Viewing NYC Category: Landmarks

How NYC's Landmarks Act Bulldozed the Future

Controversial Video Proposes NYC's 50-Year-Old Landmarks Act Killed Progress in the City

by Matt Coneybeare

on Apr. 17, 2015 at 12:45 PM

at 12:45 PM on April 17, 2015

The Wyckoff House | Built around 1652, the original portion of <a href="http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/fidlerwyckoffpark/history" rel="nofollow">this house</a> is thought to be the oldest surviving structure in New York City. The Wyckoff House (or "that place <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=brooklyn&ll=40.64457,-73.920967&spn=0.00177,0.002411&hnear=Brooklyn,+Kings,+New+York&gl=us&t=h&deg=180&z=19" rel="nofollow">by the McDonald's</a>", as someone in the neighborhood later described it to me) was the first landmark designated by the city's Landmarks Preservation Commission, and it now serves as a museum; you can get a good look around the place by watching the video at the bottom of <a href="http://www.historichousetrust.org/item.php?i_id=14" rel="nofollow">this page</a>.

Oh, and <a href="http://imjustwalkin.com/2010/05/09/the-goetz-clan/" rel="nofollow">speaking of Wyckoffs...</a>

The Wyckoff House in East Flatbush is the Oldest Surviving Structure in New York City

by Matt Coneybeare

on Apr. 17, 2015 at 9:30 AM

at 9:30 AM on April 17, 2015

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