The New York Landmarks Conservancy

We're #hiring a new Deputy Director of Sacred Sites and Preservation Services. Apply today or share this post with your network. Please do not apply via LinkedIn, follow the directions in the listing.

Thanks to the many of you who responded to our Penn Station alert yesterday and asked how to help. Please sign our petition which we will then send to a number of officials asking them to support an independent review of Penn Station plans. We need to show that the public demands an answer. Click here to sign our petition https://lnkd.in/eKjDW7GK

Plans for Penn Station Deserve Independent Review Amtrak made a public presentation yesterday on plans for expanding rail capacity at Penn Station. Amtrak consultants said they need to increase the hourly number of trains from New Jersey and plan a new multi-billion dollar underground station for New Jersey Transit. That would most likely require demolishing a block south of Penn that contains affordable homes and landmark quality buildings. The public deserves an expert, independent review of Amtrak's plans for Penn Station. Read more at https://lnkd.in/e4nYmvyR

Congratulations to Blaire Walsh for 13 years at the Landmarks Conservancy!

The City Planning Commission is holding its public hearing on “City of Yes for Housing Opportunity” (CoY/HO) all day tomorrow. If passed, this proposal will completely rewrite New York City’s zoning code.' Don’t miss your opportunity to have your voice heard. Read our statement and learn how to testify tomorrow: https://lnkd.in/eFsyccwa

Your votes are in! - Thanks to everyone who gave us your opinions on Postmodern buildings worthy of landmark designation. Here are your top picks: The Lipstick Building 60 Wall Street The Paley Center for Media Charles A. Dana Discovery Center, Central Park Ballfields Cafe, Central Park Four Seasons Hotel U.S. Courthouse Annex Islamic Cultural Center 110 East 64th Street Worldwide Plaza Tower & Residences This series generated lively discussions of pros and cons, thoughtful comments, and personal anecdotes that underscore the architectural and historic significance of these buildings to our City. As promised, we will let the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) know your favorite buildings and ask them to evaluate them for designation. We hope this spurs LPC to consider Postmodern architecture more seriously and recognize that New York City residents would welcome the City government’s attention to designating architecture of the more recent past. New Yorkers have now lived with PoMo buildings for decades, appreciate them, and want them protected for the future. Our selections came from a list of Architect Robert A.M. Stern’s favorite Postmodern buildings. If you want to suggest a building, Postmodern or otherwise, to LPC for consideration you can do so here. https://lnkd.in/e3aMHFTF Keep an eye out for our City’s future landmarks! To see all of the buildings voted on visit our website. https://lnkd.in/euWsBhF9 Photo: Lipstick Building (left), 60 Wall Street (top) & The Paley Center for Media

Conservancy staff attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the newly reimagined Lewis Latimer House Museum. They were joined by Executive Director Ran Yan, Queens Borough President Donovan Richards Jr., and some descendants of Lewis Latimer. The exhibition was funded primarily by the Mellon Foundation, and the Landmarks Conservancy funded work on the rear ramp to bring it up to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) code compliance. The ramp is now the main entrance to the permanent exhibit space.

The Woodlawn Cemetery & Conservancy - 2024 Chairman's Award honoree Established in 1863, Woodlawn is an active, 400-acre non-sectarian cemetery. An oasis in an urban setting, it attracts more than 100,000 visitors from around the world each year. A National Historic Landmark, it is distinguished by memorials that “represent the largest and finest collection of funerary art in the country” and exceptional historic landscaping. The Conservancy works to maintain the history and beauty and helps to train the next generation of conservators and builders who will understand how to preserve historic architecture. VIDEO: Gil Gilbert ABOUT THE AWARD The New York Landmarks Conservancy inaugurated the Chairman’s Award in 1988 to recognize exceptional individuals, organizations, and businesses that have demonstrated their dedication to protecting New York’s architectural legacy. #chairmansaward #WoodlawnCemetery

2024 Chairman's Award honoree - WJE Engineers & Architects, PC Wiss, Janney, Elstner (WJE) was established in 1956 and became an internationally based, interdisciplinary powerhouse. Their mission is to make a positive difference in the world and consistently deliver practical, innovative, and technically sound solutions. We are honoring their New York office for projects that include the American Museum of Natural History, National September 11 Memorial, Metropolitan Museum and New York Public Library. The firm’s architectural practice began in the 1970s with terra cotta restoration of the Woolworth Building. Video: Gil Gilbert #chairmansaward Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc.

2024 Chairman's Award honoree - Fifth Avenue Association The Fifth Avenue Association, founded in 1907, works to maintain Fifth Avenue as the most iconic street in the world. On Fifth Avenue’s 200th Anniversary, we are honoring the Association for sustaining Fifth Avenue as a dynamic space of beauty, culture, architecture, history, and commerce. The Association maintains an annual calendar of public displays and programming and is helping to plan public realm improvements to make strolling the Avenue even more enticing and enjoyable.