ANNUAL REPORT 2015 Contents from the President

ANNUAL REPORT 2015 Contents From the President

From the President 2 Dear Friend of the Conservancy:

Speaking Out for Preservation 3 The New York Landmarks Conservancy joined in the citywide celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the City’s Landmarks Law this year. Ironically, while panels, exhibitions and award celebrations hailed the Law’s achievements and contributions, signiﬁcant threats to preservation emerged. Providing Technical Expertise 15 The Conservancy contributed to the celebrations with a panel at the Morgan Library in May that decided New York has room for both preservation and development. Later that month, our Sacred Sites Open House Preserving Sacred Sites 23 Weekend brought some 3,000 people into historic houses of worship.

Our Chairman’s Luncheon honored the Metropolitan Transportation Authority for restoring and incorporat- Funding Historic Properties 31 ing the historic Corbin Building into the new Fulton Transit Center in Lower Manhattan. We also honored architect Robert A.M. Stern for his leadership on issues ranging from designating more modern buildings, Assisting Nonprofits and the Public Sector 35 to protecting the landmark Four Seasons Restaurant from inappropriate alterations; and for his encyclope- dic series of books on one hundred years of the City’s architecture. In December, we held a dinner honoring former early board member James Wolfensohn for his key role in the Conservancy’s first project: finding a Honoring Excellence 37 new use for the former U.S. Custom House on Bowling Green. On the other hand, it took a concerted effort by Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, the Conservancy, Celebrating Living Landmarks 40 and our colleague groups, to convince the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) not to toss out 95 buildings and sites the Commission had let linger on the books without a decision. LPC listened, holding hearings on all 95, and the Conservancy testified on each one. LPC will announce which of these they will Tours and Other Events 43 designate early next year.

The Mayor proposed a citywide upzoning that would upend forty years of community planning and hard Our Supporters 47 earned height limits, to allow taller buildings in contextual districts throughout the City. These districts often overlap with historic districts, which could also face out of scale development. While the administration linked this to “affordability” there was no requirement that affordable units be built and no accounting of Financial Statements 53 currently affordable units that could be lost. We consistently testiﬁed against the scheme.

Board of Directors, Advisory Council, and Staff 54 The City did succeed in upzoning Vanderbilt Avenue, across from Grand Central Terminal, and getting ap- proval for a mammoth 1,500’ foot new tower at Vanderbilt and 42nd Street. It will replace a lovely Warren and Wetmore designed building that complemented the Terminal. The Yale Club and Roosevelt Hotel, both distinguished buildings on Vanderbilt Avenue, could now be threatened.

The Conservancy was part of a group tasked with zoning and other recommendations for a larger portion of Midtown East. While the group asked the Landmarks Commission to move ahead with designating build- Our Mission ings in the area, LPC did not. The final recommendations also allow taller buildings in return for transit improvements. This will lessen the impact of a recommendation that all landmarks within the study area be allowed to transfer air rights. And landmark buildings will have to turn over a portion of any air right The New York Landmarks Conservancy is dedicated to preserving, revitalizing, and reusing New York’s architecturally significant buildings. Through pragmatic sale to the City. leadership, financial and technical assistance, advocacy, and public education, the Conservancy ensures that New York’s historically and culturally significant buildings, streetscapes, and neighborhoods continue to contribute to New York’s economy, tourism, and quality of life. The City Council proposed a bill that would set time limits on LPC deliberations and prevent any building LPC did not landmark from being considered again for five years. The Conservancy did not oppose reason- able time limits but argued against the five-year moratorium. The Council postponed action on the bill. We responded to the sponsors’ requests for input and hope to continue discussions when the bill is brought back. On the Cover While public policy issues dominated the year, our financial and technical programs continued to assist left column property owners. We loaned and granted more than $1.9 million for restoration projects. New Wood Cornice at 52 South Oxford St. - Fort Greene, Brooklyn One big lesson of the year is that, while we think the benefits of preservation are obvious, we have to Corbin Building, Lower Manhattan continue to make the case. The Conservancy hired PlaceEconomics in Washington, D.C. to do a first-ever Wavertree Ship, South Street Seaport comprehensive look at the many areas where preservation has helped New York’s economy, tourism, and Angel of Light, First Unitarian Congregational Society, Brooklyn Heights quality of life. We’ll promote the results next year. right column Smithfield Presbyterian Church, Amenia Green-Wood Cemetery Chapel, Brooklyn Park East Synagogue Stained Glass Detail, Manhattan General Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen Detail, Manhattan Peg Breen, President

PUBLIC POLICY - As we celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Landmarks Law and the remarkable achievements of preservation, we were also vigilant in safeguarding the Law and New York’s outstanding architecture from a series of proposals, originating in the public and private sectors, which would diminish our heritage. The Conservancy delved into the intersection of preservation, planning, and politics, where threats to our finest buildings were more ambiguous than that of a wrecking ball, but just as dangerous. We worked to improve proposed zoning changes that would have encouraged a generation of demolitions, and pushed back against legislation that would confine the Landmarks Preservation Commission’s (LPC) activities for the next half-century. We held the LPC accountable for its “backlog” of sites that deserved a public hearing, and commented on proposals before the agency that would chip away at the integrity of historic districts. At every step of the way, our advocacy was informed by the support of New Yorkers, who added their voices to the fight that we all share: protecting and preserving the City’s landmarks. Pier 17, Tin Building - South Street Seaport, Lower Manhattan South Street Seaport

Since our earliest days, the Conservancy has had a special role in the evo- lution of the Seaport. Our ﬁrst Chair, Brendan Gill, supported the founding of the Seaport Museum and the designation of the Historic District, and we have testiﬁed in public many times on alterations to buildings within the District.

The Seaport is composed of about 120 buildings that date back to the early nineteenth century and of piers that were the wellspring of commerce essential to New York’s history. It is a low-scale oasis built on a human scale that connects us to our past. At its heart is the South Street Seaport Museum, housed in its historic buildings, and with a collection of both artifacts and historic vessels that are the City’s last link to the commercial maritime history that fueled New York’s economic success.

In 2015, a plan to transform this historic enclave into a bland shopping center pierced by a luxury condo high-rise raised concerns among Conservancy board and staff. Board member Stuart Siegel convened a special Task Force of the Public Policy Committee to focus on a development plan comprised of a tower that would have overshadowed the District, the installation of South Street Seaport Museum - Schermerhorn Row, Lower Manhattan some 70 units of affordable housing within the 1830s Schermerhorn Row buildings, and a reduction of the Museum. Limits on Landmarks The Task Force met several times, convening South Street Seaport shareholders and initiating a public exchange with the City and the developer, The Conservancy testified at a City Council hearing on a bill which would seeking to understand the complicated series of leases that govern the set time limits on Landmark Preservation Commission (LPC) designations. District and the Seaport Museum, and how that relationship would affect The legislation would require LPC to vote on individual landmarks within Speaking Out for Preservation the future of the Seaport. one year of proposing them and give two years for historic districts. The bill would also prevent the agency from bringing back items for five years if it The Conservancy also testified in public twice on Seaport issues. At a missed that deadline. While the Conservancy was not against deadlines, Community Board meeting, we questioned whether the developer appreci- we requested that: “In an ever-changing city, we constantly need to fight to preserve our unique architectural ated the unique qualities of the Seaport, and asked again for a full accounting of its plans. At a Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) hearing • The proposed deadlines of one year for designating individual landmarks and cultural history. That’s why the New York Landmarks Conservancy has been so critical we testified against the demolition of the Link Building and Head House and two years for historic districts should be extended by at least a year. Building at the western end of Pier 17, the retail center that is supposed to in our efforts to preserve both buildings and districts that animate that heritage. The be the economic engine of the District. While these buildings are not from • Exceptions for unforeseen events should be included. the Seaport’s period of significance, their design was approved by the LPC results of your thoughtful advocacy are spread throughout New York City, and in every to complement more historic structures. Their removal would create a loca- • The five-year moratorium on reconsidering items that have not been com- tion to move the historic Tin Building, before plans for its redevelopment pleted by the deadline be abandoned. The moratorium would prevent the historic building and neighborhood that has been preserved for future generations.” were complete. The Commission approved the demolitions. LPC from fulfilling its core mission, and along with the deadlines, could be used to delay designation and allow ample time for demolition. Following heavy pressure from advocates and a lack of support from elected officials, the developer decided to abandon the tower, but the future of At the hearing, Council Member David Greenfield, who chairs the Land Use the Seaport is by no means assured. The character of the historic buildings Committee, indicated that, based on input from advocates and electeds, City Council Member Daniel R. Garodnick - and the South Street Seaport Museum are a natural magnet to attract New there would be some changes to the bill, including some exceptions to Yorkers and tourists, and they must be strengthened to ensure the area’s the deadlines and a reduced moratorium. The Conservancy will be working Midtown Manhattan Skyline future economic viability. In 2016, the Conservancy will be monitoring plans with the Council and LPC to amend the bill in 2016. for the Tin Building and continuing to support the Museum. 4 Zoning for Quality and Affordability and Mandatory Inclusionary Housing Midtown East

The Conservancy was a critical voice against these two City-wide zoning The Conservancy has argued that ZQA would overturn basic planning Plans for Midtown East rezoning continued in two phases: Vanderbilt Avenue buildings calendared in 2013, and to act on any other additional sites. proposals, which the Mayor and Department of City Planning rolled out principles that protect neighborhoods such as: contextual zoning height and the larger area. The Conservancy’s Public Policy Committee met sev- in tandem. Zoning for Quality and Affordability (ZQA) would change the limits; the Sliver Law, which prevents narrow buildings that are taller eral times to view plans for One Vanderbilt, a tower approximately 1,500 The plan to require developers to purchase rights from landmarks will provide building envelope parameters in the dozens of contextual districts found than adjacent buildings; the long-held distinctions between narrow and feet tall, set to go up across the street from Grand Central Terminal. The financial support for their owners and should create an incentive for owners in all boroughs. It would increase heights, and in some cases, increase wide streets; and the preferences for open space in rear yards, including Committee found the tower’s glass-clad, asymmetrical base to be inharmoni- of buildings under consideration for designation. The recommendations are floor area ratios (FAR), which determine building bulk. These changes light and air. We questioned the Draft Environmental Impact Statement, ous with its landmark neighbor. Regarding the proposal to upzone the full complex, but essentially set a formula where sites are awarded the potential would take place despite the years of work that residents, elected offi- which claimed that the proposal would have no impact on historic re- stretch of Vanderbilt, they raised concerns about other properties which for additional development based on several criteria, including proximity to cials, and City Planning staff put into creating and passing the contextual sources since it is not expected to induce development, even though the the Conservancy believes are landmark worthy, including the Yale Club, 52 transportation or location on an avenue; then the owners can obtain the floor districts. The stated goal of the plan is increased affordable housing, but plan’s intent is to increase development, and warned of the pressure that Vanderbilt, and the Roosevelt Hotel. area ratio (FAR) in exchange for completing MTA-approved transit improve- the plan provides no such guarantees. the Landmarks Commission will be under to approve out-of-scale new ments or by purchasing them directly from landmarks owners. construction and additions in historic districts with contextual zoning. We testified on the Vanderbilt Avenue proposal at the Community Board, City Mandatory Inclusionary Housing (MIH) would create a framework that Planning Commission and at the City Council, which approved the proposal. The East Midtown Steering Committee released its final recommendations would apply in future rezonings, requiring affordable housing in new devel- We criticized this massive plan and its one-size-fits-all approach for At the final vote, local Council Member Daniel Garodnick requested that the in October. They included a call for the LPC to “calendar and designate as opments. While increased affordable housing is a laudable and necessary each of New York’s unique communities. It did not provide any guaran- Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) consider designation of landmark- landmarks as many historic resources as it deems appropriate and do so no goal, the framework created income requirements that would render many tee for an increase in affordable housing, but would encourage market quality buildings along Vanderbilt Avenue and across Midtown East. later than the certification date of the rezoning of Greater East Midtown.” rate units, so we asked for an analysis of the expected numbers of new In addition to the protections that designation would offer, it is critical for apartments unavailable to current residents. The plan ensures that afford- market rate units, new affordable units, and the numbers of existing The East Midtown Steering Committee met throughout 2015 to consider zon- the City Planning Department to know how many development rights will be able housing will only be achieved at the cost of enormous new market-rate stabilized and affordable units that could be lost to demolition. At both ing changes for the larger area. The Conservancy went into this process with available from landmarks as it finalizes the plan. LPC has indicated that it will housing development, which will change neighborhood scale and context. hearings, we questioned why these two plans are receiving less than two goals: the designation of several landmarks and enhanced protections act, but has not given a timeline for designation. the full seven-month Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP) that for historic buildings. The first goal received the endorsement of the Steering We spoke out against the plans at a Department of City Planning can be required for the rezoning a neighborhood or even one lot, and Committee and its co-chairs, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer and The Department of City Planning is expected to release a rezoning proposal scoping session, and at hearings of the Manhattan Borough President requested a longer, more appropriate time frame for review. Council Member Garodnick, who have pressed the LPC to vote on the five based on the recommendations in 2016. Gale Brewer and the City Planning Commission. The vast majority of Community Boards across the City opposed both of the plans, as did the The City Council is expected to hear these proposals in early 2016. Borough Boards. All five of the Borough presidents opposed ZQA and all but MBP Brewer opposed MIH.

