A Cultural Landscape Report informs the administrators at Vale Cemetery Association (a Preserve New York grantee) on cemetery preservation — including in their successful restoration of the African American Ancestral Burying Ground.
Read More
At its 2018 meeting, the Preserve New York grant panel selected 31 applicants in 20 counties to receive support totaling $251,616.
Read More
The Times Union took notice of our campaign to #SavetheUrger and the backlash the state is facing.
Read More
The future of New York's historic canal fleet is uncertain. We need your support to protect the Urger and the other historic Erie Canal vessels that provide an authentic link to our past!
Read More
League Trustees Council member Roberta Gratz shares her thoughts on New York’s Landmarks Commission.
Read More
The NYS Canal Corporation, under the New York Power Authority (NYPA), and in partnership with NYS Department of Environmental Conservation, plans to sink Erie Canal vessels in the Long Island Sound to create an artificial diving reef.
Read More
The Parrott Hall Coalition is hard at work trying to save this Geneva landmark.
Read More
The 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 More
Former factories with a new lease on life. A historic hotel re-energizing a walkable downtown. “America’s Garden,” recognized for more than a century of leadership in preservation. These are just a few of the Award-winning projects and organizations we are honoring later this month at our annual Excellence in Historic Preservation Awards.
Read More
Announcing our biennial list of the most endangered sites in New York State.
Read More
We asked some lawmakers, business leaders, and preservation advocates to find out.
Read More
Rochester’s Home Leasing has acquired 70 historic rowhomes consisting of 210 housing units and 6 commercial spaces in the Arbor Hill Neighborhood of Albany. With a two-year plan to do the rehabilitation work, they hope to bring this stretch of vacant buildings back to life.
Read More
On October 18 of this year, the Structural Engineering Institute (Mohawk Hudson Chapter) named an engineering assessment of the Dutch Reformed Church interior their Structural Engineering Project of the Year for studies/investigations.
Read More
Through more than $600,000 in grants, technical services, workshops, awards and our Industrial Heritage Reuse Project, the Preservation League has helped individuals, nonprofits and municipalities revitalize their canalside assets.
Read More
The Spring 2017 grant round awarded $39,540 to 14 projects in twelve counties. The Fall round awarded $26,100 to 9 projects in 9 counties.
Read More
The League recently approved a $200,000 loan from its Endangered Properties Intervention Program to Historic Albany Foundation, a nonprofit organization with plans to restore the Van Ostrande-Radliff House at 48 Hudson Avenue in downtown Albany.
Read More
It’s been a flurry of activity since our last Rehab Diary post that discussed the creation of an RFP for architectural services to guide the rehabilitation of our National Register-listed headquarters here in Albany.
Read More
At its 2017 meeting, the Preserve New York grant panel selected 30 applicants in 21 counties to receive support totaling $239,634.
Read More