Historic Districts Under Attack Again
AdvocacyWhen I left the City Council years ago to join the Landmarks Conservancy, one City Hall reporter quipped that I…
Olmsted House Update
AdvocacyEmergency Preservation Grants
Preservation Services
DECEMBER 2020 – We’re delighted to report that Frederick Law Olmsted’s former home on Staten Island is now on the…
Development Challenges Historic Districts
AdvocacyDoes Lenox Hill Hospital need a bulky, 436-foot tower on Lexington Avenue that would require upzoning to more than double…
SoHo/NoHo Upzoning Overkill
AdvocacyThe City says the massive upzoning proposed for the SoHo and NoHo historic districts is based on recommendations by the SoHo/NoHo study…
Crown Heights Development Draws Strong Opposition
AdvocacyThe Conservancy joined dozens of neighbors, the Community Board, and the local council member at a Landmarks Preservation Commission to…
Conservancy President #37 on list of Manhattan’s 50 Most Powerful Private-Sector Leaders
AdvocacyLandmarks Conservancy President, Peg Breen #37 on City & State’s list of Manhattan’s 50 Most Powerful Private-Sector Leaders. From the heads of financial…
We Help Institutions for Listing on the State and National Registers of Historic Places
AdvocacyWe continue to help institutions to be listed on the State and National Registers of Historic Places by doing the…
We Support St. James Episcopal Church Fordham Construction
AdvocacySacred Sites
The Conservancy testified at the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission this week in response to a former Sacred Sites…
Bringing Back New York
AdvocacyEmergency Preservation Grants
Sacred Sites
We’re very pleased with the response to our updated economic report. It clearly shows that preservation has a key role…
Reality and Recovery: Historic Preservation in New York City – New Report and Online Discussion
AdvocacyEvents
Preservation will play a key role in New York’s recovery, in the same way it has through previous crises. As New…
