Annual Report

ANNUAL REPORT 2006
Contents
From our President
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Advocating for Landmarks
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Providing Technical Expertise
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Saving Sacred Sites
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Funding Historic Restorations
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Assisting Nonprofits
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Preserving Upper Manhattan
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Honoring Achievement
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Celebrating Living Landmarks
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Supporting our Success
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Our Financial Statement
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Board of Directors and Staff
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Photo Credits
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From the President
The City’s robust real estate market breathed new life into older homes,
neighborhoods, and commercial buildings throughout the boroughs. But
development pressures also made it a challenging year as other landmark quality structures were threatened or lost.
Perhaps no buildings faced more pressures than religious structures.
While the Archdiocese of New York announced its preliminary list of
closings of Roman Catholic churches, developers were going door to
door at churches of other denominations asking if they could buy and
tear down their beloved buildings. The towers that developers long to
build in place of these community anchors would change the face of
neighborhoods across New York. Yet the City Administration shows no
interest in attempting to find creative ways to help maintain these
beautiful and important structures.
In response, The New York Landmarks Conservancy is continuing what
will be the most comprehensive survey of religious properties in the
five boroughs. We hope it will spark additional landmark designations
and hope it will identify congregations where our financial and technical assistance can help them survive.
Despite Governor Pataki's best efforts, work did not begin on Moynihan
Station in 2006. The developers and Madison Square Garden continued
to negotiate moving the Garden into the landmark Farley Post Office.
Preservationists see completing a great train station in Farley as the
number one advocacy issue. But the developers plans to date leave the
station as a mere forecourt to the Garden. It will be up to Governor
Spitzer to see that the Garden does not swallow the station and mar
the landmark.
Despite a national outpouring of support for saving the Survivors
Staircase at Ground Zero, officials were considering a plan by the
developer to destroy the Staircase and leave a token few stair treads
outside the new Tower Two. The Conservancy and other groups insisted that the Staircase could—and should—be saved and that officials
follow federal preservation rules.
We’re now in the top 21st floor of an Emery Roth building. We look
down on several of our early preservation projects: the Fraunces Tavern
block, Pier A, and the former U.S. Custom House, now the National
Museum of the American Indian. We also look at Ellis Island, where we
began a national campaign to save the former hospital complex on its
South Side.
One Whitehall is owned by Rudin Management, a wonderful firm. The
late Lew Rudin was one of our early “Living Landmarks,” and we now
have a special Lew Rudin Award for Outstanding Public Service in his
memory—another reason to be here.
Board members Jack Kerr and Stuart Siegel were very helpful throughout negotiations on the move, and board member David Specter provided design suggestions. Suzanne Sunshine of CBRE Richard Ellis found
the space. Simpson Thatcher Bartlett gave us pro bono legal help
through the ever-patient Mardi Merjian. Perkins Eastman architects
designed our layout. And for our lobby, Jeff Greene of EverGreene
Studios donated a wonderful mural of buildings we’ve helped. Staff
members Alex Herrera and Daniel Vincent did an extraordinary amount
of additional work to get us here.
To go with our new space, we wanted a new look. Many thanks to
board member Fred Papert for helping underwrite the redesign and for
introducing us to Ivan Chermayeff, whose studio created our new crisp
logo and continues to guide our visual identity.
2006 was a year of change for both the Conservancy and our City’s landmark buildings. The Conservancy is not opposed to development. We
support appropriate development regularly. And we recognize that New
York has always been a city of change. But the rush for the big and new
should not eliminate our history. Our older buildings tell us where we
came from and help us identify who we are. There are many cities with
a growing forest of towers: There is only one New York.
On the bright side, major restoration was completed on two Harlem
churches which received assistance from the Upper Manhattan
Empowerment Zone funding we manage. We helped repair an 18th-century Queens landmark. Massive stabilization was completed on the
South Side of Ellis Island. Requests for proposals went out seeking
adaptive reuses for the landmark TWA Terminal at Kennedy Airport. A
historic ruin on Roosevelt Island designed by A.J. Davis was restored
and incorporated into new housing. And opponents stopped, at least for
now, a proposal to build a 335-foot tower atop 980 Madison Avenue in
the Upper East Side Historic District.
Peg Breen, President
On the personal bright side, the Conservancy moved into light-filled
new offices at One Whitehall in Lower Manhattan. Our former office
was turned into residential condos, forcing us to move. It was a blessing in disguise.
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Advocating for Landmarks
A respected voice across the City, State, and Country, The New
York Landmarks Conservancy speaks out for preservation at all
levels of government. Our advocacy efforts tackled new challenges and pursued longstanding concerns in 2006.
Upholding Legacies
Despite repeated pressure from the Pataki Administration, no work
began on Moynihan Train Station. For more than a decade, the
Conservancy has been working to uphold the late Senator’s vision of a
great station in the landmark Farley Post Office.
The Conservancy supported the Pataki Administration’s efforts and
wrote members of the little-known State Public Authorities Control
Board (PACB) urging them to approve the project. The PACB has the
authority to approve state financing proposed by the Empire State
Development Corporation (ESDC) and other public authorities.
We believed that beginning construction of the train station would not
interfere with any final plans for Farley. But supporters of moving
Madison Square Garden into the back of Farley argued successfully that
the PACB should wait for agreement on the larger scheme.
The developers showed their plans to members of the Conservancy’s
Public Policy Committee in July. The Committee felt that plans to force
the Post Office to leave its Eighth Avenue lobby in Farley—making
Eighth Avenue the Garden’s main entrance—would leave the station as
little more than a forecourt to the Garden.
We met with a high-ranking official of Eliot Spitzer’s campaign committee in August to detail our concerns. In December, we met with Patrick
Foye, then incoming head of the ESDC to explain our position. The
Conservancy believes this is a project where the developers, Garden,
and public could all win. But the public will win only if the State controls the demands of the developers and the Garden and ensures that
the public gets the great station Moynihan envisioned.
The Survivors Staircase is the only remaining above-ground element
of the World Trade Center site. Hundreds of people fled to safety on the
stairs on 9/11. The Staircase was an important artifact highlighted
when Ground Zero was made eligible for listing on both the State and
National Registers of Historic Places.
The Staircase sits where a new Tower Two is planned. Instead of
instructing his architects to plan around the staircase as an important
piece of history, the developer assumed it would be demolished. He
proposed instead to place a couple token stair treads outside the tower.
Parade Magazine featured the Staircase in an August issue and asked
readers to respond to an online poll asking if the Staircase should be
saved. More than 14,000 people from around the country responded
with a resounding “yes.” The article also quoted Conservancy President
Peg Breen, who was later interviewed on morning talk radio programs
in Pittsburgh and San Antonio, where listeners and hosts also
expressed support.
Also in August, the Conservancy—working as part of the Lower
Manhattan Emergency Preservation Fund (LMEPF)—hired noted structural engineer Robert Silman to show how the Staircase could be
braced in place or moved during construction. The LMEPF agreed that
moving the Staircase to a temporary location during construction was
the practical alternative. But we argued that it should be returned to as
near its original location as possible.
The Lower Manhattan Development Corporation was expected to
announce its proposal for the Staircase early in 2007.
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The landmark Farley Post Office
The Survivors Staircase
Island Advancements
For well over a decade, the Conservancy has championed preservation
of two historic islands in the New York harbor: Ellis and Governors.
On Ellis Island, the largest stabilization project in the history of the
National Park Service was completed. This halted deterioration of the
30 buildings that comprise the former immigrant hospital complex on
the South Side. This achievement came nine years after the
Conservancy undertook a pilot project to prove how this transformation
was feasible.
Stabilization efforts on the landmark buildings on Governors Island
stepped up this year as the Governors Island Preservation and
Education Corporation selected its first tenant: The New York Harbor
School. The School will train 400 students in a restored historic building. But requests for proposals for the overall development of the Island
failed to produce a satisfactory response. The National Park Service,
meantime, continued planning for programming in Castle Williams and
Fort Jay, the historic forts located in the National Monument portion of
the island.
Speaking Out on Issues
The fourteen members of our Public Policy Committee routinely review
controversial design proposals and approve statements of our views for
public hearings.
The committee supported a proposed new building at One Jackson
Square in the Greenwich Village Historic District and a tower at Fifth
Avenue and 36th Street, which is to receive air rights from the nearby landmark Tiffany Building. However, we opposed the design for a
residential glass tower atop the Parke Bernet Galleries at 980
Madison Avenue in the Upper East Side Historic District.
The Conservancy praised proposals both for the adaptive use of Calvert
Vaux’s 1871 Central Park Stables to serve as park headquarters for
the New York Police Department, and for the conversion of a longvacant Minard Lefever 1852 Gothic Revival Church in Brooklyn’s
Cobble Hill Historic District into residences.
We also were a part of a Midtown coalition that successfully lobbied
the MTA to revise plans for its East 50th Street Ventilation Facility.
The facility is a part of the East Side Access Project that will eventually bring LIRR commuter trains directly into Grand Central Terminal. The
revisions mitigated adverse impacts on nearby landmarks, such as St.
Patrick’s Cathedral, St. Bartholomew’s Church, and Rockefeller Center.
We have long supported the plans of a sister stewardship group to
restore the Seventh Regiment Armory, a National Historic Landmark
on Park Avenue on the Upper East Side, for its reuse as a center for the
visual and performing arts. We supported the sufficiency of the completed, extensive environmental reviews. This helped lead to the finalization of a master lease by year’s end.
We joined peer preservation groups in urging for an increase in the
Landmarks Preservation Commission budget appropriation this
year. The Mayor and City Council responded favorably, making an additional $250,000 available for expedited survey and research work.
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A building on the South Side of Ellis Island, now stabilized
The proposed new condominiums at One Jackson Square
The proposed glass tower at 980 Madison Avenue
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Endangered Buildings Online
The Conservancy launched a new feature on our website
mid-year, Endangered Buildings Online (EB0).
It is accessible under our site’s Public Policy section at
www.ebo.nylandmarks.org.
This is an interactive way for the public to help us identify buildings at risk or to look up threatened buildings by
area, architect, or type. The buildings were color-coded
by level of risk. This unique database may also be a
model for other preservation groups around the country.
An earlier survey of historic districts throughout the City
identified some 900 buildings in various degrees of risk.
Currently, EBO lists the “red” or most endangered sites.
The at-risk buildings are diverse in architectural style,
ranging from the Beaux-Arts Jamaica Savings Bank in
Queens to the Renaissance Revival Winderemere
Apartments in Midtown West, and from several Federalstyle row houses downtown to the Romanesque Revivalstyle Mount Morris Bank Building in East Harlem.
EBO’s launch garnered considerable press interest. A
Daily News article focused on endangered sites in
Queens, and both Architectural Record and The New
York Observer featured online stories.
The list is fluid. The rising real estate market has taken
several buildings off the list, while feedback from the
public has added others. The Conservancy will update our
survey regularly.
Supporting New Designations
The Conservancy’s testimony—before the New York City Landmarks
Preservation Commission, the City Planning Commission, and the City
Council—helped achieve designations throughout the City.