Hypothetical Development Under ZQA (AIRS/LTC) 7-story (75ʼ) Mixed-Use Building - 40ʼ rear yard 15ʼ ground floor commerical base and six (6) residential floors above 3.9 FAR

Maximum Allowables Max FAR: 3.9 Streetwall Height: 40ʼ- 65ʻ Max. Allowable Building Height - 85ʼ Max Building Height: 85ʼ 65ʼ Building Height - 75ʼ 60ʼ

Building Height - 50ʼ Existing Adjacent Context Buildings - Overbuilt at 3.2 FAR

Yale Club of New York City - 50 Vanderbilt Avenue, Manhattan

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Hypothetical Analysis Site: 826 Manhattan Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11222

Lot Dimensions: 42ʼ wide x 100ʼ deep Currently Built: 1-story commerical use (bank) Current FAR: 0.95

The Conservancy commissioned a report from BFJ Planning that analyzed the impacts of Zoning for Quality and Affordability (ZQA) and Mandatory Inclusionary Housing (MIH). This illustration shows potential developments under ZQA in the Greenpoint Historic District. One Vanderbilt Tower Rendering, View From Bryant Park Roosevelt Hotel - 45 East 45th Street, Manhattan 5 6 6 We also spoke in support of designating the Renken Dairy Building Landmark Designations (580 and 582-84 Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn) for a second time. The 1932 Renken Building is a fine example of the commercial Moderne style on a Riverside Drive -- West End Avenue Historic District Extension II thoroughfare where 19th century architecture and new construction are The Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) designated the final stretch more typical. The Dairy Building’s intact light brick façade contrasts with of West End Avenue in June, but only after carving out nearly 10% of the darker brick horizontal bands, which connote the streamlined quality of district as originally proposed. The agency removed more than twenty Moderne. Details include a historic entryway with original lettering and buildings along Broadway, and took out some side streets altogether. We signage on the side façade. Along with a nearby garage building that still welcomed the completion of an initiative to unite all of West End Avenue bears the Renken name, the Dairy is a charming reminder of an earlier pe- under landmark protection, but found that the process was deeply flawed. riod for this section of Brooklyn. The Landmarks Preservation Commission While it is not unusual for the LPC to change boundaries, there was little voted to designate both buildings. prior notice or detailed explanation as to why a large number of buildings were suddenly excluded, and there was no opportunity for public testimony. The Conservancy supported designation of the Stonewall Inn as an individual landmark. The Stonewall Inn was the birthplace of the Stonewall The Conservancy had testified on this designation, which received over- Rebellion and a site critical to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender whelming political and public support when it was first heard in 2011. (LGBT) history. The building, while already included within the Greenwich Renken Dairy Building - 580 and 582-84 Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn At that time, the Real Estate Board of New York specifically asked that Village Historic District, deserves an additional layer of recognition, as Broadway be excluded. This vote rebuked the lengthy and detailed work the District designation preceded the significant historic events at the of the agency’s own staff, who researched and recommended the original Stonewall, which are not included in the designation report. Individual boundaries and then worked with building owners in a series of community landmark status will ensure that features of the building associated meetings and one-on-one for years. The Commission also ignored a long list with the era of the Stonewall Rebellion will receive protection from the of elected officials who asked that those boundaries remain intact, includ- Landmarks Preservation Commission, especially if there are future appli- ing U.S. Congressman Jerry Nadler, New York State Assembly Members W. 102nd Street - Part of Riverside Dr. - West End Ave. Historic District Extension II cations for substantial alteration. The Conservancy applauded this des- Daniel O’Donnell and Linda Rosenthal, Manhattan Borough President Gale ignation and hoped that it would be the first of many recognizing mile- Brewer, New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito and local stones in LGBT history and in other recent cultural movements significant Council Member Helen Rosenthal. to New Yorkers. Conservancy staff supported the designation of the Corbin Building Conservancy staff supported designation of the Mount Morris Park (11 John Street) as an individual landmark. In the aftermath of 9/11, Historic District Extension. Twenty years ago the Conservancy re- the Conservancy, along with colleague organizations, formed the Lower tained Andrew Dolkart to produce the successful nomination to extend Manhattan Emergency Preservation Fund. The Fund distributed grants for the boundaries of the Mount Morris Park National Register district. restoration work, participated in the Section 106 process that saved the Decades have gone by, but the core of the extension remains much the Survivor’s Staircase at Ground Zero, and commissioned a survey of Lower Stonewall Inn - 53 Christopher Street, Greenwich Village, Manhattan same. As stated in the nomination, it features “a significant concentration Manhattan’s historic resources. Among the many historic structures threat- of architecturally distinguished nineteenth and early twentieth century ened with demolition, the Corbin Building was one of the finest. We un- residential design…” The six blocks of the extension still feature intact dertook an advocacy campaign, successfully nominated it for listing on the streetscapes composed of these buildings. Many are exceptionally fine State and National Registers of Historic Places, and brought in engineers examples of Queen Anne, Romanesque Revival, and Neo-Renaissance to assess its structural stability and determine that it could be adapted for row houses, with original scale, massing, materials, and decorative ele- reuse as part of the Fulton Transit Center. ments. While the majority of the National Register extension is included in this proposal, we regretted that several blocks, including most of the This building merits designation for both its history and its exemplary archi- north side of 123rd and all of 124th streets were excluded. The loss of tecture. The 1889 “skyscraper” was the first tall office building by Francis buildings on these and nearby blocks has only sharpened the need to des- Hatch Kimball, architect of a series of major structures in Lower Manhattan. ignate the extension, so that the Commission can provide owners there As the National Register for Historic Places nomination notes, Corbin “was Corbin Building - 11 John Street at Broadway, Lower Manhattan with the same protection and guidance demonstrated in the original dis- designed as an artistic statement, with high quality materials on the street trict. The Landmarks Preservation Commission designated the extension façades and exceptional ornamental highlighting.” The brownstone and in September. brick façades feature elements derived from the Francois Premier style of early 17th-century France. Kimball, who was a pioneer in the use of architectural terra cotta, deployed it exceptionally well here at fine arches, belt Speaking Out on Issues courses, cornices and parapets, all festooned with richly textured figurative Mount Morris Park Historic District Extension Throughout 2015, proposals for alterations to individual landmarks and and geometric decoration. The LPC voted to designate Corbin. new construction within historic districts came before the Conservancy’s Public Policy Committee and staff, who reviewed these plans, lead- In June the Conservancy staff testified on two individual landmarks in ing to statements at public agencies. These statements reflect the Brooklyn, which the Commission heard in 2013, but then convened a sec- Conservancy’s position that there is room for preservation and growth ond round of hearings. As previously, we supported designation of the across the City. Henry and Susan McDonald House (128 Clinton Avenue, Brooklyn). Built in 1853-54, it is an excellent example of a freestanding Italianate The Conservancy testified in support of a proposal to restore the lobby wood frame house with Greek Revival details. While buildings such as of the Time Life Building, an interior landmark at 1271 Avenue of the this were not uncommon on Clinton Avenue and in this section of Brooklyn, Americas. The Public Policy Committee deemed that this proposal to re- they are more typical south of Myrtle Avenue. This building is fortunate to place the terrazzo floor and glass tile ceiling to match the original fabric; retain much of its historic fabric, including the projected bracketed eaves removal of walls, relocation of an entrance, and removal and installation and full porch. The House is a contributing building to the Wallabout of furniture and security equipment would improve the overall appear- National Register Historic District, and paired with a neighboring land- ance of the lobby, by removing cluttered furniture and equipment that had mark, the Greek Revival 1836 Lefferts-Laidlaw House (136 Clinton Avenue,) been installed in a piecemeal fashion, and replacing the floor and ceiling it creates a fascinating window into pre-Civil War history of Brooklyn, and Henry and Susan McDonald House - 128 Clinton Avenue, Brooklyn material to match the original, without the patches and seams that had deserves landmark designation. accreted over many years. The Commission approved this application. Time Life Building and Lobby - 1271 Avenue of the Americas, Manhattan 7 8 We had a mixed response to a proposal to restore and alter 378 West End Avenue and to replace the neighboring existing building at 260 West 78th Street Backlog with new construction. Both buildings are in the West End Collegiate Historic The Conservancy joined our preservation colleagues and Manhattan District Extension. They are adjacent to the 1892 individual landmark West End Borough President Gale Brewer in presenting a plan to the Landmarks Collegiate Church, which owns and is developing both properties. We sup- Preservation Commission (LPC) to address its list of “backlog” sites. ported the restoration work at 378 WEA and suggested that a visible two-story These were the nearly 100 buildings and districts that the Commission rooftop addition be reduced to maintain the consistency of visible flat rooflines had placed on its calendar but never took a vote, some going back to that is a hallmark of the District. We did not oppose demolition of the existing the 1960s. Late in 2014, LPC had proposed simply removing all 100 in 1967 building along 78th Street, and found some aspects of the proposal, such an administrative action, without a hearing or a vote on the merits. as lovely decorative elements at the windows and a materials palette, to be very Following a strong backlash, the agency reconsidered, and eventually compatible with the neighboring Church; however, we found the height, scale, outlined a process that closely followed what the advocates had sug- and massing to be problematic, as the highly-visible south-facing façade would gested: a series of special hearings, organized by borough, with every tower over and nearly abut West End Collegiate. We called for a more appro- site getting its day in public. priate building for this location, which would be lower and somewhat simpler, maintaining the existing footprint, with a similar areaway separating it from the The Conservancy was one of the few organizations that testified on all Church. The Landmarks Preservation Commission approved the application. West End Collegiate Church - 260 West 78th Street, Manhattan 65 Schofield Street, Bronx of the sites at the four hearings in October and November. We testified on the following, and supported most; opposition is noted in the We did not support the plan to construct a glass rooftop addition at Union Square’s list, which is organized in the order of the LPC hearings held (borough, Tammany Hall. We found the proposal for a 30-foot glass dome would neces- then community district). The LPC has stated that it will make its list sitate removing intact historic fabric at the original slate roof. The new dome of priorities for designation public in early 2016 and vote on those would be highly visible from many vantage points and would treat the landmark priority sites by the end of next year. as its base, altering the proportions of this classical structure. The Landmarks Preservation Commission approved a modified version of this proposal. BRONX 1. Immaculate Conception Church, 378 East 151st Street We raised concerns regarding a proposal to alter the plaza and base of 28 Liberty Street (Former One Chase Manhattan Plaza Manhattan). Skidmore, 2. 65 Schofield Street Owings, and Merrill returned to their 1964 landmark to craft a plan that would have inserted glass panels all along the recessed black granite base and raised 3. Samuel D. Babcock House, 5525 Independence Avenue corners of the flat 2-1/2 acre plaza. We were concerned that the glass, along with anticipated signage and lighting for the retail use, would create a visual 4. 6 Ploughman’s Bush Building cacophony. Instead, we asked the Landmarks Preservation Commission to work with the architects to find a more consistent treatment for the base and recon- 5. First Presbyterian Church, 730-736 East 225th Street sider the raised elevations at the plaza in order to align with the original design Tammany Hall - 100 East 17th Street, Manhattan 183-195 Broadway Building - Williamsburg, Brooklyn intent. The Commission approved a modified version of this proposal. BROOKLYN 1. 183-195 Broadway Building, 183-195 Broadway We supported an application for a Certificate of Appropriateness for 118 West 76th Street, a house that had been featured on the Conservancy’s website as 2. Williamsburg Trust Co. Building (Ukranian Church in Exile/Holy part of our Endangered Buildings List, which chronicled buildings that faced Trinity Cathedral), 177 South 5th Street threats such as neglect or abandonment, despite landmark designation. Of all the buildings across the five boroughs, this is the one that inspired the most 3. St. Barbara’s Roman Catholic Church, 138 Bleecker Street phone calls and emails, from the neighbors and from potential homebuyers or investors, all amazed that a beautiful landmarked building was in such dete- 4. St. Augustine’s Roman Catholic Church and Rectory, riorated condition. We commended those neighbors for their continued interest 130 6th Avenue (49 Sterling Place) and thanked Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer and her staff, for helping bring the sale to fruition, so the building could be stabilized and restored, 5. Lady Moody-Van Sicklen House, 27 Gravesend Neck Road and once again make a positive contribution to its neighborhood. The Landmarks Preservation Commission voted to approve the application for a rooftop addition 6. Green-Wood Cemetery, 500 25th Street and alterations to the rear façade. 7. Coney Island Pumping Station, 2301 Neptune Ave 28 Liberty Street, Proposed NW Corner Rendering, Lower Manhattan Green-Wood Cemetery Chapel, 500 25th Street, Brooklyn The Public Policy Committee objected to a plan for a lot adjacent to Marble Collegiate Church at 1 West 29th Street, where Moshe Safdie designed QUEENS an 800-foot tall glass-clad tower that would utilize air rights from the Church 1. Old Calvary Cemetery Gatehouse, Gale & Greenpoint Avenues and another neighboring landmark, Gilsey House. While the Committee supported restoration work on the landmarks, it found the tower’s stone-clad 2. Fairway Apartments, 76-09 34th Avenue base, which would align with the Church, to be bland and inharmonious, and the materials and details of the tower incompatible with the masonry and 3. Spanish Towers (10 buildings), Jackson Heights cast iron buildings of the block. The Landmarks Preservation Commission did not take a vote, but asked the architect to rethink the design. 4. Lydia Ann Bell and J. Williams Ahles House, 39-26 213th Street

