The 2008 Seven to Save Endangered Properties list draws attention to the plight of New York’s industrial heritage, the lack of master preservation planning documents, and the need to consider historic preservation in the face of development pressure.
Read MoreThe Preservation League of New York State recently disbursed the first loan from its Endangered Properties Intervention Program (EPIP) to a Hudson Valley group seeking to protect and restore a piece of Dutchess County’s agricultural history.
Read MoreAt its August meeting, the Preserve New York Grant Program panel selected 14 projects in 12 counties for support totaling $87,200.
Read MoreThe list of award winners includes: the restoration of the Great Western Staircase at the New York State Capitol in Albany; The Alfred E. Smith State Office Building in Albany; Excellence Charter School of Bedford-Stuyvesant; River Lofts in Manhattan; School No. 4 in Saratoga Springs; the Montauk Playhouse Community Center in the Town of East Hampton, Suffolk County; and New York’s Historic Armories: An Illustrated History (SUNY Press, 2006). The Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation will be honored for organizational excellence, and Donald Fenner of Springfield Center, Otsego County will be honored for individual excellence.
Read MoreThe 2007 Seven to Save Endangered Properties list draws attention to the plight of New York’s transportation infrastructure, the threat of abandonment of municipally-owned landmark buildings, and the need to consider historic preservation in the face of development pressure.
Read MoreAt its August meeting, the Preserve New York Grant Program panel selected 11 projects in nine counties for support totaling $82,200.
Read MoreThe 2006 Award winners were Harmony Mills, Cohoes, Albany County; the Reverend J. Edward Nash House, Buffalo, Erie County; 256-262 State Street, Carthage, Jefferson County; Weeksville Heritage Center, Brooklyn, Kings County; Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, Kings County; Historic Front Street, New York, New York County; 90 West Street, New York, New York County; and the MTA-Metro North Railroad Station Restoration, Yonkers, Westchester County. The Greene County Industrial Development Agency was honored for organizational excellence, and Henry McCartney, former Executive Director of the Landmark Society of Western New York, of Rochester, Monroe County was honored for individual excellence.
Read MoreSites listed this year draw attention to the plight of New York's agricultural architecture, the threat of abandonment of municipally-owned landmark buildings, and the need to consider historic preservation in the face of development pressure.
Read MoreAt its August meeting, the Preserve New York Grant Program panel selected 16 projects in 12 counties for support totaling $76,600.
Read MoreSites listed this year draw attention to the plight of urban houses of worship, the threat of abandonment of municipally-owned landmark buildings, and the need to consider historic preservation in the face of development pressure.
Read MoreAt its August meeting, the Preserve New York Grant Program panel selected 10 projects in eight counties for support totaling $78,600.
Read MoreSites listed this year draw attention to the importance of preserving modern architecture, the need for Legislative passage of a historic home tax credit, and the threat to New York's historic resource and scenic vistas from inappropriately-sited wind farms.
Read MoreAt its August meeting, the Preserve New York Grant Program panel selected 11 projects in 10 counties for support totaling $92,450.
Read MoreIndividual Excellence: J. Winthrop Aldrich, Red Hook
Organizational Excellence: Canisius College, Buffalo; World Monuments Fund, New York City and Society for the Protection of Long Island Antiquities
Project Excellence: Skylight and Laylight, New York State Capitol, Albany; Brighter Choice Charter School, Albany; Orleans County Courthouse and Clerk’s Building, Albion; Prospect Park Audubon Center at the Boathouse, Brooklyn; Buffalo City Hall Council Chambers, Buffalo; Strecker Laboratory, Roosevelt Island, New York City; King’s Garden at Fort Ticonderoga, Ticonderoga; Rensselaer County Court Facilities, Troy; Gazette Building, Yonkers
Read MoreAt its 2002 meeting, the Preserve New York (PNY) panel selected 12 applicants in 11 counties to receive support totaling $92,450.
Read MoreSites listed this year draw attention to the issues of municipal abandonment of historic downtowns, the need for a statewide “Main Street Revitalization Program” and for state passage of the Neighborhood Reinvestment Act.
Read MoreThese seven valued historic resources are in danger of disappearing because of insufficient funding and financial incentives, insensitive public policies, general neglect, disinvestment, and in some cases, demolition.
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