Scenic Hudson received a 2020 NYSCA-funded Preserve New York grant to fund a Cultural Resource Survey of 12 historic steel truss bridges that were built to provide access to the Hudson River over the Hudson River line railroad tracks. With their Survey recently completed, we reached out to Scenic Hudson’s Director of Land Use Advocacy Jeffrey Anzevino to see if he would be interested in sharing a bit about this exciting project.
Read MoreAs we advocate for the future of Syracuse Central Tech through our Seven to Save program, we wanted to reach out to alumni who had firsthand experience with this special place. Paul and Kathy Zory were kind enough to share the following note expressing their support for revitalizing the space, along with several photos and an editorial written by Kathy back in 2001. The Zorys attended Syracuse Central Tech in the 1960s and as Paul put it, “Central is special to us anyway because we were high school sweethearts who have been married for 47 years!”
Read MoreThe effort to save Parrott Hall has relied on a collaborative effort of several groups including The Landmark Society of Western New York. In this guest blog post, LSWNY Assistant Director Larry Francer provides an update on how things have been moving along since contracts were awarded back in September.
Read MoreThis guest blog post from Randall T. Crawford of Crawford & Stearns / Architects and Preservation Planners, PLLC provides an update on the technical work that has begun at Parrott Hall
Read MoreAn update on the progress at Parrott Hall from the Friends of Parrott Hall Vice Chair Robert Seem.
Read MoreThe restoration of Dr. Ferguson’s Office on Culvert Street in Glens Falls was a labor of love for Darren and Lisa Tracy — it’s also one of this year’s Excellence in Historic Preservation Award winners. In this guest blog post, Darren recounts how he first became aware of the threat to this National Register-listed building and the process of bringing it back to life.
Read MoreAn interview with Lacey Thaler Reilly Wilson Architecture & Preservation’s Stephen F. Reilly, AIA, LEED AP, to learn more about the impressive restoration of the Yaddo Mansion in Saratoga Springs.
Read MoreAllan Beers, Coordinator of Environmental Resources and Executive Director of RC Soil & Water Conservation District at Rockland County Division of Environmental Resources answered a few questions about the effort to restore the Cropsey Farm Barn and preserve the land as open space.
Read MorePage Ayres Cowley Architecture was the firm in charge of the restoration of Building 207. We reached out to PACA Associate Gustavo Carrera to ask a few questions about this incredible transformation.
Read MoreWe reached out to Housing Visions Director of Community & Government Relations Michael W. La Flair to learn more about his organization and the restoration of the Ethel T. Chamberlain building.
Read MoreWe reached out to Maggie Oldfather, Henry Street’s Facilities Officer, to learn more about their incredible restoration of a historic firehouse.
Read MoreWe reached out to Thornton Tomasetti Vice President Charles Van Winckle to get some firsthand insight into the process of bringing this landmark of historic engineering back to life.
Read MoreWe reached out to River House Project Co-founder Melissa Auf der Maur to ask a few questions about that Award-winning project.
Read MoreThis editorial originally appeared in the Albany Times-Union on August 10, 2020 and has been reproduced here with permission of the author. Marilyn Kaplan is the Principal of Preservation Architecture in Albany.
Read MoreGuest blogger James McMenamin from Elmhurst History and Cemeteries Preservation Society delves into the background of their work advocating for the Elmhurst African American Burial Ground, its history, and what’s next.
Read MoreLeague Trustees Council member Marilynn Gelfman Karp assisted with the installation of Richard Lippold’s Orpheus and Apollo in 1963. In this guest blog post she talks about the experience and what its removal means for Lincoln Center.
Read MoreFor this guest blog post, Sarah Tietje-Mietz (one of the League’s 2020 Zabar Scholars) offers a glimpse inside the Hilltop House and the work being done to continue to connect it with visitors.
Read MoreThis month, we’ve been taking some time to shine an extra light on our 2020-21 Seven to Save site the NYS Barge Canal System. As part of that effort, we asked our colleague Craig Williams to write a guest blog post for us to give us an update on one of our 2018-19 Seven to Save sites — the Schoharie Creek Aqueduct.
Read MoreWe checked in with our colleagues at Adirondack Architectural Heritage to see how their organization has been adapting during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here’s what they had to say.
Read MoreGuest writer Janet Null shares a bit about her Adirondack Architecture Guide and the wealth of historic architecture waiting to be discovered in the region.
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