We supported the creation of four new historic districts: the Fieldston
Historic District in the Bronx, the Crown Heights North Historic
District in Brooklyn, plus the Greenwich Village Historic District
Extension and Weehawken Street Historic District in Manhattan.
These steps added 748 more historic buildings to the inventory of over
23,000 protected buildings in the 85 historic districts throughout all of
the boroughs.
We also urged landmark designation for 18 individual sites.
In Brooklyn, we supported the designation of the Long Island Coignet
Stone Company Building.
Designations that we recommended in Manhattan included: the AT&T
Building and Lobby, the Auction Mart, the Edwin L. Brooks House,
two buildings in the First Estate of City & Suburban Homes, 149
Charles Street, the Horn & Hardart Automat, the Keller Hotel, the
Morse Building, 63 Nassau Street, and Public School 64.
In Queens, the Conservancy supported designating The Astoria Pool
and Play Center as well as the the Engine Company 258 and Ladder
Company 115 Firehouse.
We urged landmarking for the Loew’s Paradise Theater Lobby, and
the Orchard Beach Bathhouse and Promenade in the Bronx.
Lastly, we testified in favor of the designation of the 1921 Mark W.
Allen House, a Craftsman-style bungalow on Staten Island.
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The Empire Stores in Brooklyn’s Fulton Ferry Historic District
Dean Street in the Crown Heights Historic District
The Mason Stables, later the Dakota Stables and Pyramid Garage
Learning from Losses
Alongside new designations, the City unfortunately lost landmark-quality buildings this year as development pressures intensified.
In the Upper West Side Historic District, the century-old Mason
Stables (later the Dakota Stables and Pyramid Garage) is being razed
to make way for a new residential tower being developed by The
Related Companies. The sturdy red-brick building had been on preservationists’ lists for two decades but was only calendared for a designation hearing after its owners were issued alteration permits. These permits allowed dismantling of the historic windows and cornice, forvever
destroying its landmark features.
This loss has inspired the Landmarks Preservation Commission,
Department of Buildings, and City Council to consider various proposals
that would tighten permit procedures. The goal is to prevent owners
from flouting the Landmarks Law by destroying a building under review
for landmark designation.
In the Fulton Ferry Historic District of Brooklyn, the City-owned
Department of Purchase Storehouse lies beneath the towering
span of the Brooklyn Bridge overlooking the East River. The Works
Project Administration erected the structure in 1936 to house utilitarian functions on a remote site. Still, its Moderne-style design has been
lauded by architectural historian Andrew Dolkart as being “among the
first expressions of modernism” and “one of the most significant
Depression-era government buildings erected in New York City.”
Advocacy Issues and Places
The Landmarks Preservation Commission Budget
Brooklyn
Crown Heights North Historic District
Department of Purchase Storehouse
Long Island Coignet Stone Company Building
Bronx
Fieldston Historic District
Loew’s Paradise Theater Lobby
Orchard Beach Bathhouse and Promenade
Manhattan
63 Nassau Street, Lower Manhattan
149 Charles Street, Greenwich Village, Manhattan
AT&T Building and Lobby, Lower Manhattan
Auction Mart, East 13th Street, Greenwich Village
Edwin L. Brooks House, Manhattan
Ellis Island, New York Harbor
Greenwich Village Historic District Extension
Governors Island, New York Harbor
But a master plan for a park called for the Storehouse’s demolition. The
park would be built by a subsidiary of the Empire State Development
Corporation, the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy, and the City’s
Department of Parks and Recreation. After a contentious hearing before
the Landmarks Commission, these powerful agencies prevailed.
Despite the dissent of two Commissioners warning of the dangerous
precedent this would set, the Commission took the rare step of approving of the removal of a contributing building in an historic district.
Horn & Hardart Automat, 104th Street and Broadway
Keller Hotel, Greenwich Village
Morse Building, Lower Manhattan
Moynihan Station, Midtown
One Jackson Square (122 Greenwich Avenue),
Greenwich Village Historic District
Parke Bernet Galleries, 980 Madison Avenue,
Upper East Side Historic District
Public School 64, Lower East Side
Seventh Regiment Armory, Upper East Side
The Survivors Staircase, Ground Zero, Lower Manhattan
Tiffany Building, Midtown
Two Buildings in the First Estate of City & Suburban Homes,
Upper East Side
Weehawken Street Historic District, Greenwich Village
Queens
Astoria Pool and Play Center
Engine Company 258 and Ladder Company 115 Firehouse
TWA Terminal at JFK Airport
Staten Island
Mark W. Allen House
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Providing Technical Expertise
Government agencies, nonprofits, and building owners call upon
our Technical Services staff for expert guidance on restoration
projects, preservation easements, and advisory committees.
Guiding Projects
Technical Services (TS) staff continued to advise multi-year restoration
projects at private homes. We extended our provide pro bono guidance
to the landmark Shrine of Mother Seton in Lower Manhattan as it
faced damage from nearby MTA construction. Several new projects
were initiated this year.
We served as the masonry consultant on a project for the European
Union (E.U.). The E.U. owns a four-story brownstone at 240 East 72nd
Street and uses it as a residence for one of the commissioners. TS
began working with their architect to create bid documents for the
restoration of the front façade, the reconstruction of the stoop, and the
addition of a story to the existing rear addition.
TS staff advised work on the McIntyre Building at 874 Broadway near
Union Square. The 1892 Romanesque Revival loft building was
designed by R.H. Robertson and is now a residential cooperative. We
reviewed the engineer’s report covering all exterior conditions, assisted
the board in phasing the work, and advised them through the bidding
process. The restoration work is ambitious and complex given the age
and ornate character of the façades, which are composed of limestone,
granite, marble, brick, terra cotta, and various metals.
We began a ten-year, fee-for-service contract with the Saint Anthony
Architectural Preservation Foundation. This will provide an independent
review of projects and proposals for the restoration of Saint Anthony
Hall, an 1898 fraternity house on Riverside Drive near West 116th
Street on the Columbia University campus. Built for the Delta Psi Alpha
chapter, the building is individually listed on the National Register of
Historic Places but is not a designated New York City landmark. This
agreement ensures the Hall’s protection and preservation.
TS devised a scope of work and oversaw the execution of the brick and
brownstone façade restoration of 453 West 21st Street. The
Conservancy has held a preservation easement for this 1858 Italianate
mansion since 2000. The recent restoration work included the stripping
of paint from all surfaces, re-pointing the fine brickwork, and recreating
missing architectural elements from the Italianate style entry.
We advised a restoration at 177-179 Columbia Heights in Brooklyn
Heights, a pair of mid-19th-century houses converted to a multiple
dwelling around 1900. When converted, the façades where redesigned
and adorned with sgraffito panels on the first two stories. Rarely seen
in New York, this European decorative technique dates back to the early
Renaissance. Two layers of stucco in contrasting colors are applied and
elaborate patterns are created by scratching or scoring the upper layer
to reveal the lower layer. Often the patterns incorporate classical and
mythological motifs. Here, the sgraffito panels were in a state of
advanced deterioration. We advised the co-op board to save the panels
and recommended a conservator to execute the restoration.
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453 West 21st Street
Detail of the McIntyre Building, 874 Broadway
Detail of sgraffito panels on 177-179 Columbia Heights, Brooklyn Heights
Preservation Easements
An easement is a voluntary legal agreement between a property owner
and a nonprofit organization that restricts future changes to the property and requires cyclical inspections by the nonprofit. The easement
stays with the building even if sold; this assures that historic properties
are well maintained. Property owners who give easements receive a
one-time federal tax break. All the properties are listed on the National
Register of Historic Places. We hold a total of 42 easements.
The Conservancy accepted a total of five easements in 2006:
The Plaza Hotel is perhaps our most famous and architecturally distinguished easement property to date. The anchor of Fifth Avenue and
Central Park South, it was built by Henry J. Hardenburgh between
1905-07, with an addition by Warren & Wetmore in 1921. The easement includes all exterior façades, including the courtyard, as well as
the air rights from 22 Central Park South, an adjacent building that is
part of the Plaza. We accepted the easement from the group that is
redeveloping the building into condos, hotel rooms, and shops. We will
now have regulatory power on all work affecting the exteriors.
312 West 92nd Street, located between West End Avenue and
Riverside Drive, is among the finest surviving Beaux-Arts houses on the
Upper West Side. The mansion was designed by Janes & Leo in 1901.
45 West 88th Street, situated between Columbus Avenue and Central
Park West, is a Queen Anne-style house dating to 1890, restored
recently by its owners.
326 West 85th Street, located between West End Avenue and
Riverside Drive, is an individually-designated row house. It was
designed by Clarence True in 1892 in an unusual Romanesque Revival
style and is clad in a red-hued sandstone.
144 St. John’s Place in Park Slope, Brooklyn, is a four-story
Renaissance Revival, brownstone-fronted row house featuring a fullheight, angled bay on its right side. Constructed in 1880, it is in an
excellent state of preservation.
Preserving the TWA Terminal
The Conservancy has sat on the TWA Redevelopment Advisory
Committee for three years. The committee oversaw in 2006 the final
designs for the new Jet Blue terminal currently under construction
directly behind the Saarinen landmark terminal at JFK airport.
A portion of one of the original flight wings is located on the site of the
new building. The portion was stabilized and securely moved this year.
It will be incorporated as a lounge space in the new terminal with
views directly onto the tarmac.
The Committee also reviewed the Request for Proposals for the adaptive reuse and restoration of the landmark.
Revising the City Building Code
The Conservancy’s Technical staff is a part of a committee charged with
revising New York City’s building code; specifically, the part dealing
with historic structures. This is the first time that the City building code
will contain a chapter dedicated to historic buildings.
The intent is to ensure that regulations pertaining to historic landmarks
are flexible. This allows the buildings to meet safety and handicap
requirements, without loss of their historic character and integrity.
This is also the first time a representative from the Conservancy was
involved. We applaud Buildings Commissioner Patricia Lancaster for
including preservation expertise in this important issue.
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The Plaza Hotel
The TWA Terminal at JFK Airport
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Supporting Sacred Sites
The Conservancy’s Sacred Sites Program offers congregations
throughout New York State financial and technical assistance to
maintain, repair, and restore their buildings. The program has
awarded over 890 grants totaling more than $4.6 million in its
twenty years. In addition to providing hundreds of thousands of
dollars in matching grants each year, Sacred Sites staff offers
technical help, workshops for building caretakers, and publications such as the journal, Common Bond.
Sacred Sites staff particularly focused in 2006 on the potential closings
of historic Roman Catholic Churches throughout Manhattan, the Bronx,
Brooklyn, and Staten Island. Our extensive, multi-year survey of these
sites informed our advocacy, helping us raise the visibility of the great
architecture while directly assisting parishioners.
