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Hon. Christine Quinn, Speaker
3rd Council District, Manhattan
224 West 30th St, Suite 1206
New York, NY 10001
fax:  (212)564-7347 and  (212) 788-7207
Via e-mail: go to http://council.nyc.gov/d3/html/members/home.shtml and click on "Contact Speaker Quinn"

        Re: Proposed NoHo Historic District Extension 

Dear Speaker Quinn,

I strongly urge you to support the proposed extension of the NoHo Historic District in its entirety.

For at least the last twelve years, preservationists and NoHo residents have been working to protect NoHo's historic character through landmark designation.  However, historic district designations enacted in 1999 and 2003 left out key parts of this distinctive, historic neighborhood.

The proposed NoHo Historic District extension would correct some, if not all, of those omissions.  It is critical that the entire proposed historic district extension (already smaller than many preservationists and local residents had fought for) be designated to help stem the tide of losses to this very architecturally and historically distinguished neighborhood. Property owners are seeking to exclude the White House Hotel on the Bowery from the proposed designation and the Edison parking lot at the corner of Great Jones and Lafayette.  However, the White House Hotel is integral to the history of NoHo and especially to the Bowery, and it would be a terrible mistake to exclude it from the designation.  The Edison parking lot is completely surrounded by the existing NoHo Historic District and the proposed NoHo Historic District extension; to exclude it would create a donut hole in the middle of NoHo, while including it would still allow development, but would ensure that it is in character with the neighborhood and its historic surroundings.

The proposed NoHo Historic District Extension contains an eclectic array of architecture and building types from the 1820's right up to the present.  And yet, along with the NoHo Historic District, it has a distinct and undeniable sense of place that shows the evolution of New York City as a place for residence and commerce, for wealthy merchants and the very poor, for artisans and artists.  Please uphold the proposed NoHo Historic District extension, and help preserve this wonderful history and sense of place which contributes so much to New York City.

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Hon. Jessica Lappin
Chair, New York City Council Landmarks Subcommittee
336 East 73rd Street, Suite C
New York, NY 10021
224 West 30th St, Suite 1206
fax: 212-535-6098
Via e-mail to lappin@council.nyc.ny.us and JessicaLappin@aol.com  

        Re: Proposed NoHo Historic District Extension 

Dear Council Member Lappin,

I strongly urge you to support the proposed extension of the NoHo Historic District in its entirety.

For at least the last twelve years, preservationists and NoHo residents have been working to protect NoHo's historic character through landmark designation.  However, historic district designations enacted in 1999 and 2003 left out key parts of this distinctive, historic neighborhood.

The proposed NoHo Historic District extension would correct some, if not all, of those omissions.  It is critical that the entire proposed historic district extension (already smaller than many preservationists and local residents had fought for) be designated to help stem the tide of losses to this very architecturally and historically distinguished neighborhood. Property owners are seeking to exclude the White House Hotel on the Bowery from the proposed designation and the Edison parking lot at the corner of Great Jones and Lafayette.  However, the White House Hotel is integral to the history of NoHo and especially to the Bowery, and it would be a terrible mistake to exclude it from the designation.  The Edison parking lot is completely surrounded by the existing NoHo Historic District and the proposed NoHo Historic District extension; to exclude it would create a donut hole in the middle of NoHo, while including it would still allow development, but would ensure that it is in character with the neighborhood and its historic surroundings.

The proposed NoHo Historic District Extension contains an eclectic array of architecture and building types from the 1820's right up to the present.  And yet, along with the NoHo Historic District, it has a distinct and undeniable sense of place that shows the evolution of New York City as a place for residence and commerce, for wealthy merchants and the very poor, for artisans and artists.  Please uphold the proposed NoHo Historic District extension, and help preserve this wonderful history and sense of place which contributes so much to New York City.