19 West 16th St. in Chelsea looks like a classic NYC townhouse but hidden inside is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery called Yeshe Nyingpo, located there since 1976.
MoreInside Brooklyn’s Erasmus Hall, one of the oldest schools in the country, sits the original wooden clapboard school building that dates to 1786.
MoreAwaiting redevelopment, Central Terminal in Buffalo was once large enough to accommodate over 3,200 passengers every hour and 1500 employees back in its heyday.
MoreThe news coming out of Washington D.C. is a mixed bag these days, but one thing to celebrate is the multi-year rehabilitation and restoration of Union Station.
MoreThe Department of the Interior announced on Wednesday two new national historic landmarks for New York State including one in NYC: the Schomburg Center
MoreIf there is proof that history repeats itself, look no further than the town of Flemington, NJ added to the 2016 List of 11 Most Endangered Historic Places.
MoreBloomingdale’s is painting over a historical French-style section of its flagship store on Lexington Avenue, dating to around about 1886 or earlier, in black.
MoreSchermerhorn Row on Fulton Street
New York City has one spot on the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s annual 11 Most Endangered Historic Places list: South Street Seaport. This morning’s announcement was done through Google Hangout on Air and the session was introduced by Germonique R. Ulmer, Vice President of Public Affairs for the National Trust. …
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MoreThe traboules of Lyon, France are a true architectural hidden gem, passageways tucked in inner courtyards that date from the Renaissance and used during WWII.
MoreThe row of seven Victorian townhouses facing the east side of San Francisco’s Alamo Square, variously known as Postcard Row and The Painted Ladies, draws thousands of visitors each year to snap iconic photos, but rather than engaging in hit and run tourism, the area’s other architectural treasures and the park itself are also deserving …
MoreThe Bogardus Building (Edward Laing Stores) in Washington Market area, now Tribeca, was stolen not once, but twice, in its tragic preservation history
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