Early in the year, the Conservancy met with preservation peers to discuss next steps and strategies based on our survey of Roman Catholic
Churches in Manhattan and the Bronx in 2005 and 2006. We focused on
advocating for 18 of the survey’s undesignated, yet highly significant,
Manhattan churches that are vulnerable to redevelopment, as well as
several Bronx churches. We announced our next priority: to extend the
survey to Brooklyn and Queens and to other denominations.
The Archdiocese announced in March a preliminary list of church and
school closures. The list included 31 parishes, 8 missions, and 14
schools. We had anticipated this with the survey’s 2004 launch. Within
days of the announcement, Conservancy staff conducted a windshield
survey of additional churches and schools to close in the Bronx and
Staten Island. We also began an ongoing story on our website detailing the progress and roadblocks to saving these sites.
Parish appeals and fundraising efforts proved influential for some. The
Archdiocese announced in April that several of the schools initially slated to close would remain open. But it also announced the closure of St.
Columba’s on West 25th Street, a handsome school with an ornate
Gothic terra cotta façade.
We received good news when St. Veronica’s on Christopher Street
was saved. Dating from 1887-1890, the church had been downgraded
from parish to mission, often a first step towards closure. But St.
Veronica’s benefited from its location in the new Greenwich Village
Historic District Extension, which was designated in May.
Behind the scenes, the Conservancy served as a valuable resource for
parishioners working to save their treasured churches and schools.
Sacred Sites staff worked with parishioners and a local community
development group to complete a National Register eligibility application for St. Dominic’s in the Bronx, a 1925 Romanesque church with
ornate cast-stone trim.
Parishioners at the Church of Mary Help of Christians on East 12th
Street reached out to the Conservancy for guidance. The Archdiocese
had rejected the Church’s appeal over the closure of both its church and
school. The Conservancy assisted parishioners in drafting a letter to
Mayor Bloomberg, which we also published on our website.
St. Vincent de Paul on West 23rd Street in Chelsea was listed for closure by the Archdiocese and sought our expertise. Eligible for listing on
the National Register of Historic Places, it has a well-maintained sanctuary dating from 1868, with a Classical Revival limestone façade dating from 1939. The church has an active parish, highly valued by the
New York’s Francophone community of French, Belgian, Swiss,
Caribbean and African immigrants and expatriates. It also houses a
memorial to veterans of both World Wars. While their advocacy efforts
had been limited to the French-language press, the Conservancy
advised the group on corporate, political, and local press outreach.
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Detail of cast-stone moulding on St. Dominic’s, Bronx
St. Vincent de Paul, Chelsea
St. Brigid’s, East Village
Holy Innocents, Flatbush, Brooklyn
In the media, the Conservancy helped increase attention to ongoing
campaigns to save St. Brigid’s and St. Thomas the Apostle.
Built in 1848, St. Brigid’s in Tompkins Square Park is the oldest surviving Irish-built church in New York, but it was closed by the Archdiocese
in late 2004. Throughought 2006, we helped place several articles in
the Irish Times, Daily News, the Irish Echo, the New York Times,
Preservation Online, and the Villager, as well as a segment on public
television’s Out of Ireland program. The nation’s largest Irish-American
organization, the Ancient Order of Hibernians in America, also wrote an
appeal to the Cardinal for St. Brigid’s. The Save St. Brigid’s community
group has secured a series of temporary injunctions delaying demolition as well as a promise of financial support from an anonymous
“angel” funder within the community.
We continued to lobby for the future of St. Thomas the Apostle in
Harlem. This year, the Real Estate Division of the Archdiocese rejected
another bid from a developer to adapt the church for community use.
Conservancy staff participated in a December news conference where
we opposed Archdiocese plans to remove St. Thomas’ magnificent
suite of matching figural stained glass, designed and fabricated in 1907
by the Meyer of Munich studio exclusively for St. Thomas’ Gothic tracery windows. The Archdiocese plans on installing the suite in a new
church under construction in Dutchess County.
We were disappointed with the City’s tepid response to our suggestion
that a special commission be formed to address redevelopment pressure on religious properties as an important community issue. President
Peg Breen wrote Mayor Bloomberg in July with this request. The
Landmarks Preservation Commission Chair responded three months
later but ignored our request.
Through our survey and advocacy, we are fighting to preserve not just
these sacred sites’ great architecture but also their contributions to
communities and the character of our neighborhoods.
Survey Expands
The Conservancy’s influential survey expanded in summer
2006 to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn and
Queens. We employed two full-time interns, who surveyed 75 of the 118 parishes.
The interns reached out to parish staff and described our
Sacred Sites grant and loan programs as a potential benefit of landmark designation or National Register listing.
These dialogues resulted in several follow-up calls to the
Conservancy. We had previously discussed these benefits
with the Brooklyn/Queens Diocese’s real estate staff.
Holy Innocents Church in Flatbush, Brooklyn exemplifies
the positive impact of our survey. The Brooklyn Diocese
had allowed the Conservancy in 2005 to assist in placing
the Church on the National Register. We hoped that this
nomination might lead to state restoration grant funding.
Holy Innocents then received in May a $200,000 New
York State grant for restoration work. This will facilitate
our outreach to other Brooklyn parishes, increasing the
probability of additional National Register nominations.
We presented in September the survey database and
landmark recommendations for the most significant
Roman Catholic churches in Manhattan, Bronx, and
Brooklyn before the Landmarks Preservation Commission.
This brought to its attention significant, but lesser known,
landmark-worthy sites, including several notable churches dating from 1930-1950 by distinguished New York
architects McGill & Hamlin.
The Brooklyn survey has continued, and we will present
the findings to the Brooklyn/Queens Diocese in 2007.
We are grateful to the J. M. Kaplan Fund and Catherine
N. Dugan for helping fund interns for the Manhattan and
Bronx surveys. The Samuel H. Kress Foundation provided
intern funding for the Brooklyn survey.
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Sacred Sites and Consulting Grants
The Conservancy awards Sacred Sites and Consulting Grants to
congregations of all denominations that are planning or undertaking the restoration of historic religious properties.
To be eligible, properties must be located in New York State,
owned by a religious institution and actively used for worship,
and listed on the State or National Register of Historic Places
or designated pursuant to a local landmarks ordinance by New
York State. Eligible properties include, but are not limited to,
churches, synagogues, meetinghouses, mosques, and temples.
The maximum Sacred Sites Grant is $10,000; the average grant
award is between $4,000 and $6,000. The maximum Consulting
Grant is $7,500; the average grant award, $3,000.
Bridgehampton Presbyterian Church, Bridgehampton
Callicoon United Methodist Church, Callicoon
Calvary Presbyterian Church, Newburgh
Christ Church New Brighton, Staten Island
Christ Church, Manlius
Christ Episcopal Church, Sackets Harbor
Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, Chappaqua
Church of the Blessed Sacrament, New York
Church of the Holy Innocents, Highland Falls
Congregation B’nai Israel, Fleischmanns
Crenshaw Christian Center East, New York
Dundee United Methodist Church, Dundee
Eldridge Street Project, New York
First Baptist Church of Newfane, Newfane
First Baptist Church of Poughkeepsie, Poughkeepsie
First Baptist Church of Saratoga, Saratoga Springs
First Baptist Church, Schenectady
First Presbyterian Church of Avon, Avon
First Presbyterian Church of East Moriches, East Moriches
First Presbyterian Church, Ballston Spa
First United Presbyterian Church of Salem, Salem
Grace Episcopal Church, Whitney Point
Grace United Methodist Church, Brooklyn
Greater Tabernacle Baptist Church, New York
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Harpursville United Methodist Church, Harpursville
Holy Innocents Roman Catholic Church, Brooklyn
Ladentown United Methodist, Pomona
Millens Bay Union Church, Cape Vincent
New Heights Ministries Church, Binghamton
North Presbyterian Church, New York
Reformed Dutch Church of Rhinebeck Flatts, Rhinebeck
St. Ann Maronite Church, Troy
St. John’s Church, Richfield Springs
St. Mark’s A.M.E. Church, Kingston
St. Mark’s Church in the Bowery, New York
St. Mark’s Epicopal Church, Hoosick Falls
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Malone
St. Patrick’s Church, Oneida
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Patchogue
St. Stanislaus Kostka Roman Catholic Church, Rochester
Temple Beth-El, Geneva
Third Presbyterian Church, Rochester
Trinity Episcopal Church, Fairfield
Trinity Memorial Church, Binghamton
Union Baptist Church (Bedford Stuyvesant), Brooklyn
Unitarian Universalist Church of Canton, Canton
Wiccopee Community United Methodist Church,
Hopewell Junction
Total in 2006:
51 Grants
$187,625
Robert W. Wilson
Sacred Sites Challenge Grants
The Robert W. Wilson Sacred Sites Challenge Grant Program
offers matching funds to churches for comprehensive repair and
extensive restoration projects. Matching funds must be donated
from new sources. Since its launch in 2000, the Wilson
Challenge Grants program has awarded 42 challenge grants
totaling $1.2 million, generating $1.35 million in grant matches
that will facilitate the completion of over $21 million in restoration of historic religious properties across New York State.
Grants range from $25,000 to $50,000.
Church of St. Paul and St. Andrew, United, New York
First Congregational Church, Malone
Red Church of Tivoli, Tivoli
Sacred Heart Church, Syracuse
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Poughkeepsie
United Presbyterian Church of Sackets Harbor, Sackets Harbor
Total in 2006:
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$200,000
Congregation B’nail Israel, Fleischmanns
Funding Restorations
The New York City Historic Properties Fund was created in 1982
as a product of an unusual public-private initiative that involved
the restoration and adaptive reuse of a federal, surplus historic
property: the Archive Building in Greenwich Village. Capitalized
originally through a portion of this redevelopment’s proceeds
and then recapitalized 20 years later, the Historic Properties
Fund has provided over $15.5 million in low-interest loans and
grants for restoration work and project management services on
almost 200 buildings in all five boroughs in its 25-year history.
This was a year of assisting attached row house properties of every
type—brownstone, masonry, and clapboard—as well as a freestanding rectory listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
In Brooklyn’s Fort Greene Historic District, the 1880 residence of
Deborah Baker and Amitav Ghosh is one of three that were constructed together in the neo-Grec style. Along with brownstone restoration, their project plans called for the fabrication and installation of
cast-iron newel and gate posts, which had been replaced by brick piers
long ago, to match those on its sibling buildings.
Finding prices for the very heavy cast-iron elements to be prohibitive,
the owners came up with an alternative solution. Frequent visitors to
India, they found a cast-iron fabricator there who could do the work at
a fraction of the cost. Working from project architect Lisa Easton’s
detailed drawings and specifications, which were transmitted electronically, the fabricator produced the newel and gate posts and shipped
them to Brooklyn for installation by a local contractor. A Fund loan of
$60,000 covered the brownstone and iron work.
The Fund completed its second project in the Vinegar Hill area of
Brooklyn. The Schickler residence is an 1866 Greek Revival row
house composed of brick on the upper three floors, with the stoop and
lower level of brownstone, which was in serious disrepair.
