Conservancy Consults on East Side Coastal Resiliency Plans
Preservation ServicesThe Conservancy is a consulting party reviewing City plans for a coastal flood protection system along the East River from…
Guyon Tavern Saved and Restored
Emergency Preservation GrantsPreservation Services
Restoration work has been completed on the 1819 Guyon Tavern, part of Historic Richmond Town on Staten Island. In April…
Conservancy Awards $256,000 in Sacred Sites Grants
Sacred SitesThe Conservancy’s Sacred Sites Committee awarded $256,000 in matching grants to 22 historic religious institutions yesterday. These ranged from an…
Conservancy Finishes Emergency Repairs at Historic Weeksville
Emergency Preservation GrantsUPDATE: July, 2019 Weeksville’s historic Hunterfly Road Houses are now watertight thanks to a $24,000 Conservancy emergency grant. Expert carpenters…
Conservancy Supports Gowanus Landmarking
AdvocacyUPDATE: SEPTEMBER 2019 The Conservancy supported the Landmarks Preservation Commission’s proposed designation of five Gowanus buildings as individual landmarks. The…
City Planning Wants Limited Action on Loopholes
AdvocacyUPDATE: July 2019 The Department of City Planning (DCP) is sticking to limited action on zoning loopholes despite public concern,…
Hundreds of Buildings Designated Landmarks
AdvocacyJune, 2019 Several hundred more buildings across the City became landmarks in June. The Landmarks Preservation Commission voted to designate…
Emergency Grants Help Nonprofit Groups With Building Emergencies
Emergency Preservation GrantsWe can act quickly to help non-profits with building emergencies. Our latest two grants helped a music school in Manhattan…
City to Rethink Promenade Plans After Opposition
AdvocacyUPDATE March 2019 City transportation officials have gone back to the drawing board to figure out how to repair the Brooklyn…
Conservancy Emergency Grant Goes to Harlem Stage Gatehouse
Emergency Preservation GrantsHarlem Stage has received a $17,500 Emergency Preservation Grant for urgent repairs to the roof of its historic home—the Croton…