The Conservancy testiﬁed against the proposal for a six-story addition to 1143 5. Pepsi Cola Sign, Long Island City Fifth Avenue, a seven-story building in the Carnegie Hill Historic District. The architect of the 1922-23 red brick building was J.E.R. Carpenter, who designed it in 6. First Reformed Church and Sunday School of College Point, a neo-Federal style. We found that the addition would be out-of-scale and would 118-09 14th Avenue render the historic building merely as a base, and that it was clearly inappropriate in terms of scale, proportion, and placement. The Landmark Preservation 7. Bowne Street Community Church, 38-01 Bowne Street Commission directed the architects to come back with a new proposal. Tower Rendering, Marble Collegiate Church Six-story Addition Rendering 8. Douglaston Historic District Extension Pepsi Cola Sign - Long Island City, Queens 9 1 West 29th Street, Manhattan 1143 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan 1010 STATEN ISLAND 8. James McCreery & Co., 801-807 Broadway 1. Sailors’ Snug Harbor Historic District 9. 138 Second Avenue 2. Curtis House, 234 Bard Avenue 10. Hotel Renaissance/Columbia Club, 4 West 43rd Street 3. Muller House, 200 Clinton Avenue 11. Osborne Apartment Building Interior, 205 West 57th Street 4. Woodbrook (The Jonathan Goodhue House), 304 Prospect Avenue 12. Empire Theater, 236-242 West 42nd Street 5. Garner Mansion, 355 Bard Avenue 13. Union Square Park 6. St. Mary’s Church, Rectory and Parish Hall, 347 Davis Avenue 14. Liberty Theater, 234 West 42nd Street 7. St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church and Rectory, 1107 Bay Street 15. Lyric Theater (Individual and Interior), 213 West 42nd Street 8. St. John’s P.E. Rectory, 1331 Bay Street Curtis House - 234 Bard Avenue, Staten Island Excelsior Power Company Building - 33-43 Gold Street, Manhattan 16. New Apollo Theater Interior, 215-223 West 42nd Street 9. Cunard Hall, Wagner College, 631 Howard Avenue 17. Selwyn Theater Interior, 229-231 West 42nd Street 10. Sunny Brae House, 27 Colonial Court 18. Times Square Theater (Individual & Interior), 215 W. 42nd St. 11. 92 Harrison Street House 19. Victory Theater (Individual & Interior), 207 West 42nd Street 12. School District #3 Building, 4108 Victory Boulevard 20. Bergdorf Goodman Building, 754 Fifth Avenue 13. Nicholas Killmeyer Store and Residence, 4321 Arthur Kill Road 21. Sire Building, 211 West 58th Street 14. Lakeman House, 2286 Richmond Road 22. Edgar J. Kaufman Interiors, 809 United Nations Plaza 15. Fountain Family Graveyard, Richmond and Clove Roads 23. St. Michael’s Episcopal Church, 227 West 99th Street 16. Richmond County Country Club, 135 Flagg Place Vanderbilt Mausoleum, Moravian Cemetery - 2205 Richmond Road, Staten Island 24. 412 East 85th Street Edgar J. Kaufman Interiors - 809 United Nations Plaza, Manhattan 17. Vanderbilt Mausoleum, Moravian Cemetery, 2205 Richmond Rd 25. St. Joseph’s Church, 401-403 W 125th Street 18. St. Paul’s M.E. Church, 7558 Amboy Road 26. President Chester A. Arthur House, 123 Lexington Avenue 19. 3833 Amboy Road 27. 150 East 38th Street House 20. 6136 Amboy Road 28. D.G. Yuengling Brewing Co. Complex 21. 5466 Arthur Kill Road House 29. YMCA Building, Harlem Branch, 181 West 135th Street 22. 122 Androvette Street House 30. St. Paul’s Rectory, 113 E 117th Street 23. Dorothy Day Historic Site, 457 Poillon Avenue 31. St. Paul’s Church and School, 121 East 117th Street 24. Brougham Cottage, 4746 Amboy Road 32. Loew’s 175th Street Theater, 4140 Broadway Prince’s Bay Lighthouse and Keeper’s House - Hylan Blvd, Staten Island St. Michael’s Episcopal Church - 227 West 99th Street, Manhattan 25. Prince’s Bay Lighthouse and Keeper’s House

MANHATTAN 1. 57 Sullivan Street

2. 2 Oliver Street

3. IRT Powerhouse, 11th Avenue at West 58th & 59th Streets

4. Mission of the Immaculate Virgin West, 448 W. 56th St.

5. Excelsior Power Company Building, 33-43 Gold St.

6. 143 Chambers Street Building

7. 315 Broadway

IRT Powerhouse - 11th Avenue at West 58th & 59th Streets Loew’s 175th Street Theater - 4140 Broadway, Manhattan YMCA Building, Harlem Branch, 181 West 135th Street 11 12 TECHNICAL EXPERTISE - The New York Landmarks Conservancy’s Mount Morris Fire Watchtower, Marcus Garvey Park, Manhattan Technical Services Department provides countless hours of one-on-one ad- The landmark fire watchtower was dismantled and crated as the first step vice and technical assistance to building owners throughout the City. From in what will be its restoration and reconstruction. The structure was taken site visits to referrals, we do whatever we can to answer specific questions down over a period of months. The pieces were individually inspected and about building repairs and rehabilitations. We also help owners understand recorded by engineers from the firm of Thornton Tomasetti prior to being the New York City landmarks regulatory process by explaining the stan- placed in special crates that will be stored in a secure storage vault on dards involved in each repair and the steps needed to acquire a permit from the grounds of Fort Totten in Queens. The dismantled pieces will be stored the City. Technical Services helps regular people understand how historic only for the length of time needed for the City to complete its procure- preservation affects them, and we offer practical recommendations that ment process and award the contract for the restoration work. The City address a wide variety of questions and issues. Parks Department has assured us that the funding for the preservation and re-installation of the fire watchtower is in place. The Harlem community, fearful that their much loved watch tower will be lost, is keeping a very Project Guidance Highlights watchful eye on the process. We are helping them make sure that everyone keeps their promises and that the landmark will return to its place on NY State Pavilion, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens top the Mount Morris acropolis no later than the end of 2017. Fortunately The Conservancy has been involved in the cause to save the New York the dismantling process went smoothly and no collapse or loss of material State Pavilion since last year. We have supported local groups and the occurred. Queens Borough President’s office in pushing forward the restoration and exterior lighting of the original 1964 World’s Fair structures in Flushing The watchtower was built in 1855 on a rocky outcropping in what was Meadows Corona Park. Philip Johnson designed the Pavilion in 1963. It then known as Mount Morris Park, now known as Marcus Garvey Park. is a grand reminder of the Fair and its era. After many meetings and much It is a four-tiered cast iron structure with a central spiral staircase and an planning, the Borough President announced in early May that the repainting octagonal lookout. A large bell was used for alerting the various local fire of the pavilion structures would commence in the summer of 2015. Thanks companies. It is the only surviving nineteenth century fire watchtower in to an anonymous donor and to a local union of professional painters, all the City. the originally painted elements of the structures were prepared, primed, and painted. The original color, a bright yellow hue, was recreated. The repainting is crucial to the preservation of the steel structure and will ar- rest the rust and deterioration that was visible on the massive ribs and ring elements of the buildings.

The other project that we hope can begin soon is the architectural lighting of the towers. Tests were conducted and a plan developed. Now the funding needs to be raised.

The Renaissance Casino and Ballroom, Manhattan After pleas from the Harlem community to help save at least some portions of the Renaissance Theater and Casino, the Conservancy hired engineer Ed Meade, from Silman Associates, to look at the buildings and produce a conditions report. The site, on Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard between 137th and 138th Streets, is slated to be cleared and a new building to be built. The owners, BRP Development, have told us that they have reconsidered their architectural design and have told the community that they are willing to save at least some portions of the historic façade and incorporate them into the new structure. But they have also stated that the majority of the buildings are too deteriorated to salvage.

