This Call for Nominations will result in the listing of seven at-risk sites. Sites selected for the Seven to Save program will receive enhanced attention from the Preservation League’s experienced advocacy and technical assistance staff from January 2025 through December 2026.
Read MoreThe Keepers is a performance art intervention created by longtime NYC cultural provocateur, Ed Woodham – scheduled for Friday, September 22 in three different locations around the Penn Station neighborhood (The Church of St. John the Baptist, Gimbel’s Skybridge, and the demolished Hotel Pennsylvania). The Keepers September activation has been commissioned by the Preservation League of NYS as part of a New York State Council on the Arts-funded project drawing attention to the League’s Seven to Save endangered historic sites across the state through artistic interventions. The Penn Station Neighborhood, which is threatened with needless and large-scale demolition, was identified as a Seven to Save in 2022. This project is organized in partnership with the Empire Station Coalition.
Read More“The individual sites included on this year’s Seven to Save list embody key preservation issues affecting places across New York State,” said Preservation League President Jay DiLorenzo. “From the negative environmental impact of senseless demolition to bringing little-known, but important, histories to light, the League is excited to work alongside on-the-ground advocates to save each of these seven at-risk places.”
Read MoreGreg Socinski is interning with the Preservation League of NYS to create a comprehensive database of extant historic opera houses throughout the state. This internship project is underwritten by the Arthur F. and Alice E. Adams Foundation. In 2018-2019, Historic Opera Houses were included on our biennial Seven to Save list of at-risk historic places. This project is a continuation of work that began during that Seven to Save cycle. If there is a historic opera house in your community, feel free to reach out to Greg by emailing gsocinski@preservenys.org.
Read MoreWe’ll be spending June celebrating the National Historic Landmark NYS Canal System
Read MoreTravel and culture website Atlas Obscura recently got in touch to inquire about Fort Montgomery, “an abandoned, decaying fort on a private island,” as they put it.
Read MoreThe League has had a long history advocating for the Watervliet Shaker National Historic District — the site of America's first Shaker settlement. With continued investment and thoughtful preservation, this historic site can continue to have a big impact on the Albany region.
Read MoreTechnical Services staff recently visited our 2016-17 Seven to Save the Dutch Reformed Church in Newburgh to check in on an important step forward for the structure.
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