tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90913958278895970772012-01-31T16:05:00.459-08:00SAVE CHELSEA is a broad coalition of organizations and individuals concerned with preserving the integrity of the Chelsea Historic District and maintaining as varied a mix as possible of economic, social and generational populations in our neighborhood. Members include: The Council of Chelsea Block Assoc., Chelsea Coalition on Housing, Chelsea-Elliot Tenants Assoc., Chelsea Reform Democratic Club and over 800 individuals and homeowners. We welcome you to join us!Save Chelsea Historic Districtnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9091395827889597077.post-25161010542762111082011-04-03T15:39:00.000-07:002012-01-27T06:27:50.904-08:00<div style="text-align: left;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><b>H<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">ere are </span></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">some of Save Chelsea's current activities in 2012:</span></b></span></div> <p class="MsoNormal"></p><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;">We are continuing to monitor the Jamestown Properties proposal for additions to Chelsea Market. Save Chelsea has joined with other local groups, including the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation (GVSHP) in opposing the proposed addition. </span>Please see the Save Chelsea Market section of our website for details, images, and for the latest information: <a href="http://savechelseamarket.blogspot.com/">Click here to help us Save Chelsea Market!</a> </span></span></li></ul><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">We have maintained close contact with the 20th Street Park Project, and support the efforts of Speaker Quinn's office to facilitate efforts to find feasible solutions for more open park space and affordable housing in the Chelsea area. <a href="http://chelseanow.com/articles/2011/06/09/news//doc4de67523d0990013619332.txt">Click here for the related article in Chelsea Now.</a></span></span></span></span></li></ul><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Save Chelsea continues to monitor the situation regarding the illicit addition to the Hopper Gibbons House in the Lamartine Place Historic District on West 29th Street. We maintain close contact with the Friends of the Hopper Gibbons Underground Railroad Site and Lamartine Place Historic District, and continue to lend our support to the efforts to have the illegal addition removed from 339 West 29th Street. <a href="http://chelseanow.com/articles/2011/01/05/news/doc4d1baba23be5e758629456.txt">Click here for the related article in Chelsea Now. </a></span></span></li></ul><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">In addition to supporting our local zoned Public School, PS11, this summer witnesses the beginning of an education initiative with the school, introducing fourth and fifth graders to to the history of Chelsea through walking tours of the neighborhood and visits to historic sites and buildings.</span></span></li></ul><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Save Chelsea, along with other organizations, recently testified before the Landmarks Preservation Commission with regard to the proposed plans by the Brodsky Organization for properties recently purchased from the General Theological Seminary.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(62, 135, 167);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="http://www.chelseanow.com/articles/2011/06/29/news/doc4e0b673c14acf866753331.txt">Click here for the related article in Chelsea Now.</a></span></span></span></span></li></ul><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',serif;"><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">DONATIONS: Contributions can be made via PayPal, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_flow&amp;SESSION=9ao6KCpH_dsurjkGNJyx1q3ttzyGKUzZjo6r2_BG1itmrcNNKKjBIVfJqXC&amp;dispatch=5885d80a13c0db1f8e263663d3faee8deaa77efc63a6eb429928d42bdf5d9d2c">by clicking here</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, or by mail. Please make checks payable to Save Chelsea; mail to Save Chelsea, Old Chelsea Station, PO Box 1315, NYC, NY 10113-1315.</span></li></ul></span> <!--StartFragment--> <ul style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><li><a href="http://savechelseahistoricdistrict.blogspot.com/p/here-are-some-of-save-chelseas.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Click here for some of SAVE CHELSEA's activities in 2010.</span></span></a></li></ul><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',serif;"> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p> <!--EndFragment--></span></div><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9091395827889597077-2516101054276211108?l=savechelseahistoricdistrict.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Save Chelsea Historic Districtnoreply@blogger.com