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    City Council Candidate's Forum: 2021

    City Council Candidate's Forum: 2021

    The Riverdale Nature Preservancy is available as a resource to elected officials as well as residents. In 2021, the NYC City Council...
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    Archive: Riverdale Nature Preservancy in the News

    Archive: Riverdale Nature Preservancy in the News

    The Preservancy's mission includes an effort to educate the local community on issues of preservation and ecology in our local area. 2015...
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    LG Electronics (2013)

    LG Electronics (2013)

    LG Electronics seeks to build a new headquarters building in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. As designed, the new building is expected to...
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    Archive: Planning Reports for Preserving Henry Hudson Parkway

    Archive: Planning Reports for Preserving Henry Hudson Parkway

    Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) 2006 Putting the Park Back in Parkway A Proposal for Greenway and Landscape Recommendations...
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    Archive: Modernizing the Overpasses in Riverdale (2013)

    Archive: Modernizing the Overpasses in Riverdale (2013)

    The overpass project – a case study of community action When the NYC DOT planned to fortify the parkway’s ornamental bridges according to...
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    Archive: Henry Hudson Parkway- National Register of Historic Places (2017)

    Archive: Henry Hudson Parkway- National Register of Historic Places (2017)

    In 2017, Preservancy and SHPO will work to advance the application to list the Henry Hudson Parkway in the National Register of Historic...
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    Archive: Henry Hudson Parkway Scenic Byway Efforts (2013)

    Archive: Henry Hudson Parkway Scenic Byway Efforts (2013)

    A comprehensive plan for the parkway – The Scenic Byway effort The Scenic Byway initiative was spearheaded by the Riverdale Nature...
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    Archive: Henry Hudson Parkway (2013)

    Archive: Henry Hudson Parkway (2013)

    Parkways and Conservation: The Legacy of Riverdalians in preserving both sides of the Hudson is an account of how George C. Perkins and...
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    Archive: Pesticides and Herbicides in Our Environment (2015)

    Please note: Research continues on this topic. Updates since the writing of this post, preserved for our archives, are available below...
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    Archive: 2016-19 SNAD Text Amendment

    Archive: 2016-19 SNAD Text Amendment

    In January 2015, the Preservancy asked the Community Board, "what is the value of a SNAD if a property can be stripped of its glorious ...
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    Archive: Hudson River Valley Greenway Reports and Letters (2014)

    Archive: Hudson River Valley Greenway Reports and Letters (2014)

    Battery to Battery The Hudson River Valley Greenway will stretch from Battery Park City in NYC to Battery Park in Troy, NY. In the Bronx,...
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    Archive: Indian Pond Fieldston Development Proposal (2010)

    A 2010 proposal to develop three new houses in Fieldston, on the periphery of Indian Pond, was the most significant new addition to the ...
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    Archive: Salanter Akiba Riverdale Academy (SAR) seeks authorization for SNAD changes

    In December 2014, SAR submitted application N150210ZAX to the City Planning Commission for authorizations under the SNAD for changes to ...
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    Archive: Hebrew Home Proposed Developments (2015-2018)

    Archive: Hebrew Home Proposed Developments (2015-2018)

    This year our community has achieved a vital success - we have won major changes to a proposal that defied our zoning and community...
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    Archive: Zoning for affordable housing – ZQA and MIH (2016)

    Archive: Zoning for affordable housing – ZQA and MIH (2016)

    How will ZQA and MIH affect our community? In approving ZQA, the City Council made it possible to build long-term care facilities in New...
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    Archives: Riverdale Park Trail to Be Added to Hudson River Trail Bike Path?

    Archives: Riverdale Park Trail to Be Added to Hudson River Trail Bike Path?

    Introduction The NYC Dept. of Parks and Recreation (DPR), in January 1999, recommended a pedestrian and bicycle path through Riverdale...
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    Archives: The Empire Connection

    Archives: The Empire Connection

    Introduction The Empire Connection was an effort in the early 2000s by a private developer, Conjunction LLC, to connect the upstate and...
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    Archive: RNP Newsletter, Winter 2002

    Topics: Movement to restore the park in Henry Hudson Parkway, Riverdale's Roots, Annual Meeting Held in October, Henry Hudson Parkway...
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    Archive: RNP Newsletter, Spring 2002

    Topics: Naturalist Corner- Composting, Greenway Updates, Zoning for Preservation, Riverdale's Roots, Chapel Farm, Riverdale Metro-North...
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    Annual Update for 2019

    Annual Update for 2019

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