Conservancy staff and Meade visited the site on February 13 and performed Providing Technical Expertise a visual inspection and evaluation of the buildings. Meade’s report con- Fire Watchtower, Marcus Garvey Park, Manhattan cludes that at least the street façades of both the north and south buildings could be stabilized and incorporated in to a new building. It does stipulate “ that the northern building appears in more fragile condition than the south- We’re grateful to the Landmarks Conservancy for serving as our fiscal agent as People for ern one. the Pavilion sought its official status as a nonprofit organization with the IRS and the State The southern building was built first and included a theater on the rear por- of New York. They also worked closely with the Queens Borough President’s office to test tion of the lot that has been demolished; the northern building was built a few years later and contained a large multi-purpose ballroom and upstairs various lighting schemes for the Pavilion.” restaurant. Together they were the premier black event space in the city. During the Harlem Renaissance, all of the legendary names of the jazz age performed at the Renny including Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington and Count - Matthew Silva, Co-founder Basie. They were once under consideration to become landmarks but were People for the Pavilion never designated. It was our hope, and that of the community, that significant elements of the existing building could have been preserved and incorporated in to the new building as a reminder of this site’s importance to the cultural and social history of Harlem and the country. Unfortunately the building was demolished in March and only certain decorative ele- New York State Pavilion, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens ments are to be incorporated into the new façades. The Renaissance Casino and Ballroom, 2341-2359 Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Blvd, Manhattan 14 Former Smallpox Hospital, Roosevelt Island Apple Bank for Savings, 2100 Broadway, Manhattan The Conservancy has had a long history with the Smallpox Hospital, also The Conservancy holds a preservation easement on this property, which known as The Renwick Ruin, near the southern tip of Roosevelt Island. The means that we need to review all proposed alterations before the Landmarks last major conservation campaign took place nearly ten years ago. At that Preservation Commission can issue a permit. Originally the building housed time the ivy overgrowing the walls was cut down and all the walls that the Central Savings Bank. It was built in 1926-28 and designed by the firm were at least fairly structurally sound were stabilized in place. A central of York and Sawyer in the style of a Renaissance Palazzo. The ironwork is by portion of the north wall, which engineers found was leaning severely, Samuel Yellin Studio. It is an Individual Landmark and one of the finest his- was taken down stone by stone. The stones were numbered and stored on toric banks in New York. It is one of the few historic bank buildings that still site. Likewise parts of the projecting, stepped cornice were taken down, functions as a bank. Apple Bank for Savings wants to make the interior more the stones numbered, and stored on site. The balance of the ruin was welcoming, especially to older customers and is proposing a new ramp up stabilized with steel trusses and cables. to the south entrance as well as a self-opening door. There are several other changes proposed such as changing the operation of historic iron doors from The Four Freedoms Park Conservancy, which runs the adjacent FDR memo- swinging in to sliding back. Other changes include adding ATM’s to the side rial, wishes to finish the stabilization and restoration of the ruin. They plan reveals on either side of the entry. The existing ATM location on the north to build a new visitor’s center within the open walls of the ruin. But first, side of the building has been a problem for the bank due to vandalism, va- the site needs to be studied and the ruin fully stabilized. Four Freedoms grants, and a perception by the public that it is unsafe. After careful review Apple Bank for Savings, 2100 Broadway, Manhattan issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) in early August to several architectural of the plans, the Conservancy found that the proposed alterations were in firms for a proposal to prepare a detailed site, historic preservation, and keeping with the special historic character of the building and that they meet stabilization-related report. The project is in part funded by the New York the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Historic Preservation. State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation through Title 9 of the Environmental Protection Act of 1993. The Conservancy was con- Gould Memorial Library, Bronx Community College, Bronx tacted by Four Freedoms and asked to take part in a Selection Committee The Technical services director visited the great domed library and inspected Former Smallpox Hospital, Roosevelt Island to review and rate the responses received. The Conservancy reviewed all the damage done to the interior by leaks coming from the dome and its sur- the submissions in detail and chose the top five candidates and conveyed rounding base and skylights. The building, designed by Stanford White and that information to Four Freedoms to assist them in their selection process. built from 1894 to 1912 is one of the treasures of NYC. It is the centerpiece of the campus that was built as the uptown home of New York University Four Seasons Restaurant, 99 East 52nd Street, Manhattan (NYU). In the 1970’s when NYU was at the brink of bankruptcy, the City The owner of the Seagram Building proposed alterations to the Four bought the grounds and created the Bronx Community College. The beauti- Seasons restaurant. Part of the changes called for the replacement of the ful campus boasts many architecturally significant buildings from a variety entry canopies to both the Four Seasons and the Brasserie restaurants. of periods including ones by McKim Meade & White, Marcel Breuer and The traditional opaque canvas roof panels were to be replaced with new Robert A.M. Stern. The College is seeking advice about fundraising for the transparent roof panels. Because the Conservancy holds a preservation major work that will be required to restore the great domed structure. The easement on the exterior of the Seagram Building, the canopy alterations Conservancy was invited to take part in a committee chaired by Sam White need to be reviewed and approved by the Conservancy before being con- and including representatives from the college, CUNY, and the architects sidered by the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC). We met with involved in the current and future phases of restoration. We will continue to the project architect, Annabelle Selldorf, who explained the details of the advise and assist the college about this and hopefully other projects. change. After the presentation we rejected the proposal and suggested Gould Memorial Library, Bronx Community College - 2155 University Avenue, Bronx that the canvas roof be replaced in kind. The canopies were meant to be secondary entrances and were meant to be different from the much taller and grander glazed canopies leading to the main lobby. Additionally, the entry sequence to the Four Seasons was intended to contrast the light- filled dining level with the windowless entry level. The canopies were never intended to have transparent roofs. That portion of the proposal was Four Seasons Restaurant Entrance, Seagram Building - 99 East 52nd Street, Manhattan therefore eliminated. The proposed interior changes drew many speak- ers to the Landmarks Commission’s public hearing. In addition to the Conservancy, a host of distinguished individuals and organizations spoke in opposition to the interior changes. Among these was Phyllis Lambert, who commissioned Philip Johnson to design the restaurant. Our easement does not cover any part of the interior although the Conservancy does have Proposed 500-Room Hotel Project - TWA Terminal, JFK Intl Airport, Queens title to the two hanging Lippold sculptures in the Grill Room. TWA Terminal, JFK International Airport, Queens Bartow Pell Mansion, Bronx The review of the proposed project at JFK airport incorporating the landmark TWA Flight Center concluded with the final meeting of the Redevelopment The Historic House Trust informed the Conservancy that they have noticed Advisory Committee (RAC) July 16th in Manhattan. The members of the RAC, including the Conservancy, had asked for modifications to the newest pro- floor settlement along the east and west walls of the first floor double posal to build two new hotel buildings on the sliver of land between the landmark terminal and the Jet Blue terminal. A similar scheme was approved by parlors and the second floor bedrooms of the landmarked Bartow Pell the RAC in 2014 but unfortunately that hotel developer backed out of the deal citing a change in direction for their business. The prior scheme called for mansion in the Bronx. They asked for our assistance in finding an engi- 300 hotel rooms. The new scheme proposed by a different hotel developer, calls for 500 rooms making the new buildings bulkier and taller. All the local neer to take a look and prepare a conditions report and to help fund the consulting parties recommended a decrease in bulk and height but the Port Authority and its developer partner did not change the proposal. As a result report. We reached out to Old Structures engineering who has visited the all the private local parties opposed the design as presented. Now the Advisory Council for Historic Preservation (ACHP), which arbitrates these Section site and conducted a thorough inspection that included the opening up of 106 reviews when needed, will step in to accept or modify the proposal. Two senior staffers from the ACHP attended the July meeting. probes to look at the underlying problems in the floor construction. The report indicates that there is considerable rot at the ends of several floor The ACHP is an independent federal agency that promotes historic preservation and oversees other federal agencies in matters involving historic re- joists that are supported by pockets in the masonry wall. These joists will sources, including Section 106 reviews. In this case, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is the lead federal agency. ACHP advises the President need to be replaced or sistered with new joists. The repair work was ex- and Congress on national historic preservation policy. The agency’s head is appointed by the President. Their offices are in Washington DC. The Advisory ecuted during a period of weeks when the house was closed to the public. Council’s most recent letter Dated July 16, 2015, agreed with the local preservationists on matters discussed at the last meeting. Since then, we have Bartow Pell Mansion - 895 Shore Road, Bronx not heard what the final outcome is. As soon as we do, we will inform the Board.

15 16 Sailors and Soldiers Monument, Riverside Park, Manhattan 177 Montague Street, Brooklyn The Conservancy partnered with the Riverside Park Conservancy to raise This individually landmarked bank, designed by York and Sawyer, was funds for a conditions report and conservation study that would analyze built in 1915 as the home of the Brooklyn Trust Company. The Conservancy in detail the current state of the landmarked 1902 Soldiers and Sailors holds an easement on this building and has been supervising the ongo- Monument. The white marble monument is one of the finest Beaux Arts ing restoration work of the three principal façades. The project involves memorials in the city. Dedicated to the Union soldiers and sailors who the adaptive reuse of the building’s upper stories. Over the early fall, fought in the Civil War. the masonry façades underwent cleaning and repair to certain small areas. New windows were installed. The scaffolding came down in April Meetings with officials at the Department of Parks, Recreation and Historic and the overall restoration looks magnificent. Over the past two months Preservation confirmed that a detailed conditions report is needed by the details such as the repair and repainting of the Renaissance style wall Parks staff to obtain capital funds for the monument’s restoration. We lanterns, the repair and repainting of the ornate window grilles and were told that no public funds were available to fund such a report, there- entrance doors have been completed. The project is almost finished. fore the support of the Landmarks Conservancy and other private groups was crucial. The last meaningful repairs occurred in the 1960’s. Today, the Old Guard Headquarters, 307 West 91st Street, Manhattan white marble is stained and in many areas painted with grey paint to cover The Old Guard of the City of New York is a veteran’s organization founded in up graffiti. Many of the mortar joints are open allowing water to penetrate 1833 as The New York Light Guard. Their present status is that of an “inde- the exterior walls. pendent military command, existing under and by virtue of its ancient rights and privileges.” They own their headquarters building on West 91st Street, The Conservancy drafted a detailed Request for Proposal (RFP) that would which is within the boundaries of the Riverside Drive-West End Historic be released to a select number of Architecture firms. While the draft was District, designated in 1989. It is a large four-and-a-half story house, de- being reviewed by the Department of Parks and Recreation we received signed by noted architect Clarence True in the Renaissance Revival style. word from the Riverside Park Conservancy that the Office of Management Built in 1897-98, it is one of a row of seven houses. The seven are not and Budget (OMB) had decided to use certain special funds to pay for the Sailors and Soldiers Monument, Riverside Park, Manhattan identical but are unified by the use of rusticated limestone masonry on the 177 Montague Street, Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn report. The City would take the project on itself. According to the Riverside first stories, a common cornice, and mansard roofs. The façades alternate Park Conservancy, the Capital Division of the Department of Parks and between all-limestone fronts and limestone-and-brick fronts. Recreation will issue the RFP in January 2016. The Old Guard building has an all-limestone bow front; the entire front Fort Washington Avenue Armory, Manhattan façade bows out. This is an unusual feature in New York. The façade fea- This landmarked armory between 168th and 169th Street in Washington tures ashlar limestone on the ground the second and third stories feature Heights was originally the home of the 22nd Regiment and the Army Corps rough-faced blocks. There is a central, tripartite, pedimented window at the of Engineers. Today it is known as the home of the New Balance Track second story directly above the classically detailed columned entry portico. and Field Center, widely regarded as one of the premier indoor track and The entry portico projects from the façade approximately five feet and is field facilities in the country. The Track and Field Center takes up the front supported by a pair of limestone columns with Doric capitals. A balustraded portion of the building. At the rear there is a one hundred bed homeless parapet surmounts the portico. Flanking the entry are two windows with shelter. The Shelter uses an original secondary entrance on 168th Street. decorative wrought-iron grilles. To the side of the western ground floor The non-profit group that runs the shelter contacted the Conservancy for window is a service entry. The house is crowned with a mansard roof con- advice on changes they would like to make to their entry. They explained taining two large dormer windows topped by swans-neck pediments. The that neighborhood residents, including the many people that walk on 168th roof was originally covered with barrel tiles (as can be seen next door at Street to get to and from the Columbia Presbyterian Hospital complex on no. 309) but is now clad with white asphalt shingles. The building cornice Fort Washington Avenue, have complained that the shelter’s entrance looks as well as the frames of the dormer windows are metal, probably zinc. The shabby and dangerous. Because the building is an individual landmark, any metal is painted black. proposed changes will need to be approved by the LPC. We are following through with the officials at the shelter and proposing new lighting, plant- The condition of the house overall is fair. The Conservancy prepared a ing and the restoration of the doors and transom as well as the construction Dome Interior - Sailors and Soldiers Monument, Riverside Park, Manhattan conditions report in 2009, which prioritized the need to replace the flat, Old Guard Headquarters - 307 West 91st Street, Manhattan of new steps and ramp. It is hoped that the improvements will improve built-up roof behind the mansard and to repair lose anchors on a rear fire the public perception of the facility and also provide the residents with a escape. A recent site visit in August confirmed that the group heeded the cleaner and safer entry. recommendations of the report. A new built-up roof was installed and repairs were made to the rear fire escape. The organization now wishes to Former YMCA, Governors Island tackle other projects and asked the Conservancy back for more of our ad- “I want to thank The Conservancy for coming The historic Governors Island YMCA is a colonial revival structure featuring vice and counsel. Among other smaller items we believe that the front part a central classical entrance portico and symmetrical side wings. It is lo- of the roof, which was originally a barrel tile mansard roof, should be the to the Old Guard and inspecting the building. cated within the Historic District. It has been vacant and unused for several next project. The original pair of dormer windows, framed in ornamental decades and its roof is damaged. The Governors Island Trust contacted the pressed zinc, are largely intact though in need of maintenance and repair. I have been a very strong proponent of getting Conservancy and asked us to review engineer’s assessment of the building The Conservancy recommended roofers familiar with historic roofs and the and advise them. While the Trust has been successful at matching up sev- Guard has contacted two of the firms. They are now deciding which of the this work done and your input and expertise eral of the buildings on the Island with users, attempts to find a user for the firms to hire and the Conservancy has been asked to consult on the selec- old YMCA have not succeeded yet. The structure of the roof seems com- tion and to oversee the execution of the work when it gets underway. has been very supportive in highlighting the promised due to water leaks. It is a wood framed roof built in the 1920’s. It is not clear if the roof could withstand the installation or weight of a need for making these repairs.” temporary tarp. The solution is to rebuild the roof. The Trust has many chal- lenges on the Island and moving limited resources from one building to Providing Architectural Expertise Dan McNally another poses a real challenge for the Trust’s architect. The Conservancy Captain, Old Guard Headquarters of the City of New York recommends that the roof replacement receive top priority. They will keep Call our preservation hotline with your questions at 212-995-5260 us up to date on any developments. or by email at [email protected] Former YMCA, Governors Island

17 18 West 57th Street, Manhattan

West 57th Street is a street under threat. After having lost all but one of its historic town houses, which represent the street’s ﬁrst wave of development as well as other distinguished buildings such as the Chickering & Sons Piano Building designed by Cross and Cross with colorful terra-cotta Legion of Honor medals on its roof tower. Conservancy Board Chair, Lloyd Zuckerberg and the director of technical services took a walk down the street and identiﬁed buildings worthy of preservation and protection. Seven of these structures have been formally nominated for individual landmark designation to the Landmarks Preservation Commission through a process called an “RFE” Request for Evaluation.

