This year’s award recipients represent the very best of what the League stands for and supports in historic preservation. It’s not every year that the Awards jury selects winners in each of our Award categories. But this year we celebrate projects, organizations, an individual, and a publication — all of which have profoundly impacted their local communities and are truly deserving of this statewide recognition.
Read MoreDo you have preservationists, history buffs, and old house enthusiasts on your gift list this year? Consider this a good place to start for New York-centric recommendations!
Read MoreThe latest recipient of a grant through the League’s Donald Stephen Gratz Preservation Services Fund is the Kirkland Art Center in Oneida County.
Read MoreIn this new series, League Trustee Lee Miller will be sharing easy ways to make a big difference when it comes to supporting the League.
Read MoreKatie brings decades of experience, a strong connection to New York State communities, and a wealth of knowledge of the various issues impacting the preservation field today.
Read MoreA Queer New York: Geographies of Lesbians, Dykes, and Queers, 1983-2008 is the first lesbian and queer historical geography of New York City. In this Preservation Book Club webinar, we invited author Jen Jack Gieseking to talk about their research exploring how lesbians and queers have survived in the face of twenty-first century gentrification and urban development.
Read MoreThe public comment period for the I-81 Project in Syracuse has been extended to October 14. We believe the I-81 plan must restore access to historic Oakwood Cemetery. If you agree, make your voice heard and submit your comments today!
Read MoreGuest blogger Chris Skelly (Skelly Preservation Services) shares his 15 Questions on Being an Effective Preservation Advocate.
Read MoreBeautiful historic architecture and festive fall foliage — what more could you want in a weekend getaway?
Read MoreA 2021 Preserve York grantee is restoring their historic bakery to help connect across cultures, with a focus on immigrant stories and fresh baked rolls.
Read MoreIn this webinar, panelists representing successful preservation trades training programs share their best practices, program specifics, and talk about the perennial need for these kinds of opportunities.
Read MoreThank you to all who signed Tug URGER's 120th birthday card earlier this summer. Perhaps URGER's best birthday present is that this week (September 20-24) Tug URGER is moving from her prior perch at the Waterford dry dock to the NYS Canal Corporation's Lysander Maintenance Shops in Onondaga County.
Read MoreA small village in the Adirondacks that made its name treating tuberculosis patients in the early 20th century is a perfect place to spend a weekend to admire both historic architecture and spectacular nature.
Read MoreTo close out your summer, we're bringing you the latest in preservation policy from Capitol Hill, DC, and the important impacts felt here in New York State!
Read MoreWe recently caught up with Congressman Brian Higgins to get some insight into his interests and efforts in support of historic preservation.
Read More“For Jim’s many years as a donor and preservationist, and for his legacy gift to the League, we are sincerely grateful. We will miss him as a stalwart advocate for Newburgh and for historic preservation in New York State,” noted League President Jay DiLorenzo.
Read MoreA look at one of our 2020 Technical Assistance Grant recipients: Along a stretch of 6th Avenue in Troy, between 110th Street to the north and Glen Ave to the south, the Sanctuary for Independent Media has transformed vacant buildings and empty lots into an incubator for science, art, and social justice.
Read MoreWe brought together three Adirondack-based preservationists to explore how the preservation movement has helped shape the region and how it continues to evolve.
Read MoreTo celebrate improvements to the state historic tax credit for small projects, the League joined Assemblymembers Carrie Woerner, John McDonald, and Patricia Fahy for a press conference in Troy in May, and with Senator Timothy Kennedy for another in Buffalo in August. Redburn Development Principal Tom Rossi and Troy Mayor Patrick Madden were on hand in Troy and Preservation Buffalo Niagara Executive Director Jessie Fisher and Preservation Studios Principal Mike Puma joined in Buffalo.
Read MoreEspecially in an era of rapid climate change, the conservation efforts in the Adirondacks can provide a blueprint for other areas in New York State and beyond. In this author talk, Brad Edmondson dives into the APA’s tumultuous origin story and then is joined in conversation by the League’s Erin Tobin to expand on how the creation of a government agency in the 1970s continues to have ramifications today.
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