As one of the League’s first events of 2021, our Excelsior Society was honored to welcome A’Lelia Bundles and Julie Seely to speak about their work in sharing the stories of their families and preserving their historic family homes.
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As part of our Sparking Recovery Through Preservation webinar series, we welcomed Katie Comeau from Bero Architecture to talk about National Register Districts — what they are, and what their benefit is.
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Historian and documentation photographer Bruce Harvey joined us during a recent site visit to Syracuse Central Tech to take a few photos inside this long-vacant local landmark.
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“I have spent my career thinking about and working toward making sure the nonprofit historic preservation sector is sustainable over time. Naming the League in my estate plans was a natural outgrowth of that.“
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On Thursday, February 11, we welcomed Diana S. Waite to share some highlights about her book The Architecture of Downtown Troy: An Illustrated History.
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On January 11, 2021, after many years of advocacy from the Southampton and greater Long Island preservation community, the Pyrrhus Concer Homestead became a Landmark in the Village and Town of Southampton.
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Earlier this month, our Southern Tier Field Consultant Janna Rudler donned her mask and made the trip to Syracuse to get a look inside the Seven to Save-listed Central Technical High School.
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In perhaps the first virtual northeastern regional preservation event, New Hampshire reached out to fellow northeast statewide organizations and the National Barn Alliance to partner. The National Barn Alliance, Maine Preservation, Preservation Connecticut, Preservation League of New York State, Preservation Massachusetts, Preservation Pennsylvania, Preserve Rhode Island and Preservation Trust of Vermont all joined the New Hampshire Preservation Alliance and over 240 participants for an afternoon of barn discussion and fiddling!
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On January 25, our Southern Tier Field Consultant Janna Rudler hosted a webinar with Cindy Falk from the Cooperstown Graduate Program all about how to piece together the history of an old house.
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Historic preservation is woven throughout Governor Cuomo’s proposed FY 2022 New York State Budget. We appreciate his continued support of the NYS Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation and the New York State Council on the Arts, as well as his leadership during these challenging times.
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The 2020 Technical Assistance Grant round awarded $96,644 to 26 projects in 18 counties, the largest TAG round in both number of projects and dollars distributed. The successful applicants each provide a twenty percent cash match toward the total cost of their projects. With the announcement of the 2020 awards, support provided by TAG since its launch in 2012 totals $471,021. These grants have directly advanced 155 historic preservation efforts.
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In an article published by Spotlight News on January 6, 2021 (“Demolition of old Central Avenue school/community center is underway”), the demolition news of the former Colonie Village School was shared, but no mention was made of the building’s historic importance. League President Jay DiLorenzo submitted a Letter to the Editor to correct this oversight and reaffirm the League’s stance that this site could have and should have been saved.
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Is your old house historic? Here are a few tips to learn more about your home’s history.
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On Thursday, January 14, Dr. Gretchen Sorin shared a presentation detailing her research about African American mobility and the impact automobiles had in the fight for civil rights. Her book Driving While Black: African American Travel and the Road to Civil Rights was our December Preservation Book Club pick.
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2020 was a rough year, but let’s focus on the positive. Here’s a roundup of monthly highlights from last year, plus you can take a look through our Annual Report covering FY 2019-2020
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It may surprise you to learn that New York State lacks a clear process to protect previously undiscovered burials and known burials on private property. This is one of the advocacy issues the League is currently focusing on.
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“…a small slice of masked normalcy for the holiday season.”
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A recreation of the Customs House takes the cake.
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As 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!”
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Back in September, we shared an update from Greg Socinski, who had been interning with the League to complete a survey of extant opera houses in New York. We’re happy to report that the initial survey is complete and Greg created a handy map that plots out all of New York’s existing opera houses (that we know of), including photos and location details when available.
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