The gas station on the corner of Houston and Lafayette streets is one step closer to being demolished, a step that would remove one of the last vestiges of SoHo’s grittier past. The city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission has unanimously approved a plan to demolish three buildings—a BP BP.LN -0.82%PLC gas station, the bar Puck Fair, and a former mechanic shop—and replace

Robin Pogrebin reports for The New York Times, When a new home for the American Folk Art Museum opened on West 53d Street in Manhattan in 2001 it was hailed as a harbinger of hope for the city after the Sept. 11 attacks and praised for its bold architecture. “Its heart is in the right time as well as the

Jackie Robinson’s former home in East Flatbush, a baseball card Community leaders and elected officials in East Flatbush are hoping they don’t strike out with the city Landmarks Preservation Commission in their bid to get landmark status granted to Jackie Robinson’s former home at 5224 Tilden Avenue in Brooklyn, the New York Daily News reported. The push to preserve the

MAS believes 2013 presents New York City with a truly unique opportunity. Madison Square Garden’s 50-year special permit to operate an arena use on its current site has expired. In December 2012, Madison Square Garden filed an application to continue to operate an arena on this site in perpetuity and that request is now going through the City’s land use