Live in Crown Heights North? You've probably been landmarked

All of which brings us back to "what does landmarking mean? What impact does it have?"

because I didn't try to address these questions on existential basis, I found this article helpful:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/23/realestate/high-mileage-alterations.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1&;

As well as this discussion of it:

http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2013/06/everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-landmarking/#disqus_thread

CROWN HEIGHTS NORTH ASSOCIATION

PRESS RELEASE

August 19, 2013

NATIONAL REGISTER NOMINATION PROJECT 2013

The National Trust for Historic Preservation was founded in 1949 by Congressional charter to “provide leadership, education and advocacy to save America's diverse historic places and revitalize our communities." Working with their preservation partners in the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO), the Trust seeks to work with grassroots community organizations to identify and preserve our architectural and cultural treasures. It is a high honor and privilege to be chosen to be on the National Register, and upon being chosen, Crown Heights North will join a select group which includes some of our nation’s best and most precious architectural treasures.

The Crown Heights North Association, Inc. (CHNA) has been funded to survey and nominate the Crown Heights North Historic Districts I & II for inclusion in the State and National Registers of Historic Places. Inclusion in the State and National Registers is a distinct honor which entitles property owners to notice of Federal and State programs planned for the area. Further, such distinction generally allows owners of contributing buildings in historic districts to apply for 20% tax credits on both the Federal and State levels for substantial rehabilitation work on their properties, where the scope of work is pre-approved by the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO). This can be a total of a 40% tax credit.

This effort has been mounted with the unwavering encouragement and financial support of our City Councilmembers Al Vann and Letitia James.

The project work is also being funded in part through matching grants from the Preserve New York Grant Program of the Preservation League of New York State (which is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature), and the Robert A. and Elizabeth R. Jeffe New York City Preservation Fund of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

Fourteen grants in 11 counties totaling $83,674 were made by the Preserve New York Grant Program in 2012. The Preserve New York Grant Program supports outstanding local preservation projects throughout the State. Since 1993, New York has awarded over $1.7 million in direct support to 279 projects.

CHNA was selected to receive the National Trust Jeffe Fund grant with the vocal support of Congresswoman Yvette Clarke, Assemblyman Karim Camara, Borough President Marty Markowitz, CB 8 Chairwoman Nizjoni Granville, the Historic Districts Council, and the New York Landmarks Conservancy.

The survey and nomination preparation is underway by Gregory Dietrich Preservation Consulting. Those property owners planning substantial rehabilitation should review the program details availabe on the SHPO website at http://nysparks.com/shpo/tax-credit-programs/ and should also periodically check the CHNA and CB 8 websites as well as the CB 8 newsletter and the newsletters of our elected representatives for the dates this Fall when SHPO representative Daniel McEneny will make presentations on the State and National Registers and how to apply for the tax credits.

These kind of awards are not given out to neighborhoods that are casual about protecting their appearance....

The borough presidents don't seem to be in favor of Landmarking to the degree that it is presently occurring. http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20140128/BLOGS04/140129876/borough-presidents-lay-out-development-plans

Needless to say, those who make their money from building and selling new properties are opposed to landmarking. Sometimes they couch their opposition under the guise of affordable housing, which some people actually fall for....

http://therealdeal.com/blog/2014/03/06/the-rent-is-too-damn-high-because-the-laws-are-too-damn-stupid/