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2008 Awards Guidelines

Each year the Preservation League of New York State honors notable achievements in retaining, promoting and reusing New York’s historic resources.

The Excellence in Historic Preservation Awards program continues a tradition that began in 1979 to acknowledge excellence in the protection and revitalization of the Empire State’s historic architectural and cultural resources. By recognizing meaningful accomplishments in the field of historic preservation, the Preservation League hopes to further encourage standards of excellence and to increase public awareness and support for historic preservation throughout the state.

We invite you to participate in celebrating the preservation of New York State’s heritage by submitting a nomination. The 2008 Excellence in Historic Preservation Awards will be presented on May 15, at a reception at the landmark Seventh Regiment Armory in Manhattan

Award Categories

Project

Applauds outstanding preservation, restoration or rehabilitation projects completed by architects, landscape architects, engineers, planners, developers, preservationists or property owners. Self-nominations are permitted. Nominated projects may include but need not be limited to landscapes, buildings, Main Streets, and rural resources. Preservation work should provide properties with greater utility while maintaining as many elements that illustrate historic architectural and cultural significance as possible. Restoration projects should accurately recover the form and detail of the properties during their relevant periods of significance.

Organizations and Communities

Honors municipalities, community groups, nonprofit organizations and neighborhood associations whose advocacy, public awareness, publications, legal battles and other preservation efforts have demonstrated heroic dedication to New York’s historic resources. 

Individuals

Recognizes creative, inspirational leaders whose efforts have encouraged the protection of historic resources, and strengthened the historic preservation movement in New York State. The Individual Award celebrates government officials, community leaders, local business owners, journalists and other dedicated individuals who have succeeded in protecting New York’s heritage.

Publications

Acknowledges exceptional published surveys, historic structure or landscape reports, histories, brochures, technical briefs or other preservation publications that have been instrumental in successful preservation projects and goals.    

The Excellence in Historic Preservation Awards Jury reserves the right not to make an award in any particular category.

Criteria

Selection of Award winners will be guided by the following general criteria, which may not apply equally to each category:

• Degree of difficulty of problems or threats faced and the creativity and appropriateness of the solutions applied.
• Impact of leader, program, organization or project on the community, region or state.
• Degree of imaginative and resourceful collaborative efforts among individuals, communities, organizations, project leaders and consultants.
• Project design sensitivity to the historic character and fabric of the property, and degree of preservation or restoration achieved.
• Project execution representing the best preservation practice and use of appropriate techniques. 

Nomination Process

Nominations must be postmarked by February 15, 2008, and must include the nomination form and all of the supporting materials as specified. The Preservation League regrets that it cannot return submitted materials. Eligible nominations will be evaluated by the Excellence in Historic Preservation Awards Jury, which is appointed by the Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Preservation League. All nominators will be notified of the status of their nomination by April 1, 2008. The awards will be presented in May in New York City.

Eligibility

All nominations must have been executed in New York State, and must have been completed between January 1, 2005 and January 1, 2008.  Historic resources need not be listed in the State or National Registers of Historic Places, but resources must have demonstrated historic or architectural significance.

Postmark Deadline
for nominations is on or before
February 15, 2008

Mail to

Awards Committee
Preservation League of NYS
44 Central Avenue
Albany, NY 12206

For further information, please contact Colleen Ryan at 518-462-5658, ext. 17 or by email.

Preservation League of New York State