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Contributions shall be greatfully appreciated and are tax deductible. Father Kooperkamp of St. Mary's Church will accept donations on Eric's behalf. Please note on the
check memo line
"Manhattanville Heritage Society
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Checks should be made payable to
St. Mary's Church and mailed to:
Father Earl Kooperkamp
Saint Mary's Church
521 West 126th Street
New York, New York, 10027
Historic Manhattanville in brief:
Steeped in Revolutionary War history, Manhattanville formed in 1806, around the intersection of the famous Bloomingdale Road and Manhattan Street (present-day Broadway and 125th Street on the westside of Manhattan ).
Throughout the 19th century, the village of Manhattanville thrived in an auspicious partnership with the older village of Harlem across the island.
Manhattanville's prominent Hudson waterfront and its piers were the convergence of river, railroad and streetcar lines.
Flourishing around numerous religious, educational, social and philanthropic institutions, the town was notably the rural homestead of Hon. Daniel F. Tiemann, the Mayor of New York City (1857-1860).
Author Oscar Hijuelos, comedian George Carlin and many other famous and near famous personalities are Manhattanville natives.
The recently landmarked St. Mary's Episcopal Church-Manhattanville (est'd 1823) -- the city's first "free pew
" church -- is the oldest religious institution to continually serve on the same site in all of Upper Manhattan.
source: Manhattanville Heritage Society
TOWN MEETING & RECEPTION with:
DISTRICT 7 in Manhattan, New York
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Date: Wednesday, November 28th, 2001
Time: 7:30pm until 9:30pm
Place: Jackie Robinson Senior Center
1301 Amsterdam Avenue
(Near LaSalle Street, Across from Citibank)
Sponsored By:
The Best Democracy that Money Can Buy." The event will be held at Walker Stage, 56 Walker Street, in Tribeca, Manhattan, New York City. Walker Stage is located 2 blocks south of Canal Street, between Broadway and Church Streets. Take the N. or R. train to Canal Street to enter from Broadway side or the A. or C. train to Canal St. to enter from Church Street side
Counting on Democracy" which is a documentary and expose of the 2000 Presidential election debacle in Florida Our guests will speak from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm, followed by a question and answer session from 8:30 pm to 9:00 pm.
DNC Night at the Apollo
Thursday, December 6
This Democratic National Committee event
has been postponed until spring.
Please stay tuned.
October 1st Meeting on Zoning
Thanks all who came to the informative meeting with Edwin Marshall from theNYC Department of City Planning who explained how we can use CONTEXTUAL ZONING to balance new development with the needs of our community.
Keep up to date on zoning developments.
Visit the the culturecorner for info on Jazz night at the Lenox Lounge!
Visit this site about our neighborhood:
Community Board 9 Manhattan
The following is another community group:
Dear friends and Neighbors,
Many of you worked with Concerned Residents last year against the Manhattan
School of Music tower project. Although we collected over 3000 signatures
from community members opposing the construction as planned, and although we
had the vigorous support of most of our elected officials, ultimately the
school was not responsive to our community. One of the obstacles to our
success was the fact that there was no legal basis on which to oppose the
tower. It was an "as of right
" building, that is, it conformed to existing
zoning laws and did not require special variances or permits.
As you know, our community board area has an inordinately large institutional presence and an infrastructure (transportation, parks, the river, and beautiful architecture) that is very attractive to developers. Columbia University, along with other area institutions, has plans for or is considering numerous high-rise buildings that could have a profound and irrevocable impact on both the character of our diverse family neighborhood and our living environment.
Concerned Residents believes that a balance between growth and the needs of the community's permanent residents is critical. We have varied concerns including affordable housing, environmental issues, maintaining a human scale in community development, and aesthetic and preservation issues.
We are currently part of a coalition of community groups working to revise the zoning regulations in the Community Board 9 area so future development will serve the needs of the community and be more compatible with its existing nature and scale. Other districts in the city have done this in order to project a vision of their neighborhoods for the future and to protect them against inappropriate and destructive development.
The effort to rezone Community Board 9 will require strong and persistent support from the community. It's critical that we organize ourselves so we can speak in a united and powerful voice against those private and institutional interests which would reshape our community in their self-serving ways.
Hope to see you there.
Concerned Residents
Contact author of above letter to friends and neighbors:
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