A $50,000 loan from the Historic Properties Fund financed the brownstone restoration, new windows, and other façade work. The owner of
a cast-stone business, Mr. Schickler himself contributed the new
stoop’s cast brownstone sections.
Orestes Gonzalez owns three, attached, wood frame row houses in
the Hunters Point Historic District in Queens. Dating to the 1890s, they
were covered in asphalt when he secured a Fund loan of $115,000 in
2005 to restore their historic clapboard appearance.
During the restoration, it was discovered that instead of typical overlapping clapboards painted a single color, the trio was clad in flat, horizontal tongue-and-groove boards, typically used for porch ceilings and
floors. The buildings were restored with this method and painted red, a
color identified in the original palette.
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The Baker-Ghosh residence, Fort Greene, Brooklyn
The Schickler residence, Vinegar Hill, Brooklyn
Orestes Gonazalez’s wood frame row houses, Hunters Point, Queens
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In contrast to these attached row houses, the Fund helped restore the
freestanding Rectory of the Church of the Resurrection in the Kew
Gardens/Richmond Hill area of Queens. The Church and its Rectory
both are on the National Register of Historic Places. Founded as an
Episcopalian mission in the late 1860s, the Church is the oldest in
Richmond Hill. It was built in 1874 and remodeled in 1904. The Rectory
was constructed between 1888-89 in the Queen Anne style in accordance with a design by one of its own parishioners, Niels Pederson. It
is a two-and-a-half story, wood frame building featuring a hipped roof
and gabled dormers and eaves ornamented by wood scroll brackets.
After several decades of declining membership, in 2003 the Bishop of
Long Island appointed Charles McCarron as Resurrection’s first permanent pastor in over ten years. With a mission to revitalize the Church,
Pastor McCarron envisioned the vacant Rectory as a possible home to
lease to a nonprofit group residence. This would provide the Church
with much-needed income. But the building needed an almost entirely
new exterior before a tenant could be attracted to rent and refurbish
the interior for its own use.
The Church engaged architect Kaitsen Woo at the recommendation of
the Fund. His conditions survey confirmed that the Rectory was in great
disrepair, and he prepared a scope of work primarily for the exterior
façades. In 2005, the Fund authorized a 3% interest loan of $200,000 to
finance the work and obtained a $10,000 grant from The New York
Community Trust to help pay architectural costs for the project. The
Church invested another $52,000 to meet the total project budget of
$262,000. Burda Construction Corp. was engaged to carry out the work.
By summer 2006, the Rectory looked entirely rejuvenated with an historic sensibility. It now has new fish-scaled shingles and clapboards, a
new roof and drainage systems, repaired doors, a new paint job, and a
fully-refurbished porch. By the year’s end, the Church had begun negotiations with a nonprofit residential user for the Rectory.
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The Rectory of the Church of the Resurrection in Richmond Hill, Queens, before
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Historic Properties Fund Projects
Brooklyn
Ambrose Residence, Bedford-Stuyvesant
Baker/Ghosh Residence, Fort Greene*
Clinton Hill Realty, Fort Greene
Cummings Residence, Stuyvesant Heights
Gorman/Schweyer Residence, Fort Greene
Graham Property, Clinton Hill
Grand Clifton LLC Property, Clinton Hill
Herskovits/Egan Residence, Fort Greene*
Jackman Residence, Bedford Stuyvesant
Johnson Property, Prospect Heights
Mason Residence, Fort Greene
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Schickler Residence, Vinegar Hill*
Shepard Property, Brooklyn Academy of Music
St. Philip’s Episcopal Church, Stuyvesant Heights
Taylor Residence, Boerum Hill*
Bronx
Brown Residence, Morris Avenue, Bronx
Queens
Church of the Resurrection, Kew Gardens, Queens*
Gonzalez Property, Hunters Point, Queens*
* completed this year
Assisting Nonprofits
The Conservancy’s City Ventures Fund (CVF) works with nonprofit developers to retain or replace the period details of architecturally significant buildings that they are converting into subsidized housing and community centers. Since its establishment
in 1986, CVF has disbursed over $1.1 million on 44 buildings composed of 686 units of affordable and special needs housing.
Several CVF-funded projects were completed in 2006.
Habitat for Humanity - New York City rehabilitated the vacant property
at 703 East 156th Street in the South Bronx into eight units of lowincome condominium housing. The building itself is a handsome,
Romanesque Revival structure built around 1890. A $28,000 grant
helped to fund a new cornice.
The Progress of People’s Development Corporation, an affiliate of
Catholic Charities, had begun a $500,000 masonry stabilization project
on its property at 176 South 8th Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
During the process, it found that the building’s signature decorative
stone elements were cracked and deteriorated. Without funding, the
alternative was to remove the stones and fill in the area with stucco.
But a $20,000 grant allowed for the recasting and tinting of the stones,
preserving the elegant appearance of the property.
The pair of imposing buildings at 22-24 Mount Morris Park West in
Harlem were constructed together circa 1905 in the Renaissance
Revival style and are a prominent part of the Mount Morris Park Historic
District. The buildings were transferred from the City’s housing agency
to the nonprofit Settlement Housing Fund (SHF) under a City privatization program for renovation. When SHF began the project, only fragments of the dentiled cornice remained. Although not required to do so,
SHF wanted to replace the cornice in its original copper material at a
great expense. A $25,000 CVF grant helped restore the copper cornice.
The Emergency Preservation Grant Program directs its
resources toward immediately-needed work on historic properties owned by nonprofit organizations. Since 1999, the Program
has been supported by The New York Community Trust and has
underwritten more than $210,000. The Emergency Preservation
Grant Program used $41,100 to complete several distinctive projects this year.
Dating from the 18th century, King Manor in Jamaica, Queens is a
National Historic Landmark, a New York City Landmark, and listed in
the National Register of Historic Places. The dining room also boasts an
interior landmark designation by the City. The Historic House Trust of
New York has custody of King Manor and along with a local group, the
King Manor Association, operates it as a museum and historical center.
As a result of a plumbing leak, a section of the elegant dining room’s
plaster ceiling fell down in the spring. A $4,300 Emergency
Preservation Grant underwrote the cost of plaster repairs and painting,
as well as for the replacement of some broken windowpanes. The work
was completed over the summer.
Fleming House in Chelsea’s Historic District is a stately, seven-story
building constructed in 1855 as a pair of Italianate row houses, which
were altered and combined in 1929. Owned and operated by the nonprofit West Side Federation for Senior and Supportive Housing, it now
contains 34 congregate units which shelter 47 mentally ill, formerlyhomeless adults.
A Local Law 11 inspection in August to assess the stability of façade
materials found that the top-floor masonry was bulging as a result of
rusting structural steel. The Federation moved quickly to address the
problem: Within four months of their identification, masonry and steel
repairs totaling $23,000 were completed with the help of a $10,000
Emergency Preservation Grant.
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The new cornice at 703 East 156th Street, South Bronx
The landmark dining room of King Manor in Jamaica, Queens
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Preserving Upper Manhattan
Since its inception in 1999, the Upper Manhattan Historic
Preservation Fund (UMHPF) has supported 32 restoration projects above 96th Street with grants, loans, and project management. The Landmarks Conservancy operates this $4 million program on behalf of the Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone
Development Corporation. To date, UMHPF has produced a magnificent portfolio, comprised of 27 churches, two synagogues, a
mosque, a cast-iron fire watchtower, and a museum.
Two of UMHPF’s first recipients—Ephesus Seventh Day Adventist
Church and Holyrood Church—completed significant phases of
work in 2006. Both congregations utilized initial UMHPF money to stimulate larger fundraising for the cost of preservation work beyond the
maximum awards they received in 2000.
Holyrood Church is located on 179th Street in Washington Heights.
UMHPF funding underwrote $200,000 toward the $250,000 cost of a
new slate roof and drainage system, installed by Landmark Slate and
Copper Works. In the course of the roof project, architect Kaitsen Woo
brought to the Church’s attention the seriously deteriorated condition of
the exterior terra cotta. He recommended its restoration and replacement as immediately needed in the project’s next phase. Using
$750,000—almost all of its reserves—the Church itself financed the
terra cotta project. Work was completed by West New York Restoration
with new units fabricated by Boston Valley Terra Cotta.
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Ephesus Seventh Day Adventist Church is located on Malcolm X
Boulevard in the Mount Morris Park Historic District of Harlem. The
Church’s restoration needs date back to a 1969 fire that destroyed much
of the building’s interior and dirtied the exterior brownstone. The fire
also weakened the steeple so that the top had to be removed.
Although interior renovation quickly began, the Church could not
address the exterior work until receiving UMHPF funding in 2000.
Based on Conservancy recommendations, Ephesus chose the firm of
Page Ayres Cowley Architects to produce a phased master plan. The
plan called for the cleaning and repointing of the rusticated façades in
sections, restoring stained glass windows, repairing the roof and
drainage, and, lastly, replacing the top of the steeple. Several restoration contractors completed the plan over six years, at a total cost of
$2.1 million.
The Conservancy also recognized each of these projects with our Lucy
G. Moses Preservation Award—see opposite.
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Holyrood Church, Washington Heights
Ephesus Seventh Day Adventist Church, Mount Morris Park Historic District
Honoring Achievement
The Lucy G. Moses Preservation Awards are the Conservancy’s
highest honors for outstanding preservation efforts. Every year,
the awards recognize the preservation leaders, officials, organizations, owners, builders, architects, and craftspeople who
restore the beauty and utility of New York’s great architecture.
The Moses Awards are named for Lucy Goldschmidt Moses, a New
Yorker whose generosity benefitted the City for over 50 years. Mrs.
Moses and her husband, attorney Henry L. Moses, shared a wide range
of philanthropic interests, making many gifts to hospitals, universities,
parks, and cultural institutions.
Honoree Temple Emanu-El hosted the 16th-annual ceremony and close
to 400 guests attended to celebrate this year’s awardees.
We granted Moses awards to ten projects completed in 2006, ranging
from private homes to public institutions and from historic houses of
worship to icons of the City.
We honored several religious properties. Ephesus Seventh Day
Adventist Church in Harlem’s Mount Morris Park Historic District won
an award for persevering through a multi-phase restoration that took
three decades to complete. This 1897 church also has been a recipient
of a Robert W. Wilson Sacred Sites Challenge Grant. Holyrood
Church in Washington Heights was honored for carefully restoring
their failing terra cotta. Our host Temple Emanu-El, the world’s largest
synagogue, was lauded for undertaking an impeccable $25 million
restoration of its scintillating Art Deco interiors.
Grand Central Terminal and the Morgan Library & Museum, both
landmark institutions, were lauded for their good stewardship. MetroNorth Railroad has just completed a major exterior restoration of the
Terminal, to complement its famed interior restoration, which won a
“Lucy” in 1998. The Morgan restored its campus of three landmarks as
part of a bold expansion featuring a new entrance on Madison Avenue
leading to a major contemporary wing that is in harmony with its historic surroundings.
An award went to the owners of a Civil War-era, brick-and-brownstone
townhouse at 25 Grace Court in the Brooklyn Heights Historic District
for the impeccable restoration of this elegant residence.
