About the Awards

The New York Landmarks Conservancy has been a leader in preserving, restoring, and reusing New York City’s architectural legacy for 50 years. The Moses Awards are the Conservancy’s highest honors for outstanding preservation work. Named in honor of dedicated New Yorker Lucy G. Moses, the annual Awards have recognized hundreds of leaders, architects, craftspeople, and building owners for their extraordinary contributions in preserving our City.

Preservation Awards are given to projects that demonstrate excellence in the restoration, preservation, or adaptive use of historic buildings, streetscapes, and landscapes that preserve commercial, residential, institutional, religious, and public buildings.

The Preservation and Public Leadership Awards are bestowed upon an outstanding individual in the field of historic preservation. Past honorees include Ruth Abram, Wint Aldrich, Kent Barwick, John H. Beyer, Laurie Beckelman, Fred Bland, Stephen Briganti, Yuien Chin, Joan K. Davidson, Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel, Andrew Dolkart, Franny Eberhart, Lola Finkelstein, Kenneth K. Fisher, Daniel Garodnick, Alex Herrera, Anne Van Ingen, John J. (Jack) Kerr, Jr., Nancy, and Otis Pratt Pearsall, Ruth Pierpont, Elizabeth Barlow Rogers, Barnett Shepherd, and Anthony C. Wood.

Questions

If you have any questions about the Moses Awards please email Andrea Goldwyn at andreagoldwyn@nylandmarks.org.