Blaming Preservation Won’t Solve Housing Shortage
AdvocacyA New York Times editorial board member is blaming preservation for the City’s housing shortage. Yesterday’s headline declared preservation “The…
West Park Hardship Application Withdrawn
AdvocacySacred Sites
We are delighted that West Park Presbyterian Church has a new lease on life. The applicants who were requesting to…
Fight Against Jumbo 5G Towers Continues
AdvocacyOur fight against new, obtrusive, 32-foot tall cell service towers in historic districts and in front of individual landmarks continued throughout…
New Plans Around Penn Station, but No Transit Improvements
AdvocacyA State-created task force announced proposals last week to spruce up the blocks around Penn. The goal is to make…
Celebrating 50 Years – Explore our Online Exhibition
50th AnniversaryAdvocacy
Emergency Preservation Grants
Events
Historic Properties Fund
Nonprofit Technical Assistance Grant Program
Preservation Services
Queens Historic Properties Fund
Sacred Sites
As part of our 50th-anniversary celebration, we’ve launched an online exhibition exploring fifty of our most iconic and memorable successes…
West Park Presbyterian Church Alert – We Need Your Help
AdvocacySacred Sites
Help Save Landmark Building from Demolition This isn’t a Halloween trick. The fate of West Park Presbyterian Church is once…
Dear Governor Hochul: Answers Please on Penn
AdvocacyThe Conservancy joined 20 other civic groups in a joint letter to Governor Hochul today asking for “full transparency and…
50th Anniversary Publication
50th AnniversaryAdvocacy
Emergency Preservation Grants
Historic Properties Fund
Nonprofit Technical Assistance Grant Program
Preservation Services
Queens Historic Properties Fund
Sacred Sites
Celebrating a 50th Anniversary is exciting. There was no guarantee when we launched in 1973 that we’d make it this…
It Ain’t Over ’til It’s Over
AdvocacyThe Judge has ruled against the petitioners in the two lawsuits challenging the Empire State Development’s General Project Plan (GPP)…
Discord and Confusion over Penn Plans
AdvocacyElected officials announced yesterday that they wanted a “grand” new Eighth Avenue entrance to Penn Station that involved removing the…