The Conservancy has submitted seven Requests for Evaluation (RFE) in hopes of saving some of the most distinguished surviving historic buildings on the street. None of these buildings are yet designated. We have received responses from the LPC on all seven.

The following is a list of the seven buildings proposed with the LPC response to each. We disagree with the Commission and are disappointed that they found several of the nominations not worthy of individual landmark status.

West 57th Street Nominations

Tiffany & Co., 727 Fifth Avenue Disqualiﬁed due to a penthouse addition.

The Crown Building, 730 Fifth Avenue While it may merit designation, it does not ﬁt within current priorities. Tiffany & Co. - 727 Fifth Avenue, SE Corner at 57th Street The Vanderbilt-Bowne House, 35 West 57th Street Will be considered.

The Bainbridge Building, 37 West 57th Street Disqualiﬁed due to lack of signiﬁcance. The Bainbridge Building - 37 West 57th Street (center), Next to The Vanderbilt-Bowne House Calvary Baptist Church - 123-141 West 57th Street Calvary Baptist Church, 123-141 West 57th Street Will be considered.

The Medical Arts Building, 57 West 57th Street While it may merit designation, it does not ﬁt within current priorities.

Bergdorf Goodman’s, 744 Fifth Avenue On the backlog list of items heard but not acted on. We testiﬁed in favor of designation at the public meeting of November 5, 2015.

Bergdorf Goodman’s - 744 Fifth Avenue, NW Corner at 57th Street The Crown Building - 730 Fifth Avenue, SW Corner at 57th Street The Medical Arts Building - 57 West 57th Street The Vanderbilt-Bowne House - 35 West 57th Street 19 20 SACRED SITES PROGRAM - The New York Landmarks Conservancy’s Sacred Sites program offers congregations throughout the entire state of New York ﬁnancial and technical assistance to maintain, repair, and restore their historic buildings. The program was launched in 1986 and is the only statewide program in the nation responding to the preservation needs of historic religious properties. Since its inception, Sacred Sites has awarded 1,325 grants totaling more than $9.3 million to 750 congregations throughout New York, regardless of denomination. These grants have leveraged restoration projects totaling over $600 million. The program offers a range of matching grants, to suit a variety of projects: Consulting Grants of up to $7,500, Sacred Sites grants of up to $10,000, and both Sacred Sites Challenge grants and Jewish Heritage Fund Challenge grants of up to $75,000. Fifth Anniversary of Jewish Heritage Fund Five years ago, the Conservancy established the Jewish Heritage Fund to focus on New York City’s culturally signiﬁcant historic synagogues by providing challenge grants of up to $75,000 for major restoration projects. To date, the Jewish Heritage Fund has pledged 15 challenge grants totaling $495,000 to synagogues from Flushing to Harlem.

These grants have enabled congregations to perform over $4.7 million in restoration projects to structural framing, roofs, masonry façades, and stained glass windows. Twelve of these projects are now complete, and highlights include: Congregation Ezrath Israel (Actors’ Temple) in Times Square, awarded a $30,000 Jewish Heritage Fund Grant for the restoration Astoria Center of Israel, Queens (above) - Architect Illya Azaroff Inspects Flashing (below) of a monumental stained glass window assembly; Community Synagogue in the East Village, awarded two grants totaling $50,000 for structural repairs, roof and cornice restoration; Temple Beth Emeth v’Ohr Progressive Astoria Center of Israel, Astoria, Queens Shaari Zedek in Brooklyn awarded $40,000 to replace a leaking roof and deteriorated masonry parapet; Congregation Beth Elohim in Brooklyn, At the end of 2012, the David Berg Foundation, lead funder for the Conser- awarded $50,000 for roof and masonry restoration, and The Free Synagogue vancy’s Jewish Heritage Fund, offered a substantial year-end gift for one of Flushing in Queens, awarded $40,000 for restoration of a monumental synagogue restoration project. Conservancy staff suggested the Astoria stained glass window. Center of Israel, a Classical Revival, 1925 Astoria Synagogue, designed by “Shul with Pool” synagogue-center innovator architect Louis Allen Launched in 2010 with lead support from the David Berg Foundation and Abramson, and featuring extraordinary decorative murals by Beaux Arts the Roy J. Zuckerberg Family Foundation, as well as continuing support trained Art Deco painter Louis Pierre Rigal. The Conservancy funded an from the David Berg Foundation, Michel David-Weill Foundation, and the initial roof assessment by CTA Architects, which identified $300,000 in Nash Family Foundation, the Jewish Heritage Fund initiative followed needed repair and reconstruction to the synagogue’s badly leaking front the Conservancy’s survey of 560 historic and architecturally significant parapet. The Conservancy helped design and install temporary waterproof- synagogues throughout the five boroughs. These buildings are critical ing at the parapet, and pledged a $30,000 Jewish Heritage Fund grant, but to celebrating and understanding the history of American Judaism and funding the balance of the project was a daunting for this small though documenting the contributions of Jewish Americans to our collective growing congregation. The David Berg Foundation allocated a special, culture and history. one-time gift of $200,000 to the project, stipulating that the congregation contribute at least $50,000. The congregation raised the matching funds Preserving Sacred Sites Before the grants are awarded, Conservancy staff members meet with in 2013 with a generous bequest from the estate of late member Dorothy synagogue leadership, conduct hands-on reviews of building conditions, Horowitz, and engaged an architect, Plus Labs, in 2014. Construction took and refer congregations to expert architects, construction managers, and place this year, with the Conservancy acting as owners’ representative, contractors. The substantial Jewish Heritage challenge grants provide a real assisting with contractor selection and monitoring construction progress. “Thank you for your hard work and dedication to the Astoria Center of Israel, as we work incentive for the congregations to tackle projects in a newly-comprehensive manner. This process can lead to more professional project management Yates Restoration was selected as general contractor. Restoration work towards the restoration of our valued synagogue building. The interest you express and and more long-lived building repair and restoration. included replacement of badly corroded steel lintels, installation of new matching brickwork, removal of a deteriorated cast stone balustrade, re- demonstrate in helping to preserve and improve the structural integrity of our building is Additionally, the Fund underwrites the preparation of a National Register pointing of the cast stone cornice, installation of new copper flashing at nomination for at least one synagogue per year. Initial funding from the the cast stone cornice and parapet, installation of new flashing and metal invaluable, and for this we are so grateful.” Preserve New York program of the Preservation League of New York State cladding at the interior face of the parapet, chimney repointing, associated helped list 10 synagogues. This year, the Fund underwrote a nomination asbestos abatement, minor roof and scupper repairs, structural repairs to for the Manhattan Beach Jewish Center, a mid-century modern synagogue steel framing and stabilization of the underside of the concrete roof slab at Cynthia Groopman with a Guastavino tile sanctuary. To date, the Conservancy has funded or second floor classrooms. With the project complete, the congregation once - facilitated the listing of 15 synagogues, qualifying these institutions for again has access to second floor classrooms, which are used both by the Co-President, Astoria Center of Israel Conservancy grants as well as potential New York state restoration funding. synagogue, and by a church that leases the facilities on Sundays.

Interior, Astoria Center of Israel, Astoria, Queens (Photo Credit: Peter Peck) To date, the Jewish Heritage Fund has pledged $495,000 to synagogues from Flushing to Harlem. 22 Principal of CCS, a large, national fundraising firm whose clients Fifth Annual Sacred Sites Open House Weekend include the Brooklyn Diocese. Evergreene Architectural Arts also designed and underwrote the cost of 20 banners distributed to sites A theme of this year’s open house was the commemoration of the to promote the weekend. Other weekend cosponsors included Ache- 50th Anniversary of the Landmarks law, and a concerted effort was son Doyle Architects, AIA NY Historic Buildings Committee, Explore made to recruit New York City landmarks to participate. This year, we Buffalo!, Faith & Form, Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Dis- exceeded expectations, with 64 New York City sites participating. An tricts, Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, Historic additional 62 sites around the state also participated, and this was Districts Council, Historic Ithaca, Landmark Society of Western New our biggest year in terms of visitor numbers, with 3,000 visitors at York, Landmark West!, Lower East Side Jewish Conservancy, Mor- sites from Niagara Falls to Sag Harbor over the course of the week- gan Stanley, OTSEGO 2000, Preservation Association of Central New end. St. Patrick’s Cathedral participated for the first time, along with York, Preservation Association of the Southern Tier, and Society for a dozen Manhattan Roman Catholic Churches. The New York Episco- the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities. This year, preservation pal Diocese sent an email to all the churches in the diocese to encour- organization regional and neighborhood partners helped drum up age them to participate, resulting in the participation of a number visitor ship for the weekend with announcements to their member- of additional sites in Manhattan, Staten Island, Westchester and the ship in e-newsletters and social media posts. lower Hudson Valley. On the Upper East Side, three Roman Catholic churches recently scheduled for merger and closure participated in the The Sacred Sites Open House initiative was inaugurated in 2011 open house as part of their promotion and advocacy efforts. in commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the Sacred Sites program. The Open House has three objectives: to encourage sacred First Unitarian Congregational Society - Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn Bialystoker Synagogue - Lower East Side, Manhattan A new initiative this year was three pre-booked, “insider” docent sites to open their doors to the general public as a means of building tours of participating Sacred Sites: Lucy Moses winners Temple broad community support for the ongoing preservation of historic Emanu-El on the Upper East Side, and Brown Memorial Baptist in institutions; to inspire residents to be tourists in their own town, Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, as well as the Bialystoker Synagogue on the introducing non-members to the history, art and architecture embod- Lower East Side, which features rich zodiac decorative painting on ied in sacred places, and developing a local cultural tourism ethos to walls and ceiling. support these important places; and to publicize the many programs and services religious institutions offer their neighbors, benefiting Press coverage in advance of the weekend included several local the entire community. television spots. The Conservancy sponsored a photo contest, which garnered participation from several talented professional and ama- With each passing year, fans of ecclesiastical architecture from teur photographers. Additionally, Conservancy staff worked with around the city and state make sure to include the event in their cal- Sacred Sites Open House sponsor EverGreene Architectural Arts to endar. New York City resident Mark Sielucka noted: “This is such an convene our third annual pre-weekend workshop: “Planning, Pay- important concept and program to offer. These structures will never ing, Proceeding, the 3 P’s of Restoring, Renewing, and Renovating be built again. We need to find a way to preserve them for future Your Worship Space,” with a panel featuring Emily Sottile of Ever- participants and citizens to enjoy.” greene, preservation architect Tom Fenniman, and Thomas Kissane,

Church of the Ascension - Greenwich Village, Manhattan Open House Participants at Church of Our Lady of Peace - Upper East Side, Manhattan (photo: Ellen McLaughlin)

