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Announcing the 2022-2023 Seven to Save List

 
 
 
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ACHP Program Comment on Accessible, Climate-Resilient, Connected Communities
ACHP Program Comment on Accessible, Climate-Resilient, Connected Communities

The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) is developing a Program Comment on Accessible, Climate-Resilient, Connected Communities that aims to provide federal agencies with an alternate way to comply with their responsibilities under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. The League has been  reviewing the proposed Program Comment, talking with NY SHPO staff, and following conversations happening at the national level. Here is a summary and things you can do in response.

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Now Accepting Nominations for the 2025-2026 Seven to Save Endangered Properties List
Now Accepting Nominations for the 2025-2026 Seven to Save Endangered Properties List

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.

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Village Preservation Releases First-Of-Its-Kind Report Analyzing NYC Landmark Designations 1965 to Present, Finds Dramatic Drop in Recent Years
Village Preservation Releases First-Of-Its-Kind Report Analyzing NYC Landmark Designations 1965 to Present, Finds Dramatic Drop in Recent Years

Study Finds Mayor Adams Much More Resistant to Designations than His Predecessors in Office; Fewer Landmarks Named Since Law Favored by Real Estate Industry Passed; Every Part of City Seeing Designations Drop Dramatically and Threatened Historic Buildings Ignored

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Our Focus Areas

From modest beginnings to partnerships promoting the latest in preservation technology, sustainability, and economic development, the League has come a long way since its founding in 1974.

 

shaping policy

The League advocates in both Albany and Washington, D.C. to advance incentives for preservation.

sharing expertise

The League offers workshops on how to access tax credits for making repairs on old buildings, reuse vacant upper floors of Main Street buildings, and make historic properties more energy efficient.

making loans

The League's Endangered Properties Intervention Program (EPIP) provides loan funding to those working to acquire, stabilize and restore endangered historic properties.

awarding excellence

The League celebrates projects, individuals and organizations that are doing exemplary work through its Excellence in Historic Preservation Awards.

highlighting threats

The League draws statewide attention to New York's most important and at-risk historic places through its Seven to Save list of endangered places.

building capacity

The League provides timely grants that jump-start preservation projects all across the state, as well as offering robust assistance and advice to those completing grant applications and projects.

recognizing leadership

The League's Excelsior Society recognizes those League supporters who generously underwrite its statewide work.

So our past has a future

The League's successful advocacy for the creation of the New York State Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit Program and other incentives has helped spur a wave of reinvestment in our historic communities.

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Excellence Award spotlight: Revive 65 Phila. Through a strategic grassroots campaign, @saratogapreservation successfully preserved 65 Phila Street, which had fallen into severe neglect. After years of advocating against demolition and working with th
Excellence Award spotlight: @littlecaribbeannyc! CaribBEING is an organization working at the intersection of Caribbean culture, community and commerce. Since 2017, when @iamcaribbeing organized to get the official designation of the “Little C
Excellence Award spotlight: Moyer Carriage Lofts. Syracuse’s iconic “factory with a house on the roof” was built in stages from 1882-1909. The building where luxury cars were once made has found new life thanks to a careful rehabili
We love a good before-and-after and our Excellence Award winners are invariably good sources of incredible transformations. Pictured are images of 406-408 E Church Street in Elmira — one of FOUR buildings that was rehabbed to create affordable
We were excited to see one of our recent grantees on this year’s list of Save America’s Treasures grantees! Our friend at Historic Hudson Valley @inthevalley1 received a grant to help preserve Washington Irving’s Sunnyside. The Tarr
The 2024 Technical Assistance Grant cycle is open — and we’ll be popping up across the state to answer all of your TAG-related questions. Tuesday, September 10, 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. | Benjamin Patterson Inn, Corning Thursday, September
It’s not too late to register for the League’s Excelsior Society tour of Long Island’s Historic East End, taking place Oct 4-6! Visit historic sites and museums; private homes and artist’s studios; learn about the East End&rs
New on the blog: Our colleagues at Friends of Historic Kingston shine a light on an exciting rehabilitation project they are overseeing on the Frog Alley ruin, just outside Kingston’s Stockade Historic District. Using traditional masonry techni