Two unsung works of modern architecture were praised for painstaking
exterior restorations. Architect I.M. Pei’s Kips Bay Towers, built in
1957, presented a technical challenge in repairing the first cast-inplace reinforced concrete apartment buildings in New York. The 1940
residential complex with sleek Art Moderne storefronts at 240 Central
Park South also was thoroughly rehabilitated at a cost of $15 million.
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Grand Central Terminal façade
The Morgan Library & Museum
25 Grace Court, Brooklyn Heights Historic District
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Lastly, we honored a pair of highly unusual restoration projects that rescued very deteriorated landmarks. The 277-foot tall Parachute Jump
at Coney Island was erected in 1941 and closed a scant 28 years later
in 1969. It was dismantled, repaired, rebuilt, and fitted with dazzling
new night lighting by the City’s Economic Development Corporation. On
Roosevelt Island, The Octagon, a ruin dating from 1841, was reconstructed as the centerpiece of a new residential complex. Its remarkable flying staircase now leads to community space and offices of the
Roosevelt Island Historical Society.
We also honored a trio of individuals for their dedication to preservation in the fields of government, philanthropy, and advocacy.
Alexander B. "Pete" Grannis received the Moses Award for preservation leadership by a public official. He was formerly a distinguished
member of the New York State Assembly, representing Manhattan’s
Upper East Side and Roosevelt Island for 32 years. Renowned as a
leader on environmental and preservation issues, Mr. Grannis was
recently selected by Governor Spitzer to serve as Commissioner of the
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
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The Conservancy honored the extraordinary generosity of Robert W.
Wilson, who has partnered with us for over two decades and has funded a challenge grant program that has helped restore 35 churches
throughout the State, generating $105 million in restoration projects.
His was the first Moses Award given for philanthropic leadership.
The event culminated by honoring Henry Hope Reed for a lifetime of
preservation leadership by an individual. A true preservation pioneer,
Mr. Reed picketed the demolition of Penn Station, lobbied for the creation of the Landmarks Preservation Commission, popularized walking
tours, served as the first curator of Central Park, founded Classical
America, and authored a trio of seminal books on great public buildings
across the country.
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The illuminated Parachute Jump on Coney Island
Detail of the wood canopy over the pulpit at Temple Emanu-El
Detail of staircase, The Octagon on Roosevelt Island
Detail of exterior mosaic, 240 Central Park South
Celebrating Living Landmarks
The Conservancy recognizes New Yorkers who have made outstanding contributions to the City and honors them as Living
Landmarks at our fall gala. More than 430 guests joined us at the
landmark Cipriani 42nd Street on October 31 for the 12th-annual
Living Landmarks Celebration. The event raised $850,000, making
this our most successful gala ever.
Liz Smith once again hosted the evening and presented the awards to
the 2006 Living Landmarks:
Tom and Meredith Brokaw
Mario and Matilda Cuomo
Barry Diller and Diane von Furstenberg
Norman and Norris Church Mailer
Howard and Amy Rubenstein
The Conservancy is very grateful to Mimi Levitt for generously sponsoring the gala’s flowers and décor, to Elizabeth Stribling for underwriting
photography, and to Lloyd Zuckerberg and Charlotte Triefus for supporting Façades, the Living Landmarks gazette.
We are also grateful to Louise Kerz Hirschfeld for donating a trio of limited edition Al Hirschfeld prints for an online auction that coincided
with the gala.
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The Living Landmarks Class of 2006: Meredith Brokaw, Tom Brokaw,
Norman Mailer, Norris Church Mailer, Barry Diller, host Liz Smith,
Amy Rubenstein, Howard Rubenstein, Matilda Cuomo, and Mario Cuomo
Not pictured: Diane von Furstenberg
A Hirschfeld print of Living Landmarks Jerry Orbach and Sam Waterston
Living Landmark Peter Duchin and his orchestra set a lively mood for the
evening. Landmark Pete Peterson joined Smith as the gala’s co-chairs.
In honor of their late father, Beth Rudin DeWoody and Bill Rudin presented the Lew Rudin Award for Outstanding Public Service to Mario
and Matilda Cuomo.
Many of our Living Landmarks return to the gala each year to celebrate
the new honorees and enjoy the evening. This year we were pleased to
welcome back: Walter Cronkite, Peter Duchin, Ray Kelly, Mathilde Krim,
Mary McFadden, Arthur Mitchell, Joan Ganz Cooney and Pete Peterson,
Arnold Scaasi, Arthur Schlesinger, Mike Wallace, and, of course,
Liz Smith.
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Liz Smith and Joan Ganz Cooney
Mimi Levitt and Felice Ross
Elizabeth Stribling and Guy Robinson
Iris Love, Stephen Lash, Farran Tozer Brown,
Wendy Lehman Lash, and Elizabeth Tozer
Beth Rudin DeWoody, Arthur Mitchell, and Carol Craig
Judy Auchincloss and Brandon Fradd
Tom McCarter and Frannie Scaife
Mike and Mary Wallace
Marla Sabo, Frank Sciame, and Peg Breen
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Meade and David Fogel
Richard and Gloria Moylan
Dominique Richard and Alice Mason
Arie and Coco Kopelman
Louise Kerz Hirschfeld and Jonathan Kerz
Gwendolyn Widell and Leo Altschul
Living Landmarks
Betty Allen
Brooke Russell Astor
Louis Auchincloss
Harry Belafonte
Candice Bergen & Marshall Rose
Paul Binder & Michael Christensen
Bill Blass
Tom & Meredith Brokaw
David Brown
Helen Gurley Brown
Pat & William F. Buckley, Jr.
Hugh Carey
Betty Comden & Adolph Green
Barbara Cook
Joan Ganz Cooney
Walter Cronkite
Joseph F. Cullman III
Mario & Matilda Cuomo
Clive Davis
Philippe de Montebello
Barry Diller & Diane von Furstenberg
Peter Duchin
Anthony Drexel Duke
Ahmet Ertegun
Steve, Robert, Christopher & Tim Forbes
Brendan Gill
Whoopi Goldberg
Victor Gotbaum
Vartan Gregorian
Louise & Henry Grunwald
John Guare
Agnes Gund
Pete Hamill
Kitty Carlisle Hart
Marian & Andrew Heiskell
Al Hirschfeld
Linda & Morton Janklow
Peter Jennings
Philip Johnson
John Kander & Fred Ebb
Elaine Kaufman
Raymond Kelly
Edward I. Koch
Arie L. Kopelman
Mathilde Krim
Henry Luce III
Sirio Maccioni
Norman & Norris Church Mailer
Peter Martins
Mary McFadden
Arthur Mitchell
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Jerry Orbach & Sam Waterston
Gordon Parks
Peter G. Peterson
Joan Rivers
Laurance & David Rockefeller
Elizabeth Rohatyn
Felix Rohatyn
Howard & Amy Rubenstein
Lewis Rudin
Arnold Scaasi
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
Martin E. Segal
Bobby Short
Beverly Sills
Liz Smith
George Steinbrenner
Gloria Steinem
Elaine Stritch
Sir Howard Stringer
John L. Tishman
Thomas Von Essen
Barbara Walters
Mike Wallace
Harvey & Bob Weinstein
George C. Wolfe
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Supporting our Success
The New York Landmarks Conservancy’s unique preservation programs depend on
annual contributions from individual, corporate, and foundation supporters. Each year
we must raise over 75% of our operating budget from private sources. We are very
grateful for our partnership with all of you who care as much as we do about preserving New York’s historic architecture.
The Conservancy gratefully acknowledges the following donors who made gifts of
$100 or more in 2006. If any names have been listed incorrectly or omitted, please
accept our apologies and let us know how we may adjust our records.
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The restored Minerva statue on the façade of Grand Central Terminal, which received a
Lucy. G. Moses Preservation Award
Foundations, Corporations,
Public Agencies, &
Other Organizations
$100,000 and above
El-Ad Properties
The Robert W. Wilson Charitable Trust
$50,000 - $99,999
42nd Street Fund
New York State Council on the Arts
$25,000 - $49,999
Allen & Company Incorporated
Altman Foundation
The Ambrose Monell Foundation
The David Geffen Foundation
F.J. Sciame Construction Co., Inc.
Gerry Charitable Trust
The Hearst Corporation
Henry and Lucy Moses Fund, Inc.
IAC/InterActiveCorp
Lily Auchincloss Foundation
The New York Community Trust
Sony Corporation of America
The Starr Foundation
$15,000 - $24,999
David L. Klein Foundation
The Durst Organization
Hagedorn Fund
Newman’s Own, Inc.
Samuel H. Kress Foundation
Sotheby’s International Realty, Inc.
Stribling & Associates
Sugar Foods Corporation
Vornado Realty Trust
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$10,000 - $14,999
The Barker Welfare Foundation
Bloomberg
Boies Schiller & Flexner, LLP
Bovis Lend Lease, LMB, Inc.
Brookfield Properties
The Coca-Cola Company
Conde Nast Publications
Forbes, Inc.
Gladys and Roland Harriman Foundation
The Lucius N. Littauer Foundation, Inc.
The Marc Haas Foundation
New York State Department of State/
The Honorable Liz Krueger
The New York Times
The New York Yankees
The Overbrook Foundation
The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation
The Pincus Family Fund
The Reed Foundation, Inc.
Tishman Speyer Properties
$5,000 - $9,999
Adolph and Ruth Schnurmacher Foundation
Annenberg Foundation
Astoria Federal Savings Bank
Benjamin Partners, Inc.
The Blanche Enders Charitable Trust
Edith and Herbert Lehman Foundation, Inc.
Friedman & Gotbaum, LLP
Grolier Club
Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin
James A. Macdonald Foundation
May & Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, Inc.
Movado Group, Inc.
Newmark Knight Frank
The New York Times Company Foundation
Sony BMG Music Entertainment
$2,500 - $4,999
Barclay Investments, Inc.
Episcopal Diocese of New York
Gage Spencer & Fleming
Green-Wood Cemetery
GVA Williams
Harriet Ford Dickenson Foundation
The Howard Bayne Fund
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel, LLP
The Leon Levy Foundation
The Leonard & Evelyn Lauder Foundation
Massey Knakal Realty Services, Inc.
Northern New York Community Foundation
Philadelphia Stock Exchange
Rexford Fund
$1,000 - $2,499
Archer Daniels Midland Foundation
Atlantic Bank of New York
Brack Capital Real Estate Group
Building Conservation Associates, Inc.
Tonio Burgos & Associates
Capalino + Company
Chanel
Charina Foundation
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
Connelly McLaughlin Communications
Costas Kondylis & Partners, LLP
The Cowles Charitable Trust
Extell Development Company
FXFowle Architects, PC
Golden Family Foundation
The Gramercy Park Foundation
Greenwich Village Society for
Historic Preservation
Holtz Rubenstein Reminick, LLP
Hudson City Bancorp, Inc.
International Debutante Ball Foundation
Jan Hird Pokorny Associates, Inc.