Sacred Heart Ukrainian Catholic Church, Johnson City (photo: Jean Siegrist) Park East Synagogue - Upper East Side, Manhattan Church of Our Lady of Peace - Upper East Side, Manhattan (Photo: Richard Silver) St. Stanislaus Church, Rochester (Photo:Chris Dominicos) 23 24 Kings (Brooklyn) continued Sacred Sites and Consulting Grants for Congregation Kol Israel - $3,000 Projects Under $100,000 Scope of Work and Budget for Exterior Envelope Repairs Lewis The New York Landmarks Conservancy awards Sacred Sites and Forest Presbyterian Church, Lyons Falls -$8,000 Consulting Grants to congregations that are planning or undertaking the Chimney, Spire, Basement Windows, and Foundation Repair restoration of historic religious properties. In 2015, the Sacred Sites program pledged a total of $195,700 in the form of 35 basic Sacred Sites Montgomery and Consulting grants to 35 religious institutions undertaking repair and Glen Reformed Church, Fultonville - $6,000 restoration projects of under $100,000 throughout New York State. Restoration of Two Stained Glass Windows Nassau To be eligible, properties must be located in New York State, owned by St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Sea Cliff - $6,000 a religious institution and actively used for worship, and listed on the Restoration of Stained Glass Windows State or National Register of Historic Places or designated pursuant to a local landmarks ordinance by New York State. Eligible properties include New York (Manhattan) churches, synagogues, meetinghouses, mosques, and temples. The maxi- Stanton Street Synagogue - Cong. B’nai Jacob Anschei Brzezan - $6,000 Construction Documents, Roof and Masonry Restoration mum Sacred Sites grant is $10,000. In 2015, the average Sacred Sites grant award for bricks-and-mortar repair and restoration was about $5,200. The Oneida maximum Consulting Grant, for project planning costs, is $7,500. In 2015, Albany Friends Meeting House, Albany Grace Episcopal Church, Utica - $3,500 Stanton Street Synagogue, Manhattan the average award for Consulting Grants was about $5,600. Tower Engineering Structural Assessment

2015 Grantees include: (listed by borough/city) Tabernacle Baptist Church, Utica - $5,000 Architectural Work for Roof, Tower, Steeple and Spire Restoration Albany Albany Friends Meeting - $4,000 Ontario Slate Roof Restoration First Baptist Church of Geneva - $7,500 In 2015, the Sacred Sites program Roof Drainage Upgrades and Repointing Cathedral of All Saints - $1,500 pledged a total of $195,000 in the form Conditions Assessment of LaFarge Rose Window Orange Baptist Temple Church, Newburgh - $9,000 of 35 basic Sacred Sites and Consulting Bronx Gable Masonry Repair St. Anselm’s Church - $7,500 Updated Conditions Assessment and Construction Documents Grace Episcopal Church, Middletown - $4,000 Grants to 35 religious institutions Roof and Chimney Repair Dutchess undertaking repair and restoration Congregation Beth David, Amenia - $9,000 Otsego Roofing, Gutter and Leader Repair Cooperstown United Methodist Church - $1,000 Design & Implementation of Improved Site Drainage projects of under $100,000 throughout Smithfield Presbyterian Church, Amenia - $1,500 Architectural Fees Fly Creek United Methodist Church - $4,500 New York State. Stained Glass Restoration St. Nicholas Episcopal Church, New Hamburg - $9,000 Stained Glass Window Restoration Main Street Baptist Church, Oneonta - $5,000 New Slate Roof Erie Baker Memorial United Methodist Church, East Aurora - $6,000 Smithfield Presbyterian Church, Amenia Queens Masonry Repairs New Life Fellowship Church, Elmhurst - $7,500 Documents for Restoration of Secondary Elevations Delaware Avenue Baptist Church, Buffalo - $7,500 Documents for Roof and Drainage Repair and Replacement Saratoga Bethesda Episcopal Church, Saratoga Springs - $1,500 St. Luke AME Zion Church, Buffalo - $5,000 Building Conditions Study Roof Replacement and Masonry Restoration West Charlton United Presbyterian Church - $4,000 Trinity Episcopal Church, Buffalo - $10,000 Bell Tower Repairs Protective Glazing at Stained Glass Windows Seneca Kings (Brooklyn) First Presbyterian Church of Waterloo - $10,000 Bridge Street African Wesleyan Methodist Episcopal Church - $1,500 Masonry Repair Restoration of Entrance Doors Suffolk Congregation Baith Israel Anshei Emes - $7,500 St. John’s Episcopal Church, Huntington - $4,000 Construction Documents for Exterior Restoration Tower Masonry Restoration

Congregation Chevra Linath Hazedeck - $2,700 Sullivan Conditions Assessment Parksville United Methodist Church - $6,500 Roof Replacement Holy House of Prayer - $10,000 Architectural Fees for Roof Repair and Masonry Façade Restoration Tioga First Baptist Church of Owego - $2,000 Manhattan Beach Jewish Center - $9,000 Develop Repair Scope for Roof Replacement Conditions Assessment St. Nicholas-on-the-Hudson, New Hamburg First Presbyterian Church, Waterloo 25 26 Jewish Heritage Challenge Grants for Sacred Sites Challenge Grants for Major Restoration Projects Major Restoration Projects The Jewish Heritage Fund allows the Conservancy to make challenge In 2015, six grants were awarded, ranging from $25,000 to $50,000, with grants of between $25,000 and $75,000 to assist major repair and the average pledge totaling $30,000. restoration projects at New York City synagogues. In 2015, five grants were awarded, totaling $150,000. The average grant pledge in 2015 2015 marks the first year of our new Sacred Sites Challenge Grants. We was $30,000. are grateful to an anonymous donor who has pledged a 10-year gift of $2.4 million to continue our challenge grant program, which will assist Since its launch in 2010, the program has pledged 10 challenge grants religious institutions of all faiths in completing major restoration projects. totaling $495,000, facilitating over $4.7 million in restoration projects. 2015 Grantees include: 2015 Grantees include: (listed by borough/city) (listed by borough/city) Dutchess Kings (Brooklyn) Smithfield Presbyterian Church, Amenia - $25,000 Manhattan Beach Jewish Center - $25,000 Façade Repair Portico, Façade and Columns Restoration

Young Israel of Flatbush - $25,000 Erie Restoration of Entrance Doors First Presbyterian Church of Buffalo - $30,000 Tower Masonry Restoration New York (Manhattan) Community Synagogue - $25,000 Madison Structural Stabilization of North Wall and Sanctuary Ceiling St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Cazenovia - $25,000 Congregation Ramath Orah - $50,000 Roof Shingle and Associated Copper Flashing Replacement Replacement of Roof Membrane and Flashing, Masonry and Flue Repair New York (Manhattan) Park East Synagogue - $25,000 Church of the Transﬁguration - $30,000 Roof Repair and Stained Glass Window Restoration Restoration of South Wall and Historic Stained Glass

Queens New Life Fellowship Church, Elmhurst - $40,000 Terrace Waterprooﬁng, Façade, Window and Skylight Restoration

Suffolk First Congregational Church, Riverhead - $50,000 Structural Stabilization of Failing Roof Truss Park East Synagogue, Manhattan First Presbyterian Church of Buffalo

Young Israel of Flatbush, Brooklyn Congregation Ramath Orah, Manhattan First Congregational Church, Riverhead, Suffolk New Life Fellowship Church, Elmhurst, Queens

Jewish Heritage Fund - In 2015, ﬁve grants were awarded, totaling $150,000. Challenge Grants - In 2015, six grants were awarded, ranging from $25,000 to $50,000.

27 28 HISTORIC PROPERTIES FUND - Established in 1982, the New York City Historic Properties Fund is the Conservancy’s main financing vehicle Highlights from the 2015 New York City Historic for restoration work throughout New York City. With over $9 million in Properties Fund Projects assets, it is one of the largest revolving loan funds for historic preservation in the nation. Since its inception, the Fund has made over $26 million in The Fund advanced over $1.2 million in loan proceeds used for restoration investments–more than $25 million in loans and $423,000 in grants–for work in 2015 on a dozen projects. Three row houses in Brooklyn stand out restoration work on 248 buildings in the five boroughs of New York City. for their transformations: The Fund’s lending record continues to be exemplary, with near zero losses on loan repayments. 52 South Oxford Street Fort Greene Historic District Fund loans are geared toward underwriting restoration work on small 52 South Oxford Street is one of 12 Italianate-style brownstone row houses residential properties in the lower- and moderate-income historic districts built c.1864 and located in the Fort Greene Historic District. In the 1960s, of New York City, as well as historic properties owned by nonprofit the façades of eight of the grouping were “modernized” with faux brick and organizations and religious institutions. with an additional level constructed at the top. While not re-clad, 52 South Oxford Street did receive another story, and its façade was stripped of its Loans on one-to-four family row houses generally range between $50,000 historic detail. and $150,000; loans for multi-family apartment buildings and nonprofit facilities are usually in the $200,000 to $300,000 range. Collateral on The building was previously used as an S.R.O. when the current owner residential properties is usually a first, second, or third mortgage; security purchased it in 2009. He then had a considerable amount of renovation and on religious buildings and nonprofit facilities is most often in the form of restoration work performed inside before he focused on its exterior and assignments of assets. Interest rates are usually 5% to 7%, but may be as closed a Fund loan to finance work by Progeny Restoration. Mary Kay Judy low as 3% for more needy borrowers; terms are generally between five and was engaged as the preservation consultant. The 2015 restoration entailed ten years. Small grants sometimes accompany loans to bridge budget gaps the entire re-surfacing of the front façade, recreation of all decorative in difficult projects. elements, and the installation of a new wood cornice. Fund loans are advanced for essential structural repairs and exterior restoration work that often has a visual impact on the surrounding community. Loans have helped to restore brownstone façades, replace windows and doors, rehabilitate stoops and porches, repair roofs and drainage systems, replace missing cornices, rebuild brick walls, and carry out a variety of other work which maintains the structural and aesthetic integrity of historic buildings.

Project management assistance is an important component of the Fund program. Fund staff work closely with borrowers to develop loan packages that are tailored to their specific needs. Project management assistance is provided throughout the loan process. With outside professionals, Fund staff help borrowers to define a scope of work; prioritize components of the project; engage qualified architects, engineers, and contractors; monitor construction; and ensure that all work is performed correctly. The importance of such assistance, particularly in the planning stages of projects, cannot be overstated. Property owners often lack objective expertise in identifying and prioritizing the needs of their buildings. In many cases, they retain contractors and craftspeople who are unfamiliar with historic buildings. Unnecessary, inappropriate, or overly aggressive measures may be taken which result in irreversible damage and wasted Funding Historic Properties financial resources. Before Restoration 52 South Oxford St. - Fort Greene, Brooklyn

“We are a small co-op, and our full exterior restoration was by far the biggest project that we have ever undertaken. We truly could not have accomplished this without the support, Since its inception, the Fund has made over expertise and, of course, funding, from The New York Landmarks Conservancy. They were $26 million in investments – more than $25 with us every step of the way, helping us deﬁne the scope of the project, advising and guiding million in loans and $423,000 in grants -- us through architect and contractor selection, and following through until the completion of for restoration work on 248 buildings in the construction. We now have a beautiful, historically restored building that in our view has ﬁve boroughs of New York City. made a big impact on our block and neighborhood.”

