Webster Hall

The Landmarks Preservation Commission designated Webster Hall a landmark today at its meeting along with four other buildings and a Midtown hotel, bringing the total number of individual protected sites in the five boroughs to 1,189.

The LPC originally recommended the 1886 Webster Hall concert venue and its annex, constructed in 1895, for protective status, following a 2006 survey of 1,300 buildings betwen East Houston and 14th Street, the Bowery/Fourth Avenue and the East River.  read more »

The Landmarks Preservation Commission is in the midst of a typically marathon meeting today, which includes the possible landmarking of music venue Webster Hall. We'll have more on the newest designations soon. Here's the meeting's agenda (PDF).

Ever wonder why something is a landmark (and something else is not)? I sat down with Commission Chairman Robert Tierney last winter.

The Landmarks Preservation Commission is gearing up for a busy (and possibly contentious) public meeting on Tuesday, with proposals on the agenda to designate as many as six landmarks and historic districts, and to hear comments on several more possibilities.

The proposed designations include Webster Hall. The Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation has pushed for the 1887 banquet hall-cum-music venue to get protective status, much to the dismay of Webster Hall’s owner Unity Gallega, The New York Times reported. The Times quoted Lisi de Bourbon, a spokeswoman for the Landmarks Commission, who said that the company had opposed designation at last October’s hearing.  read more »

Some interesting stuff floating around on the New York political blogging scene.

Slant Point takes a shot at Steve Minarik for trying to tilt the Senate playing field toward Pirro, and against Cox.  read more »

Gawker notes that these days, Rudy even gets a shout-out at Webster Hall.

And Gotham Gazette has a funny little political quiz, for the real junkies.