LandAir Project Resources
M & T Bank
The Malkin Fund, Inc.
The Old Stones Foundation
Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker, LLP
Platt Byard Dovell White, Architects, LLP
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Robert A.M. Stern Architects, LLP
The Schoenfeld Foundation
Sidney & Judith Kranes Charitable Trust
The Sulzberger Foundation, Inc.
Wachovia Foundation
$500 - $999
Brewery Hill Block Association
CB Richard Ellis
Cooper, Robertson & Partners
Ford Foundation
Henry B. Plant Memorial Fund
Independence Community Foundation
Kaitsen Woo Architect, PC
Marilyn M. Simpson Charitable Trust
Nancy Rosen, Inc.
$250 - $499
Apple Bank
Fairfax & Sammons Architects, PC
Furthermore: a program of the J.M. Kaplan Fund
Graciano Corporation
The Library Company of Philadelphia
Mancini Duffy
The McGraw-Hill Companies
Raphael & Marks
Robert Silman Associates, PC
Seaboard Weatherproofing
$100 - $249
Brooklyn Heights Association, Inc.
The Cathedral of St. John the Divine
Citigroup Foundation
Friends of the High Line
Getty Research Institute
The J.P. Morgan Chase Foundation
Kepco + Inc.
Morris-Jumel Mansion
The New York Public Library
Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach
St. Philips Church
In-Kind Contributions
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
EverGreene Painting Studios
Cartier
Le Cirque/Sirio Maccioni
David Findlay Jr., Fine Art
Louise Kerz Hirschfeld
Chairman’s Award
The Conservancy’s annual Chairman’s Award recognizes a business leader or company that has demonstrated a commitment to
the preservation of New York’s historic buildings and neighborhoods. This is the first year we honored one of our own: attorney
Donald Oresman. Over 130 people gathered for luncheon at the
University Club on September 13 to honor Donald for his outstanding contributions to preservation.
Donald was one of our most influential board members, serving
the Conservancy for 26 years, including a term as Chairman from
1995-1997. From his early days on the barricades, fighting to preserve important historic buildings, Donald’s sharp mind and pragmatic approach set the tone for the Conservancy’s practical
approach to preservation.
above
Board Chairs past and present gathered to honor Donald Oresman
with our 2006 Chairman’s Award: Frank Sciame, John Belle,
Stuart Siegel, Donald Oresman,Jack Kerr, and Norton Garfinkle.
Invest in the Future of New York
By remembering The New York Landmarks Conservancy in your estate planning, you can ensure that New York’s historic buildings and neighborhoods will
remain a resource to be used and appreciated by generations to come. By supporting the Conservancy and our efforts to preserve the past, you are making
an investment in New York’s future.
If you or your financial advisor would like information about naming the
Conservancy in your will or designating the Conservancy a beneficiary of a
charitable trust, insurance policy, appreciated securities, or real estate, please
contact Daniel Vincent, Director of Development and Finance, at 212.995.5260
or danielvincent@nylandmarks.org.
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Individuals
Leaders ($50,000 and above)
Robert W. Wilson
Guardians ($20,000 - $49,999)
The Honorable & Mrs. Mario M. Cuomo
Leslie Danoff
Michael K. De Chiara, Esq.
Barry Diller & Diane von Furstenberg
Brandon Fradd
Alexandra & Paul Herzan
Holly Hotchner
Mark A. Leavitt
Mimi Levitt
Gerald M. Marshall
Paul Newman
Amy & Howard J. Rubenstein
Charles D. Rubenstein
Frank J. Sciame, Jr.
Stuart N. Siegel & Adeline Havemeyer
Elizabeth F. Stribling & Guy Robinson
Barbara & Donald Tober
Fellows ($10,000 - 19,999)
Mr. & Mrs. Justin Abelow
Mr. & Mrs. Roger C. Altman
Mrs. Mildred C. Brinn
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Brokaw
Joan Ganz Cooney & Peter G. Peterson
Katherine Farley & Jerry I. Speyer
Lynn Forester de Rothschild
Florence D’Urso
Susanne & Douglas Durst
Timothy C. Forbes
Norton Garfinkle & Sally Minard
Matthew Goldstein
Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Graham, Jr.
Nora Wren Kerr & John J. Kerr, Jr.
Marshall Rose & Candice Bergen
Mrs. Edmond J. Safra
Frances G. Scaife
Mr. & Mrs. John S.W. Spofford
George M. Steinbrenner III
Society ($5,000 - $9,999)
Oscar K. Anderson & Gillian Blake
Mrs. Walter H. Annenberg
William G. Bardel
Catherine Cahill & William Bernhard
Pamela Rubin Carter & Jon Carter
Susan R. Cullman & John J. Kirby, Jr.
O. Townsend Dann
Mrs. M.S. Davis
Annette & Oscar de la Renta
David Fogel
Patricia & John Forelle
Jane Hartley
Susan Henshaw Jones
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Mr. & Mrs. David Kurfess
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen S. Lash
Allison Simmons Prouty & Norman Prouty
Marla Sabo
Marc P. Schappell
Patricia & David Kenneth Specter
Lloyd Zuckerberg & Charlotte Triefus
Roy J. Zuckerberg
Benefactor ($2,500 - $4,999)
Timothy Allanbrook
John Belle, FAIA, RIBA
Farran Tozer Brown
Joan & Martin Camins
Maria Cuomo Cole & Kenneth Cole
Michael DelGiudice
Jennie & Richard DeScherer
Beth Rudin DeWoody
Mr. & Mrs. Earl H. Doppelt
Mr. & Mrs. Stuart P. Feld
Susan & Eli Gilbert
Margaret Brennan Hassett
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Tudor Jones
Stephen Kirschenbaum & Andrew Valentine
Arthur L. Loeb
Jeffrey H. Lynford
Virginia Manheimer
Bethany & Robert Millard
John Morning
Peter W. Olson
Alice M. Perlmutter
Marcia & Irwin Schloss
Martin E. Segal
Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon Solow
Richard Southwick
Joanne M. Stern
Shelby White
Circle ($1,000 - $2,499)
Art Barron & Alan Fields
Mr. & Mrs. Sid R. Bass
Paul Beirne
Kathryn McGraw Berry
Minor L. Bishop
David Brown & Helen Gurley Brown
Elizabeth A.R. & Ralph S. Brown, Jr.
Judith L. Chiara
Anne & John Coffin
Mr. & Mrs. Frederick M. Danziger
Philippe & Deborah Dauman
Kenneth Drucker
Nora Ephron & Nick Pileggi
Nancy & Robert Eskow
Marilyn & Ken Fahrman
Mr. & Mrs. Frederic B. Gershon
Peter Lattman & Isabel Gillies
William T. Golden
Toni K. Goodale
Tom Harvey
Mrs. Randolph A. Hearst
Gregory & Margaret Hedberg
Marian Heiskell
Sharon King Hoge
Linda & Morton Janklow
Mr. & Mrs. Ben Jenkins
Peter S. Kalikow
Mr. George S. Kaufman
Anne Keating
Arie L. Kopelman
Isabelle R. Leeds
Jeffrey Levine
Linda & Sandy Lindenbaum
The Honorable & Mrs. Earle I. Mack
Malcolm MacKay
Ms. Gigi Mahon
Mr. & Mrs. Peter L. Malkin
Mr. & Mrs. Edgar M. Masinter
Alice F. Mason & Dominique Richard
Martin J. McLaughlin
Jennifer McSweeney
Ronay & Richard Menschel
Roy R. & Marie S. Neuberger
Morton & Carole Olshan
Mr. & Mrs. George D. O’Neill
Roger & Janice Oresman
Mr. William O’Shaughnessy
Sarah Peter
Mr. & Mrs. Leon B. Polsky
Mr. & Mrs. John J. Pomerantz
Encarnita & Robert Quinlan
David Rockefeller
Jeffrey A. Rosen
Irving & Patricia Marand Salem
Arnold Scaasi & Parker Ladd
Sophia D. Schachter
Dr. & Mrs. Daniel Schapiro
Mr. & Mrs. Irwin Schneiderman
Charlotte Schoenfeld
Kay, Bill, Will and Meta Schrenk
Paul D. Selver, Esq.
Lisa & Bernard Selz
Mr. & Mrs. Ted Stanley
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Tribbitt
Helen S. Tucker
Kurt Vonnegut
Gwendolyn Widell
Baroness Mariuccia Zerilli-Marimo
Patrons ($500 - $999)
Mr. & Mrs. Henry C. Barkhorn III
Laurie Beckelman
Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey S. Borer
The Rev. Canon George W. Brandt, Jr.
Dee & Dickson Brown
Iris Cantor
Alfred C. Cerullo III
Douglas S. Cramer & Hugh Bush
Katherine Degn
Eva Dillon
Barbara Dudley
Diane Fisher
John & Christine Fitzgibbons
Cheryl Grandfield & Richard W. Dodd
Kenneth Griffin
Henry G. Hart
Richard Isserman
William Josephson
Mathilde Krim
Bernice K. Leber & David Rosenberg
Robert Levine
Stephen Massey
Kellie Melinda
Pauline C. Metcalf
Edward T. Mohylowski
Marian O. Naumburg
George Neuman
Anthony J. Newman
David Nissenbaum, Esq.
Jeffrey Nordhaus
Phyllis S. Oxman
Gregory Papadopoulos
Norman Pearlstine
Geri & Lester Pollack
Jennifer Raab
Emily K. Rafferty
Peter Rogers
The Honorable & Mrs. Felix Rohatyn
Rosalie T. Sayles
Dick and Linda Schapiro
Mr. & Mrs. Martin Scherzer
Ellen M. Seigerman
Carol Selle
Stephanie SenGupta
Arlene Shuler
Lauren Hochfelder Silverman
Charles & Szilvia Tanenbaum
Barbara Walters
Mark Wechsler
Jane Wenner
Richard J. Wilk
Francis H. Williams
Stuart C. Woods
Arthur Zitrin
Gail Erickson
Elizabeth C. Forster
Jacqueline Fowler
Ann-Isabel Friedman
Mr. & Mrs. Brian M. Gonick
Roberta Brandes Gratz
Arthur J. Greenbaum
Francis Greenburger
Vartan Gregorian, PhD
David Grogan
Joel S. Hoffman, Esquire
Helen Houghton
Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Hyatt
The Honorable & Mrs. Dennis Jacobs
Elise Jaffe & Jeffrey Brown
Phillip Kellogg
Thomas H. Kennedy
Susan Kerner
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey P. Klein
Sarah Bradford Landau
Edward F. Lyons, Jr.
Mr. James MacDonald
Marjorie Flannigan & Charles D. MacLachlan
Myra Malkin
Alice Manookian
Patricia McCormick
Thomas J. McGrath, Esq.
Lynden B. Miller
Sponsors ($250 - $499)
Kent Barwick
Matthew Bender IV
Victoria B. Bjorklund
Mary Brogan
Miriam Cahn
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Cassilly
Diana D. Chapin
Ethelyn A. Chase
Robert Clayton
Leonard Colchamiro
Ann Cynthia Diamond
Living Landmarks Reunion
Over 80 guests attended the Conservancy’s gala
kick-off party on October 18 at Living Landmark
Elaine Kaufman’s legendary restaurant.