Harold Wolpert, Shareholder, Clint Housing Corp. 193 Clinton Street, Brooklyn - New Wood Cornice at 52 South Oxford St. - Fort Greene, Brooklyn 193 Clinton Street, Brooklyn 30 193 Clinton Street 1325 Dean Street Cobble Hill Historic District, Brooklyn Crown Heights North Historic District, Brooklyn 193 Clinton Street is one of a group of four, Italianate brownstone row 1325 Dean Street is one of three adjacent neo-Grec/Italianate style row After a bidding process, the owner engaged Burda Construction Corporation houses built in 1856-57 for merchant Samuel Richard St. John. The houses built c. 1874 on the block. The buildings in this grouping have all to perform the work. There were still some unknowns about the condition building is located just south of Atlantic Avenue on a tree-lined block in been altered over time, but still retain some original historic architectural of the wood under the vinyl and the structure of the stoop, which was to the Cobble Hill Historic District in Brooklyn. It is a five-unit cooperative elements. In the case of 1325 Dean Street, these features were paired wood be re-stuccoed as part of the project, if it was in stable condit ion. Hence, that was established in 1972 in the name of Clint Housing Corp. and glass entry doors, a decorative entry surround, and a bracketed cornice. Burda removed the vinyl in early October of 2014 and performed a probe Vinyl siding, thought to have been installed in the mid-1980s, covered its two of the foundation of the masonry stoop. While it was found that the siding The shareholders came to the Historic Properties Fund for a small loan bay façade. was in good condition and that there were even visible “ghosts” of the in 2012. Long ago, the once-stately front façade of the building had lost ornamented sills and lintels that would be very useful in re-creating many of its Italianate features. The brownstone architectural details and In late 2013, the owners and the Fund closed a loan to finance restoration them, it was also revealed that the stoop had no footings at all and was parts of the cornice were stripped, the areaway was paved in concrete, work that would restore the front façade to its appearance in the 1940 tax severely deteriorated. original ironwork was replaced with masonry, and the vestibule doors photograph for the property: a seemingly brownstone façade with ornamen- were replaced with a modern steel door. Unsure of what work scope tal window surrounds. Project architect gormanschweyer architects imme- Clearly, the stoop needed to be rebuilt, which provided another option for its would be desirable and affordable, Fund staff began to work with the diately had a probe of the façade performed to determine exactly what was design. It was highly likely that the original stoop was wood, and the exist- shareholders on refining a desirable restoration project and its costs, as underneath the vinyl siding. ing masonry stoop was built in the 1950s or 1960s. The borrowers elected well as on framing a financing package that would be acceptable to the to reconstruct the stoop in wood to match the presumed appearance of the five apartment owners. The probe revealed several modern layers of siding over the original façade, historic stoop. To accommodate the changes in the work scope, the original which turned out to be wide, thick wood boards that were installed flush (as Fund loan was increased and restructured to fit within the owners’ budget. A Fund loan of $250,000 was authorized in December, 2012. The opposed to a traditionally lapped arrangement). To everyone’s surprise, the shareholders were repaying a first mortgage that would be retired in façade was never made of brownstone; rather, it was painted to look like The new wood stoop was fabricated and assembled in a shop off site. After May of 2016. To help keep loan repayments lower, the Fund loan was brownstone at some point. Furthermore, an analysis of finishes performed Burda constructed a cement foundation, the entire stoop was lifted into place structured so that the owners would be paying interest only on it until by Jablonski Building Conservation revealed that the original coating was by a crane; Burda then secured and finished the stoop at the end of 2015. May, 2016. Thereafter, the Fund loan would amortize, i.e. there would be actually beige-colored paint with sand added to give the appearance that the constant monthly payments of principal and interest. building was made of limestone. At some later time, an owner painted it to From vinyl siding to an all wood façade with carved ornamentation over the 193 Clinton Street circa 1930 2012, Before Restoration look like brownstone. windows and door, as well as a wooden stoop – the restoration of the façade The first half 2013 was spent obtaining a written consent from the first of 1325 Dean Street presents an exemplary historic preservation project and, mortgagee, for the Fund’s second mortgage lien. Once accomplished, These discoveries required a different approach to restoring this building. It as it turned out, a Lucy Moses Award winner from the Conservancy. the owner selected Easton Architects as the project architect. Easton was likely that the original wood, which was thick but laced with nail holes, prepared the plans and specifications and oversaw a bidding process would not be the best final finish; removing it completely might trigger other which culminated in a contract with Preserv Building Restoration fire code and insulation work which would be costly. Consultations with Management, Inc. With a better understanding of the work scope, the expert restoration carpenters, a code consultant, staff of the New York City In 2015, The Fund advanced over $1.2 shareholders decided to take on additional items; to accommodate them, Landmarks Preservation Commission, other preservation architects, and ar- the Fund loan was increased to $375,000. chitectural conservators resulted in a new restoration approach: remove all million in loan proceeds used for restoration of the modern sidings, retain the original wood siding, overlay it with new The restoration was informed by historic photographs and drawings, as wood siding, enlarge the windows to their original size with carved wood work on a dozen projects. well as matching buildings in the neighborhood. Most of the brownstone ornamentation surrounding them, and use a sand-infused exterior paint. work was completed in 2014, including the installation of cast stone door and window surrounds that replicated the building’s historic ornamentation. Details on a neighboring building were laser-scanned to create the molds for 193 Clinton Street’s cast stone. In addition, new cast iron railings and newel posts were installed at the stoop, new wood and glass vestibule doors were custom made, and masonry repairs were done at the rear of the building. When the scaffolding was erected, it became apparent that squirrels had chewed away the tops of the wood cornice brackets. Some brackets were repaired, and others were replaced with new replicas. The project wrapped up in the summer of 2015.

193 Clinton Street - New Cast Iron Railings and Newel Posts at Stoop Restored 193 Clinton Street - Cobble Hill, Brooklyn Before Restoration 1325 Dean Street - Crown Heights, Brooklyn 31 32 NONPROFIT & PUBLIC SECTOR ASSISTANCE - Nonprofit organiza- was visibly shifting out of position. The Conservancy enlisted the tions, both secular and religious, and the public sector are often the help of architect Jonathan Raible, who quickly sketched out a way custodians of some of New York City’s most historic and eccentric prop- of stabilizing the window in place and repairing the gutter above to erties. In addition to fielding dozens of calls for help from owners, pro- prevent the water penetration that had caused the problem in the viding counseling and troubleshooting advice, and offering referrals for first place. This work was completed in the spring of 2015 with an qualified professionals, the Conservancy frequently takes on projects in emergency grant of $7,175. a more significant manner via grants, loans, and project management assistance. Two grant programs, especially, have been of great assistance Former Dean Sage House to nonprofit organizations: 839 St. Marks Avenue, Brooklyn A City Ventures Fund grant of $5,000 helped fund a conditions The Emergency Preservation Grant (EPG) Program provides funding to assessment for this mansion which is located within the Crown Heights nonprofit organizations to address immediate repair needs and/or profes- North Historic District. It was designed circa 1869-70 by a prominent sional services to remedy dangerous exterior conditions (falling masonry, architect of that time, Russell Sturgis, who was commissioned for spot water leakage, etc.) and/or deteriorated interior structural elements the work by a wealthy lumber dealer and philanthropist, Dean Sage. of buildings. Most grants range between $10,000 and $15,000 and are Originally built in the Gothic Revival style, the mansion received an accompanied by the project management assistance of Conservancy addition in the 1940s that was constructed in a similar period fashion, staff. Over 40 nonprofit facilities have been helped to-date, with an ag- even incorporating some elements (window openings and cornice) gregate project expenditure total in excess of $550,000. from the 1870 façade into the new façade.

The City Ventures Fund (CVF) provides grants of up to $25,000 to pre- Over the years, the building was used as a convent and as a senior serve the character of landmarked and non-landmarked, but architectur- citizens center. The Institute for Community Living (ICL), a nonprofit ally signiﬁcant buildings, which are being used for or converted to afford- mental health services and housing provider, purchased the property able housing and/or other community facilities that beneﬁt the public in 1998. It is used now as a 48-person residence for people affected and, especially, lower income people. Since 1986, CVF has invested by or at risk of mental illness. ICL engaged the firm of Easton almost $1.5 million in more than 60 buildings with a total of 1,221 afford- Architects to survey the building, to assess the condition of all of its able housing units and various community services. interior and exterior components, and to prioritize necessary repairs and restoration work. Several projects were assisted by the EPG and CVF programs in 2015:

8 Henderson Place Foundation 8 Henderson Place, Manhattan Tucked away on the upper east side of Manhattan, north of 86th Street and west of East End Avenue is the Henderson Place Historic District, designated in 1969 and consisting of 24 Queen Anne style row houses; the original grouping of 32 was designed in 1881 by the architectural firm of Lamb and Rich. The house at number 8 was the home of Gregory D’Alessio and his wife, Hilda Terry, for the mid- and latter part of the 20th century. They were both acclaimed cartoonists and artists in other media. Their house served for many years as a gathering place for their famous friends, who included Carl Sandburg and Andres Segovia. In 1975, the 8 Henderson Place Foundation (Foundation) was established to preserve the legacies of D’Alessio and Terry by making an archive and house museum of their work.

The building, vacant since the passing of Ms. Terry in 2006, still Assisting Nonproﬁts and the Public Sector contains numerous oils, drawings, books, and other artifacts of the owners. The Foundation owns the property now and is seeking financing to fulfill its mission. Its executive director contacted the Conservancy in late 2014 about a large, wooden bay window that 839 St. Marks Avenue, Brooklyn “We are indebted to the rapid action of the Landmarks Conservancy for coming to our rescue; we are comforted by the staff’s genuine concern not only for the landmark building, but for the social and cultural history of Henderson Place, a legacy which the foundation celebrates.”

- Carmen Dell’Oreﬁce, President, and Sheila Shapira, Treasurer 8 Henderson Place Foundation, Manhattan

Henderson Place, Manhattan Henderson Place Sketch by Woldemar Neufeld, circa 1948 839 St. Marks Avenue, circa 1929 34 Rossville A.M.E. Zion Church Cemetery Let’s not forget the Erasmus Academy Building… Rossville, Staten Island The Conservancy has been involved with this 1787 wooden building since The town of Rossville on Staten Island, colloquially known as “Sandy 2010, when it commissioned a conditions report for its restoration. The Ground,” was once the location of a free black community in the mid- Erasmus Academy Building has stood vacant on the campus of Erasmus 19th century. Black oystermen migrated from Maryland to Sandy Ground Hall High School in Brooklyn for almost two decades now. Both the as a result of racially restrictive commerce laws that were enacted in Academy Building and the early 20th-century-constructed high school Maryland. At Sandy Ground, they bought land, built houses, and started complex are designated city landmarks. The Academy is also listed in commercial businesses. In 1852, the Rossville A.M.E. Church was the National Register of Historic Places. erected with a cemetery beside it. Though the Church moved to another location, the cemetery remained as the primary burial place for Sandy The Erasmus Academy Building was the first secondary school in the Ground’s residents. State chartered by the Board of Regents, the oldest secondary school in New York State, and one of the oldest remaining structures of its kind in By the end of the 19th century, the waters around New York City had the country. It was built with funds contributed by Aaron Burr, Alexander become polluted, destroying the oyster industry and Sandy Ground Hamilton, John Jay, Peter Lefferts, and Robert Livingston. Erasmus has with it. Today, little remains of what was once a thriving black Rossville A.M.E. Zion Church Cemetery, Rossville, Staten Island scores of accomplished and famous alumni, including Barbra Streisand, Erasmus Academy Building, circa early 1900s community. The original Rossville A.M.E. Zion Church Cemetery, Neil Diamond, Lainie Kazan, Beverly Sills, Barbara Stanwyck, and Eli however, is one of its few surviving elements. The cemetery was Wallach; writers Bernard Malamud and Mickey Spillane; builder Sam thought to contain about 100 burials, with markers documenting the Lefrak, former New Jersey governor Jim Florio; producer Clive Davis; settlers and their families, their prosperity, and their downturn over 175 real estate executive and civic leader Alan Fishman; and many more. years. Many people visit the cemetery regularly, traveling far distances to pay homage to their ancestors. The cemetery is a designated City The Academy Building served as administrative offices, a library, and a landmark and listed in the National Register of Historic Places. museum in the last half of the 20th century. The City’s Department of Education (DOE) is its custodial agency. DOE maintains that, as a wood With a grant of $18,000 from the Richmond County Savings Foundation frame structure, modern day school construction standards prohibit it and a City Ventures Fund grant of $5,750, the consulting firm of Jablonski from being used for typical classroom purposes. Because of this, DOE Building Conservation completed a Cultural Landscape Report (CLR) for says that it cannot allocate any funding for it because DOE’s resources the Rossville A.M.E. Zion Church Cemetery. can only be used for classroom purposes. DOE spends no funds for even minor repairs, and each year, the Academy Building deteriorates more. The CLR in general is composed of the following subjects: It is, however, still structurally sound.

