert Tierney regarding the threatened buildings at 105-107 and...
View ArticleNew York Post and Latitude News Pieces on Washington Street
The campaign to protect 105-107 and 109 Washington Street received some important press attention in the last few weeks in the New York Post and in Latitude News. The article by Kate Briquelet in the...
View ArticleHuffington Post Piece on Washington Street and New Report
Today we published a piece with the Huffington Post website about the preservation situation on Washington Street and about the new report prepared by Kate Reggev. Please “like” it and spread the word...
View ArticleCommunity Board One Resolution on 109 Washington Street Tenement
In addition to its unanimous passage on June 28, 2011 of a resolution supporting the designation of the Downtown Community House at 105-107 Washington Street, Community Board One of Lower Manhattan...
View ArticleWalking Tour of Washington Street on November 10 (With Joe Svehlak and Esther...
During Hurricane Sandy, lower Washington Street was flooded to near waist-high levels. Power is still trickling back, and the basements of most buildings were flooded, leaving some damage. However, a...
View ArticleSalaam Club in New York Hosts Holiday Hafleh To Benefit St. Jude Children’s...
On Saturday, December 8, our friends at the Salaam Club of New York City hosted a holiday hafleh (the Arabic equivalent of “party”) to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, the...
View ArticleWall Street Journal Piece on Little Syria (Jennifer Weiss)
This morning the Wall Street Journal has a wonderful print and video piece about our campaign to protect the remaining complex of three historic buildings on Washington Street in Little Syria. This is...
View ArticleCommunity Board One Resolution on “Little Syria” Historical Signage
On May 1, 2013, the Financial District Committee of Community Board One unanimously advanced the below resolution advocating signage for “Little Syria.” While not all members necessarily voted or were...
View ArticleVoices on “Little Syria” for Meenakshi Srinivasan and the Landmarks...
With Mayor Bill de Blasio appointing Meenakshi Srinivasan as the new Landmarks Preservation Commission Chairperson, there is widespread hope among preservationists and historians that her commission...
View ArticleMake ‘Elizabeth H. Berger Plaza’ Bloom: Spring Planting Day with the Downtown...
This Saturday, May 15, from noon to 2:00pm, the Downtown Alliance is organizing a community event to “plant new flowers and spruce up Elizabeth H. Berger Plaza.” At the Washington Street Historical...
View ArticleFestival for Amazigh Film Coming to CUNY and Queens on Thursday and Friday
Later this week, CUNY’s LaGuardia Performing Arts Center will be hosting a packed festival of two days of films related to the Amazigh peoples (frequently called Berber) of Northern Africa. The...
View ArticleThe Syrian World – July, 1927
The Syrian World was an English monthly magazine that was published by The Syrian-American Press of 104 Greenwich Street in Little Syria. Salloum Mokarzel, best known as the co founder of the Arabic...
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