New honorees Mario and Matilda Cuomo,
Norman and Norris Church Mailer, and Howard
and Amy Rubenstein were welcomed by past
Living Landmarks, including: Helen Gurley
Brown and David Brown, Walter Cronkite,
Ahmet Ertegun, Ray Kelly, Mathilde Krim, Mary
McFadden, Arnold Scaasi, Martin Segal, Liz
Smith, and, of course, Elaine herself.
The Reunion was generously underwritten by
Susan Cullman, Douglas Durst, Allison Prouty,
Frank Sciame, and Elizabeth Stribling.
row 1, left
row 1, right
row 2, left
row 2, right
row 3, left
row 3, right
Leith Ter Meulen and William P. Webber, Sr.
Liz Smith and Parker Ladd
Dr. and Mrs. Daniel Schapiro
Elaine Kaufman and Ray Kelly
David Brown and Helen Gurley Brown
Farran Tozer Brown, Marla Sabo, and
Susan Cullman
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Individuals continued
Mr. & Mrs. Philip Mindlin
Joel W. Motley
Milo M. Naeve
Matthew Nimetz, Esq.
Mary McGarry & Stanley Okula
Dr. Lida Orzeck
Valerie Paley
Nancy & Otis Pearsall
Anne Perkins
Marnie & Don Pillsbury
Dana Points & Mark Satlof
Erica Reiner
Mr. & Mrs. William D. Rifkin
Robert A. Silver, M.D.
Saw-Teen See & Leslie Robertson
Nikki Scheuer
Thomas F. Schutte
Emmy Lou Sleeper
Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin F. Stapleton III
James Storrow
Mr. & Mrs. Lee Vance
Mr. & Mrs. Avrom S. Waxman
John Williams
Robert S. Williams
Jan & Eric Woglom
George W. Young
Advocates ($100 - $249)
Margarita Torres Selim Alphandery
Marsha K. Anderson
Rabbi Marc Angel
Anonymous
Charlotte Armstrong
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald R. Atkins
Dr. Sarah Auchincloss
Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Baer
Vincent Benic
Alvin Berr
Richard S. Berry
Madalen A. Bertolini
Keith H. Bigger
Louis H. Blumengarten
Richard Burlage
Lorenzo Burrows
Richard T. Button
Paul S. Byard, FAIA
Jay E. Cantor
Steven Trent Cappel & Katherine H. Fritts
Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Carlson
Wanda Chin
Mrs. Gilmore D. Clarke
Michael A. Cooper
Marina Couloucoundis
Arlene Dahl
Suzanne Davis
John A. di Domenico
Mary Dickas
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Brian K. Donovan
Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Douglass
Jamie Drake
Bruce W. Eaken, Jr.
Adam O. Emmerich
Peter M. Engel
Richard Estes
Patricia H. Falk
Kate Flanagan
Barbara G. Fleischman
Richard Frey & Janet Lardis Frey
Lewis Friedman
Stephen Friedman
Edward P. Gallagher
Ronald M. Gold, ASA
Herbert B. Goldberg
David Goldfarb
Mr. & Mrs. Steven Hall
Steve Marc Hankin
Chris Harris & Elizabeth Parrilli
Marjorie & Gurnee Hart
Mr. & Mrs. Morrison H. Heckscher
Kirk Henckels
Paul Herther
Peter Hochschild
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph C. Hoopes, Jr.
James W. Hundley III
Sarah F. Hunnewell
Walter Alexander Hunt, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. Huxley
Anna Jeffrey
Howard E. Johnson
David A. Katz & Cecilia T. Absher
Elizabeth W. Kearns
Dr. Richard Kelisky
Kristina Kelker
Irma J. Kennedy
Rose Kenny
Reverend John H. Walsted /
Reverend Gerald Keucher
Edna M. Konoff
Robert Kornfeld
Phyllis B. Lambert
Richard Leibner
Mr. & Mrs. Edwin Deane Leonard
Lynn Lieberman
Stuart W. Little
Maura C. Lockhart & James M. Lukenda
Mr. & Mrs. Walter Loeb
Amira Luikart
Ken Lustbader
Mr. & Mrs. Timothy MacDonald
Marc Magid
Ellen Washburn Martin
Peter J. Mayer
Katherine McAuliffe & Jay Kriegel
Ann Bell McCoy
K. C. McDaniel
Lisa Meyer
Roger Michaels
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Miesner
Ann H. Milne
Susan Weis Mindel
Dorothy Marie Miner, Esq.
Richard E. Mooney
Maura Moynihan
Louis Newman
Scott Newman
Cesar Neyra
Erika W. Nijenhuis & Christian Bastian
Craig Notte
Norman Odlum
Mr. & Mrs. Sidney Offit
Mr. & Mrs. Everett H. Ortner
Virginia Parkhouse
Nicholas & Carol Paumgarten
Marjorie Pearson
Angela Phelan
Michael Phillips
Pauline Badham Pinto
Percy Preston, Jr.
Donald & Ilona Quest
Elizabeth Nisbet & Dale Reynolds
Clifford Richner
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Riggs
Michael D. Riley
Louise Rogers
Alice L. Rohrbacher
Bret E. Russell
Andrew Russell
Mr. & Mrs. Anthony D. Schlesinger
Katherine Schoonover
Jane F. Scovell
Patricia Bakwin Selch
Felice Shea
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph E. Silverman
Grant G. Simmons, Jr.
John J. Slain
Susan W. Stachelberg
Mr. & Mrs. Andrew P. Steffan
David A. Stein
Martha Roby Stephens
Sally E. Svenson
Susan Talbot
Jack Taylor
Neal X. Twomey
Mr. & Mrs. William B. Warren
John P. Waugh
John Conrad Weiser
Mr. & Mrs. John Pettit West III
Nada & David Westerman
William O. Wheatley, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. John Wilcox
Barbara Wriston
Wolodomyr Wronskyj
Joan Yatsko
June Yuson
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Zucker
Real Estate Circle
Society
Brookfield Properties
Friedman & Gotbaum, LLP
Newmark Knight Frank
Stribling and Associates
Tishman Speyer Properties
Benefactor
GVA Williams
Massey Knakal Realty Services, Inc.
Vornado Realty Trust
Patron
Brack Capital Real Estate Group
Mr. & Mrs. Peter L. Malkin
Associate
CB Richard Ellis
Ed Tristram Associates, Inc.
Kinnaird Fox
GMAC Real Estate, IPG
New York Building Congress
Annette Petrusa
Raphael & Marks
S. W. Management, LLC
Slater & Beckerman, LLP
Professional Circle
Benefactor
Beyer Blinder Belle Architects and Planners, LLP
Patron
AKRF, Inc.
Timothy Allanbrook/Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc.
Green-Wood Cemetery
Jan Hird Pokorny Associates, Inc.
Rusk Renovations, Inc.
Schtiller & Plevy, Inc.
The Stephen B. Jacobs Group
Zubatkin Owner Representation, LLC
Conservancy Circle Tours
Our Real Estate, Professional, and Conservancy Circle members
are invited to exclusive behind-the-scenes tours of restoration
projects throughout the year.
A special series of tours of Roosevelt, Governors, and Ellis
Islands took place in the spring.
We first toured the renovation of The Octagon on Roosevelt
Island. The Octagon was opened in 1841 as the country’s first
municipal lunatic asylum. The hospital closed in 1955, and the
building fell into neglect. The Octagon was listed on the National
Register of Historic Places in 1972, but its survival remained in
doubt for decades. The property has now been brought back to
life as a luxury residential building, and its signature flying staircase and majestic cupola have been rebuilt.
The Conservancy has been deeply involved with the campaign to
preserve the beautiful historic buildings and landscapes on
Governors Island. This little-seen former military outpost offers
a wonderful opportunity for preservation, open space, and recreation. Circle members had a private tour of the historic core of
the Island, highlighted by Castle Williams and Fort Jay—two
massive forts built for the War of 1812—as well as the campuslike officers’ quarters.
Conservancy Circle members had a hard-hat tour of the rarelyseen former hospital buildings on the South Side of Ellis
Island. The buildings have recently been stabilized at a cost of
$9.45 million. The Conservancy helped begin the stabilization
process in 1997. The tour was led by Don Fiorino, Historical
Architect for the National Park Service, and Judy McAlpin,
President of Save Ellis Island, Inc.
below
Our tour of The Octagon on Roosevelt Island
Associate
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Acheson Doyle Partners
Air-Flo Window Contracting Corp.
Alexander Antonelli Architects, PLLC
All County Restoration, Inc.
Altieri Sebor Wieber, LLC
Anita Bartholin Brandt Architects
Apple Restoration
Architectural Interior Maintenance, Inc.
Artistic Doors and Windows, Inc.
Atkinson Koven Feinberg Engineers
Bareau Designs
Belisle Ancestral Doors and Windows
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Professional Circle continued
Bell Donnelly Architects and Planners
Bertolini Architectural Works
Ryan-Biggs Associates, PC
Leo J. Blackman Architects
Francoise Bollack Architects
Lee Borrero, Architect
Bovis Lend Lease
Bresnan Architects, PC
Building Conservation Associates, Inc.
Burda Construction Corp.
Cityproof Corp.
Leonard Colchamiro Architects, PC
Diane Collins Design
Concord Painting, Inc.
Cook + Fox Architects
Cooper, Robertson & Partners
Costas Kondylis & Partners, LLP
Crawford & Stearns, Architects
Cultural Resource Consulting Group
Curtis + Ginsberg Architects, LLP
Cutsogeorge Tooman & Allen Architects, PC
David D. Harlan Architects, LLC
De Groot Historical Restoration, Inc.
Deerpath Construction Corp.
di Domenico and Partners, LLP
Mary B. Dierickx Architectural
Preservation Consultants
Domingo Gonzalez Associates
Douglas J. Lister Architect
Lisa Dubin, Architect
East End Wood Strippers, Inc.
Edward Kamper Associates
Eipel Barbieri Marschhausen, LLP
Marie Ennis, PE
Evelyn Tully Costa Designs, LLC
EverGreene Painting Studios, Inc.
F.M. Pucci and Associates, Ltd.
Facade Maintenance Design, PC
Fairfax & Sammons Architects, PC
Farewell Mills Gatsch Architects, LLC
Ferguson & Shamamian Architects, LLP
Fifty Three Restorations, Inc.
FiveBoro General Contracting &
Mand Restoration Co.
Flickinger Glassworks, Inc.
Franco Remodeling Corp.
Franke, Gottsegen, Cox Architects
Donald Friedman/Old Structures Engineering, PC
Fuller and D’Angelo, PC
FXFOWLE Architects, PC
Robert F. Germain, PE, PC
The Gil Studio, Inc.
Gilsanz Murray Steficek, LLP
Gladding, McBean & Company
Glass & Glass, Architects
Gluck New York, Inc.
