 Douglaston Hill is adjacent to the Douglaston district which was designated seven years prior. Contains 31 single family homes of historic significance. Architectural styles: Queen Anne, Shingle, Arts and Crafts, and Colonial and Tudor Revival. Materials: Examples of wood-framing, among others. 

Douglaston Hill Historic District and Amendment

 Greenwich Village was populated as a village soon after the American Revolution. The street layout has seen little change since then, as the neighborhood was left unaltered during the imposition of the Commissioner's Grid on Manhattan in 1811. The area has a rich history as the East Coast birthplace of the Beat Movement, and is famously known as a haven for artists and bohemians. Known colloquially as "The Village", the area retains much of its historic character and purpose as a primarily residential and commercial-based neighborhood to this day. Architectural Styles: Rowhouses in the Federal, Greek Revival, Italianate, French Second Empire, Neo-Grec and Queen Anne styles. TIP - Check out the Jefferson Market Library, formerly a courthouse, at 425 6th Avenue. The building is an interesting case of adaptive reuse and key site for the preservation movement in Greenwich Village. 

Greenwich Village Historic District

There was a battery in the area during the 1600's, but the battery wall found at the South Ferry Terminal Project was likely built sometime after 1730, but before 1766. It was demolished after the Revolutionary War and buried with fill to create Battery Park.&nbsp;

During the excavation of the South Ferry subway station, over 250,000 individual artifacts and the 18th-century stone battery wall were found. The most widely publicized finding at the South Ferry Project is the "wall". It was part of the battery that protected the fort and also acted as a seawall made of stone. The battery would have had cannon mounted along it to fire at enemy ships. Four different sections of the battery wall have been found, spanning a distance of almost 600 feet. It ranges from about 8 to 10 feet wide. The largest section is about 75 feet long and up to four feet high, although it would have been much higher when it was built. &nbsp;Parts of the wall are on display in the Park and the new South Ferry Subway Station.

exposed beneath modern utility lines during the South Ferry Terminal Project in 2005. This segment was nearly 40 feet long.

It was probably part of a bastion that projected outwards towards the water where artillery could have been fired in several directions.

Engraver: John CarwithamPublisher: Carington BowlesArtist: William Burgis

Battery Wall

African Burial Ground National Monument

Mayor Robert F. Wagner Jr. first organized a preservation committee in 1961, and the following year, created the LPC.&nbsp;

The LPC's power was greatly strengthened after the Landmarks Law was passed in April 1965, one and a half years after the destruction of Pennsylvania Station.&nbsp;

The LPC has become the largest municipal preservation organization in the nation.&nbsp;

NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

Founded by Mayor Robert Wagner in response to citywide outcry over the destruction of Penn Station.

It was included on the first list of proposed landmarks. &nbsp;

NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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