In July, the preservation corporation announced it was seeking proposals for an entertainment and dining operation and for art studios and exhibition space on the island.
Late on Thursday, Gov. George E. Pataki and two private land preservation groups announced a deal in which the estate had been bought by the groups for about $4 million and would be sold to the state within a year or so.
Of that amount, $12.79 million will be used for open space preservation and $80 million for farmland preservation, it was announced Tuesday.
BERNARD TSCHUMI, dean of Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation since 1988, announced that he would step down as dean next June.
Traffic is threatening the borough of Allentown in Monmouth County; the Bergen Arches, which carry traffic across a massive railroad cut in the Palisades in Jersey City may be destroyed; and the Colonial-revival Cliffside Park Post Office could be demolished, according to Preservation New Jersey, which announced the 10 most endangered historic sites in the state last week.
The state has announced the preservation of more than 1,100 acres, among them 58 acres in New York City's Croton Watershed near Turkey Mountain in Yorktown, to protect drinking water supplies.
Mr. Rangel was outdoors on Lenox Avenue and West 115th Street to announce the preservation of almost 400 federally subsidized apartments in Harlem, including units in the building behind him, Canaan IV Towers.
Last week, in an advance for land preservation efforts, Mr. Gaffney announced the county would purchase more than 300 acres on the South Fork, where development pressure has been intense.
The Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF), a Denver-based non-profit regional art preservation group, has just announced the six lucky Colorado musicians who are the recipients of its inaugural Independent Music on Tour (IMTour) Program grant.
In 2000, David Martill et al. announced the preservation of soft tissue in a specimen referred to a cf. Scelidosaurus sp., that is, an unnamed species for which a comparison with Scelidosaurus can be illuminating.