Ludwig Michael Goldsmith, AIA
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Alexander Gorlin Architects
Goshow Architects, LLP
Grand Renovation, Inc.
The Hall Partnership Architects, LLP
Charles H. Henkels, Architect
Scott Henson, Architect
Higgins & Quasebarth & Partners, LLC
Holland & Heim, Inc.
Homestead Chimney, Inc.
Interior Alterations Inc.
Jablonski Berkowitz Conservation Inc.
Jamie Gibbs & Associates
Jeffrey Berman Architect
John G. Waite Associates Architects, PLLC
Joseph K. Blum Co., LLP
Marilyn Kaplan Preservation Architecture
Karp Associates Inc.
Holly Kaye
Michael A. Kaye, Esq.
The Kibel Companies, LLC
Mary Knackstedt
Mitchell Kurtz Architect, PC
J & R Lamb Studio, Inc.
LandAir Project Resources
Landmark Facilities Group, Inc.
Lee Harris Pomeroy Associates
Les Metalliers Champenois Corp.
Levien & Company, Inc.
LFA Architects
Li/Saltzman Architects, PC
Robert E. Lister, PE
M & L Steel Ornamental Iron Corp.
Mancini Duffy
Manhattan Brownstone, Inc.
Marcus Rosenberg & Diamond, LLP
Midtown Preservation, PC
Charles Miles Construction Corp.
Mirage Studios, Ltd.
Daniel P. Moran
Craig Morrison, Architect
Murphy Burnham & Buttrick Architects
NEDMI - Kolbe + Kolbe
Wood Windows & Doors
Nelson & Edwards Company Architects
Neuhaus Design Architecture, PC
New York City Brickwork Design Center
Nicholson & Galloway, Inc.
Norfast Consulting Group, Inc.
Ohlhausen DuBois Architects, PLLC
Page Ayres Cowley Architects, LLC
Paragon Restoration Corporation
Mariann G. Perseo, Esq.
Peter Marino Architect, PLLC
Jean Parker Phifer, AIA
Platt Byard Dovell White, Architects, LLP
PreCon LogStrat, LLC
Premier Restoration Technologies
Preservation Design Group
Pro So Co, Inc.
Quennell Rothschild and Partners, LLP
Rambusch Decorating Company, Inc.
Rand Engineering and Architecture, PC
Renfro Design Group, Inc.
James W. Rhodes, FAIA
Richard Baronio & Associates
Robert A.M. Stern Architects, LLP
Robert Silman Associates, PC
Danielle Roberts Interiors
Robinson Contracting, Inc.
Roger Ferris + Partners, LLC
Rohlf’s Stained & Leaded Glass Studio
Trix Rosen Photography
Rothzeid Kaiserman Thomson & Bee, PC
Russel Watsky, Inc.
Kathryn Scott Design Studio
Seaboard Weatherproofing
Walter Sedovic Architects
Sieg Design & Construction Assoc., Inc.
Julie L. Sloan
Specter DeSouza Architects, PC
Star Metal Inc.
William Stivale - Building Conservator
Sunlites Stained Glass
Superstructures
Swanke Hayden Connell Architects
Taconic Builders Inc.
TMT Restoration Consultants, Ltd.
Tobin + Parnes Design Enterprises
Traditional Line, Ltd.
Universal Builders Supply, Inc.
Urban D.C., Inc.
Van Buren Contractors, Inc.
VDA
Vertical Access, LLC
Victor Rothman for Stained Glass
Vigneau & Associates Architects, LLC
Walter B. Melvin Architects, LLC
Watertrol, Inc.
Weidlinger Associates, Inc.
West New York Restoration of CT, Inc.
Westerman Construction Co., Inc.
Wireless EDGE Consultants, LLC
WLA Engineering, PC
Kaitsen Woo Architect, PC
The Woodstone Company
The Woodworks Company, Ltd.
Linda M. Yowell Architects
Special Events
The Conservancy hosts unique events for our supporters throughout the year, ranging from guest lectures to receptions in some of
the City’s most intriguing historic spaces.
Living Landmark Sirio Maccioni held a special reception in our
honor at the new Le Cirque in June. Over 160 supporters attended, including Living Landmarks Helen Gurley Brown and David
Brown, Ahmet Ertegun, Vartan Gregorian, Mathilde Krim, Arthur
Schlesinger, Elaine Stritch, and Liz Smith, who welcomed the
crowd and thanked Sirio for his longtime support.
In December, we were given a private preview at David Findlay
Jr., Fine Art of a new exhibition, Richard Haas: The Original
Maquettes for the New York Public Library DeWitt Wallace
Reading Room Murals. Mr. Haas was on-hand to discuss his
historical scenes of New York City landmarks, and historian
Justin Ferate added insights.
right
detail, Richard Haas, Newspaper Row-City Hall
Acknowledgements
The New York Landmarks Conservancy would like to thank the
architects, contractors, consultants, and colleagues who helped
make our work a success in 2006.
A. Malek Contracting
Absolute Masonry, Inc.
Alfred Karman, Architect
Arteco & Design Restoration Corp.
Brend Renovation Corp.
Gale Brewer, City Council Member
Burda Construction Corp.
Cecil King Stone & Restoration
Cetra/Ruddy Incorporated
Chermayeff & Geismar Studio
Curtis + Ginsberg Architects, LLP
Cutsogeorge Tooman & Allen Architects, PC
William Dailey, Building & Zoning Consultant
Danois Architects
Walter Dufresne, Architectural Photographer
The Reverend David W. Dyson
Franny Eberhart
Easton Architects, LLP
Fame Construction, Inc.
Thomas A. Fenniman, Architect
Sheldon S. Friedman, Esq.
Greater Jamaica Development Corporation
Hage Engineering, PC
Hall Partnership
Heights Historic Window and Door
Jablonski Berkowitz Conservation
Joseph Pell Lombardi & Associates
Holly Kaye
Lexicon Communications
Douglas J. Lister, Architect
Jan W. Maas
Richard C. Mugler Co., Inc.
Notias Construction, Inc.
Nova Restoration of NY, Inc.
NY Finestra
Mariann G. Perseo, Esq.
PreCon LogStrat, LLC
Preserv, Inc.
Progeny Restoration Corp.
Prospect Cemetery Association of Jamaica Village
Robert Silman Associates, Inc.
Linda B. Rosenthal, New York State Assemblymember
Sigma Contracting Corporation
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Frank S. Smith Architect, PC
Superstructures Engineers + Architects
The 3LG Design Studio
Thornton-Tomasetti
Urban D.C.
The Reverend Robert J. Whelan
Kaitsen Woo Architect, PC
W. S. Renovation, Inc.
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Financial Statements
Statement of Activities
Year Ended December 31, 2006
Support and Revenue
Contributions
Government grants
Other grants
New York City Historic Properties Fund, Inc. reimbursement
Investment return used for operations
Program services income
Sub-tenant rental income
Contributed services
$ 2,651,860
86,180
157,324
331,492
359,199
21,461
45,958
232,920
Total Support and Revenue
$ 3,886,394
Program
Administrative
Development
$ 2,904,720
480,509
602,088
Total Expenses
$ 3,987,317
Expenses
Support and Revenue over (under) Expenses
Non-operating Activities
(100,923)
Non-operating investment return
Net loss on disposal of leasehold improvements
430,706
(8,513)
Change in Net Assets
321,270
Net Assets, Beginning
Net Assets, Ending
$ 8,737,844
$ 9,059,114
Statement of Financial Position
December 31, 2006
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents held for other agencies
Prepaid expenses and other assets
Investments
Pledges receivable
Due from New York City Historic Properties Fund, Inc.
Property and equipment, net
$ 1,012,497
178,793
51,509
8,450,773
465,000
33,733
170,360
Total Assets
$10,362,665
Liabilities
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
Grants payable
Rent payable
Due to New York City Historic Properties Fund, Inc.
Amounts held for other agencies
Total Liabilities
Net Assets
Unrestricted
Undesignated
Board Designated
Total Unrestricted
Temporarily Restricted
Permanently Restricted
Total Net Assets
Total Liabilities and Net Assets
$ 28,172
895,410
74,977
126,199
178,793
$ 1,303,551
$
651,857
4,188,828
4,840,685
1,315,361
2,903,068
$ 9,059,114
$10,362,665
A copy of the complete audited financial statements for 2006 may be obtained upon written request from
The New York Landmarks Conservancy, One Whitehall Street, New York, NY 10004.
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Board of Directors
Advisory Council
Staff
Frank J. Sciame, Jr. Chair
Allison Simmons Prouty, Esq. Vice Chair
Elizabeth F. Stribling Secretary
Lloyd P. Zuckerberg Treasurer
Peg Breen President
Laurie Beckelman
Kathryn McGraw Berry
The Reverend Canon George W. Brandt, Jr.
Joan O. Camins
Michael K. De Chiara, Esq.
Peter Duchin
Brandon Fradd
Norton Garfinkle
Clark P. Halstead
Margaret Brennan Hassett
Holly Hotchner
Parker Ladd
Ronald S. Lauder
Malcolm MacKay
Marjorie Flannigan MacLachlan, Esq.
Sherida Paulsen
Robert C. Quinlan
Peter Quinn
Arnold Scaasi
Liz Smith
Joanne M. Stern
Donald G. Tober
Karen Ansis
Manager,
New York City Historic Properties Fund
and City Ventures Fund
Justin Abelow
Oscar K. Anderson III
William. G. Bardel
John Belle, FAIA, RIBA
William L. Bernhard
Farran Tozer Brown
Paul S. Byard, FAIA
Pamela Rubin Carter, Esq.
Anne Coffin
Susan R. Cullman
Douglas Durst
Mr. Stuart P. Feld
David L. Fogel
John M. Forelle, Esq.
Robert C. Graham, Jr.
Paul K. Herzan
Susan Henshaw Jones
John J. Kerr, Jr., Esq.
Stephen Kirschenbaum
Stephen S. Lash
Mimi Levitt
John Morning
Frederic S. Papert
Marla Sabo
Frances Scaife
Marc P. Schappell
Stuart N. Siegel
David Kenneth Specter, AIA
Veronica Ball
Associate Director of Development
John Chaich
Manager of Communications
Jen Datka
Development Associate*
Marci Fiedler
Development Associate
Ann-Isabel Friedman
Director, Sacred Sites Program
Ronald C. Goewey
Bookkeeper*
Andrea Goldwyn
Fund Program Coordinator,
New York City Historic Properties Fund
Alex Herrera
Director, Technical Services Center
Robert Irving
Accounting Manager
Roger P. Lang
Director, Community Programs and Services
James J. Mahoney
Fund Program Coordinator,
New York City Historic Properties Fund
Elizabeth McTigue Taylor*
Manager, Grants and Technical Services
Stephen Nesbit
Office Manager
and Assistant to the President
Lucy Roche
Associate Director of Development*
Amy Sullivan
Manager of Events
L. Daniel Vincent
Director of Development and Finance
*2006
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