From: Richard Kahn

From: Richard Kahn To: "Jeffrey E." <[email protected]> Subject: Frick Expansion Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2014 14:58:53 +0000 From: Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Districts <[email protected]> Reply-To: <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, December 2, 2014 at 2:45 PM To: Richard Kahn Subject: Your Gift Can Help FRIENDS Stop Outrageous Proposals Having trouble reading this email? Click here. You're receiving this email because of your relationship with Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Districts. Please confirm your continued interest in receiving email from us. You may unsubscribe if you no longer wish to receive our emails. Me EFTA01002698 Your Gift Can Help Stop Outrageous Proposals!! EFTA01002699 R, EFTA01002700 ;; Above: The Frick Collection plans a 60,000 square foot addition. Below: The demolition and replacement of the Park Avenue Christian Church Parish House by Extell Development. Dear FRIENDS, In recent months, building proposals for two exceptionally important sites on the Upper East Side burst into the news: an enormous addition proposed for the FRICK COLLECTION and a new apartment tower next to the PARK AVENUE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. These two proposals remind us how important landmark protections are to our neighborhood, and how astonishingly insensitive development proposals can be. Despite 50 years of experience since our Landmarks Law was passed, and despite the spectacular success of historic districts like ours, naysayers still challenge the values and even the legitimacy of preservation. That's where FRIENDS comes in. From the micro -- the examination of alterations to your EFTA01002701 favorite storefront -- to the macro, an owner's challenge to the constitutionality of the Landmarks Law itself, FRIENDS speaks up and speaks for YOU. Happily, our work at FRIENDS is not always so defensive. We are also intensely proactive, completing this year a photographic survey of all the buildings between Lexington Avenue and the East River, from 59th Street to 96th Street, nearly 200 blocks and thousands of structures. We undertook the survey in anticipation of the many changes that are likely to come with the completion of the Second Avenue Subway, and in recognition of the threat posed by the outrageous "supertowers" cropping up in Midtown. And, we have our very popular education program for children, whom our founder, Halina Rosenthal, called "low-rise people." Indeed! We proudly teach over 1,200 children from East 57th Street to East Harlem every year. Your financial support is critical to all these efforts, providing about 20% of our modest annual budget. We depend on concerned citizens like YOU so that we can be an effective advocate, and are very grateful for your support. If you believe in the livability and sense of place of the Upper East Side, please consider making a year-end donation today. Warmest wishes to all, IFranny Signature Franny Eberhart President Support for FRIENDS is generously provided by: EFTA01002702 Become a member :: Join us on Facebook! ;:Find us on Facebook Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Districts founded in 1982, is an independent, not-for-profit membership organization dedicated to preserving the architectural legacy, livability. and sense of place of the Upper East Side. Forward to a FRIEND This email was sent to by [email protected] Update Profile/Email Address Rapid removal with SafeUnsubscribem Privacy Policy. Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Districts 966 Lexington Avenue, #3E New York NY 10021 EFTA01002703