• History of the “Sandy Ground” community, church, and cemetery; Between 2011 and 2013, a nonprofit organization was endeavoring Rossville A.M.E. Zion Church Cemetery Marker to get various approvals from the City of New York to renovate and Erasmus Academy Building, circa 1953 • An analysis and evaluation of existing conditions (systems, spatial use the Erasmus Academy Building as its headquarters. At the end of organization, topography, vegetation, fencing, markers, etc.) in the the Bloomberg Administration, the group’s proposal for the Academy cemetery; Building was rejected, and the City found other space for the nonprofit in a nearby development. • A preservation treatment plan for the future, including recommendations for plants that are appropriate for sandy soil, Since that time, the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission demarcations for pathways, and handling of markers and other has been in touch with various city agencies to see if they could be physical features in the cemetery. helpful in any way. For one reason or another, none could or would take on the Academy Building project. It is, at this time, essential to secure As part of the CLR, a ground penetrating radar survey was conducted to a supportive city agency to take custody of the Academy Building and ascertain locations of graves that are not (or have never been) marked. to undertake immediately needed repairs, as well as to work to find a Just about every foot of the cemetery was covered to a depth of 9.8 potential user. feet. While the Church suspected that several burials would be found, to everyone’s surprise, over 500 possible burials appeared in the data By the end of 2015, several Erasmus Alumni began working together to analysis of the survey. form a grassroots effort to urge the City to take positive action on the Academy. To be continued in 2016. Rossville A.M.E. Zion Church Cemetery - GPR Survey Erasmus Academy Building, 2011

Rossville A.M.E. Zion Church, Rossville, Staten Island JBC’s subconsultant, Tim Horsley, Performing a Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) Survey Erasmus Academy Building, 2015 Erasmus Academy Building, 2015 35 36 MOSES AWARDS - The Lucy G. Moses Preservation Awards are the Conservancy’s highest honors for excellence in preservation. The coveted awards are named for Lucy Goldschmidt Moses, a dedicated New Yorker whose generosity has beneﬁted the City over many decades. Since 1991, the Awards have recognized more than 265 individuals, organizations, and building owners for their extraordinary contributions to the City.

Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel received the Preservation Leadership Award for her many contributions to the ﬁeld, capped by the widespread success of her most recent endeavor: founding and chairing the NYC Landmarks50 Alliance. This consortium of more than 185 preservation, cultural and arts organizations commemorated the Landmarks Law’s 50th Anniversary. Through this coalition, Diamonstein-Spielvogel created a powerful platform for public programs and celebrations that reminded New Yorkers of preservation’s greatest successes and most lasting achievements. Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel 36 Gramercy Park East, Manhattan

Diamonstein-Spielvogel’s career has been entwined with New York landmarks. She served as an LPC Commissioner for 15 years, chaired the Landmarks Preservation Foundation, where she created and underwrote the Historic District street sign program, and is the founder and Chair of the Historic Landmarks Preservation Center, whose Cultural Medallion program documents NYC’s history. She is the author of The Landmarks of New York: An Illustrated Record of the City’s Historic Buildings, now in its sixth edition.

Few grass-roots groups have been as successful as the West End Preservation Society, recipient of the award for outstanding preservation organization. Founded just eight years ago to combat the threat of demolitions along West End Avenue, in 2015 WEPS celebrated the third major historic district extension centered on the thoroughfare. Due to the planning, preparation, and dogged advocacy of board and staff, some 750 buildings in the Upper West Side are now under the protection and guidance of the LPC. 369th Regiment Armory Building, 2366 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan 36 Gramercy Park East, a Gothic Revival apartment building dating to 1910, is known for its ornate glazed white terra cotta ornament, featuring winged grotesques, oriels, sculpted faces, corner rope moldings, and more than 120 putti ﬂanking shields. After the façade’s underlying steel structure was reinforced and waterproofed, the terra cotta was cleaned, repaired, and restored. Where replacement was necessary, glazes were matched to the original units, so the entire façade would shine in a uniform fashion.

Standing guard over the Harlem River, the twin terra cotta eagles atop the 369th Regiment Armory Building emblemize its Art Deco heritage and pay tribute to its African-American history. After nearly 80 years, their perches were crumbling along with many significant features at the home of the Honoring Excellence “Harlem Hellfighters,” a racially-segregated and highly-decorated squad that served in World War I. Work on the 1933 armory building required 2,000 pieces of terra cotta in approximately 200 different molds. Once new eagles “Thank you for this singular honor. Although the NYC Landmarks50 Alliance celebrates were installed, the originals found new a home on display inside the armory. Central Park Obelisk, Manhattan Coignet Stone Company Building, Brooklyn The Central Park Obelisk has been comprehensively conserved and cleaned its achievements, we know this is a time for moving forward purposefully. A time of new for the first time in its long history. The 70-foot tall Obelisk was created around beginnings, an opportunity for new initiatives. A time when we will try to ensure that our 1425 BCE and arrived in New York to great acclaim in 1880, but the city’s gritty environment and some ill-advised repairs took a toll, leaving the treasure dull City’s architectural patrimony is protected. While giving progress, and change, their due, and uncelebrated. A team of experts scanned and surveyed the Obelisk and oversaw an innovative laser cleaning. The results are dramatic: the Obelisk’s we will not permit the best of the past to vanish.” color and texture have been revealed and its hieroglyphs are legible again.

For decades, the small, vacant Coignet Stone Company Building stood at the edge of an empty Gowanus field, inspiring curiosity and piquing the interest - Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel of advocates, who feared its demolition. The 1872 building, which advertised Lucy G. Moses Preservation Leadership Award Recipient its company’s pioneering concrete products, had been abandoned and was in a perilous state of decay, when a development deal for the adjacent property St. Patrick’s Cathedral - Copper Cross Repair saved it. Prompted by the Landmarks Commission, the operator undertook a project that saved this historic edifice. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2 East 91st Street, Manhattan 38 The Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum has been transformed The Staten Island Museum has moved into Sailor’s Snug Harbor Building into a modern facility worthy of the design artifacts it houses. The challenge A, realizing its goals of expanding exhibition and program space, honoring was rethinking how a Gilded Age mansion should function as a 21st-century the borough’s history, and respecting the built and natural environments. facility. This goal was realized by re-establishing public spaces for exhibition Years of neglect and failed renovations had left the Greek Revival landmark’s use, moving collections off-site, and aggregating non-public functions to interior severely compromised, requiring vast removals and installation of a adjacent row houses, in a choreographed series of construction projects. The new structure that controls temperature and humidity levels. Original wood Cooper Hewitt has been reimagined and reinvigorated, allowing the building framing was salvaged for flooring, while upgraded historical windows remain to function more strongly, and the collection to shine ever-brighter. visible. Restored exterior walls, roof, landscaping, and a new geo-thermal energy system complete the project. Hangars 1 & 2 at Floyd Bennett Field had been vacant and in poor condition for years, until an innovative partnership repurposed the space and reclaimed the historic architecture. The National Park Service leased the hangars to house energy services equipment, provided they were rehabilitated following preservation guidelines. A Historic Structures Report informed restoration of iron-spot brick, steel sash industrial windows, and the aluminum hangar doors, while the interior was adapted for its new use. Now the public is able to experience and enjoy these buildings that recall aviation history.

For the ﬁrst time in over 50 years, the High Bridge, a monumental span connecting the Bronx to Manhattan is open to pedestrians and bicyclists. Floyd Bennett Field Hangars 1 & 2, 50 Aviation Road, Brooklyn Inspired by ancient Roman aqueducts, the 19th century High Bridge was part of the system which carried water from Westchester County to the City. The NYC Parks Department, which took jurisdiction after water service ended, fulﬁlled a long-held promise by restoring original elements and adding safety and accessibility features, to honor history, invite recreation, and create community.

The owners of the Piros Residence, a row house in the Crown Heights North Historic District showed a remarkable commitment to their building as it revealed some major surprises. They intended to restore the inappropriately altered 1874 Italianate/Neo-Grec façade to its original brownstone. Architects discovered that it was actually wood siding ﬁnished with a sand High Bridge, 170th St & University Ave, Bronx - 173rd St & Amsterdam Avenue, Manhattan paint to simulate brownstone, and that the original stoop wasn’t stone, but also wood. The owners embraced these ﬁndings and persevered to create a stunning façade that is an inspiration to their block.

Restoration of the Old Brooklyn Fire Headquarters demonstrates how affordable housing and preservation can work together. The Brooklyn Fire Department’s former headquarters is an 1892 Romanesque Revival landmark converted to apartments in the 1980’s. Pratt Area Community Council intervened on behalf of tenants who lived under deplorable conditions for 20 years. From the splendid new red tile roof to the antique elevator cab serving as an artifact, this complicated project brought the building back to its original splendor, allowed tenants to remain in place during construction, and financed 18 permanently affordable residential units. Celebrating Living Landmarks Glorious St. Patrick’s Cathedral has been integral to New York’s heritage and religious life since its dedication. In 2006, interior cracks and exterior falling stone chips led to the first major overhaul in over 70 years. This immense Old Bklyn Fire HQ, 365 Jay St, Brooklyn St. Patrick’s Cathedral, 625 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan project has touched every part of the Gothic Revival building. Removing “We thank the Landmarks Conservancy … we could not be more enthusiastic about the decades of pollution revealed fine detailing; the exterior marble was repaired and the creamy interior plaster brought back to architect James Renwick Jr.’s supporting work that the Conservancy does.” intent. Restoration of stained glass windows, woodwork, monumental brass doors, and the organ, and upgrades to safety systems were all completed in time for a visit from Pope Francis.

In 2001, St. Paul’s Chapel and Churchyard served as a refuge for 9/11 - Robert E. Wankel responders working at the former World Trade Center site. Since then, 2015 Living Landmarks Honoree and President / Co-CEO of The Shubert Organization thousands have visited every day, drawn by the history and architectural merit of this hallowed place. Responding to long-term building needs and this recent increase in activity, two projects were undertaken. Exterior work reversed past inappropriate repairs, restored masonry, windows, and re-set the clock in a shining steeple. Landscaping treatments have improved the trodden churchyard, with new soil and plantings, upgraded irrigation systems, 2015 Living Landmarks Honorees Photo (left to right): Philip J. Smith, Robert E. Wankel, Susan L. Solomon, Dr. Susan Weber, Brooke Garber Neidich, Daniel Neidich, and Ken Langone. and visitor-friendly pathways that respect the historic grave markers. St. Paul’s Chapel & Churchyard, 209 Broadway, Manhattan Staten Island Museum, Staten Island 39 22nd Annual Living Landmarks Celebration

For more than two decades The New York Landmarks Conservancy has honored New Yorkers who have made extraordinary contributions to the City and recognizes them as Living Landmarks at a black-tie gala. The 22nd Annual Living Landmarks Celebration was held on November 5 at The Plaza in honor of philanthropist and celebrated co-founder of The Home Depot Ken Langone, co-founder of the Child Mind Institute Brooke Garber Neidich, founder of Dune Real Estate Partners, and dedicated philanthropist Daniel Neidich, Co-CEOs of The Shubert Organization Philip J. Smith and Robert E. Wankel, co-founder & CEO of the New York Stem Cell Foundation Susan L. Solomon, and director & founder of the Bard Graduate Center Dr. Susan Weber. A record $1.4 million was raised. Daryl and Jordan Roth served as Honorary Co-Chairs. The Living Landmarks Celebration is a “must attend” on New York’s social calendar and attracts trend-setters and opinion leaders from across the City’s unique “only in New York” intersections of art, commerce, education, entertainment, fashion, ﬁnance, government, and media. In addition to being a fun and festive evening, the gala provides critical support for the Conservancy’s unique ﬁnancial and technical assistance programs.

ﬁrst row ﬁrst row Timothy Cardinal Dolan & Ken Langone Robert E. Wankel, Bernadette Peters, & Joel Grey James Capalino, Ray Kelly, David Dinkins - photo: Noël Sutherland Paul Goldberger & Susan L. Solomon Brian Stokes Mitchell Michael & Karyn Christensen - photo: Noël Sutherland

second row second row Frank J. Sciame, Jr. John & Melie Spofford Peg Breen & George C. Wolfe Donald & Barbara Tober - photo: Noël Sutherland Paul Selver & Julio Peterson Iris Love, Stan Warshawsky, Martin Camins, Joan Camins, & Sandra Warshawsky Daniel Neidich, Paul Binder & Brooke Garber Neidich third row third row Daryl Roth - photo: Noël Sutherland Daniel Ryniec & Susan Weber - photo: Noël Sutherland Guy Robinson & Elizabeth Stribling - photo: Noël Sutherland Philip J. Smith - photo: Noël Sutherland Scott Rudin John & Pat Rosenwald - photo: Noël Sutherland

fourth row All Living Landmarks photos by James Salzano unless noted Marla Sabo, Michael Braner, & Christina Chang - photo: Noël Sutherland

41 42 TOURS AND OTHER EVENTS Professional Circle Tours Other Landmarks Conservancy Events Mystery Photo Contest & Tourist Video Series

The Conservancy offers a wide variety of networking, promotional, and In 2015, we celebrated the 50th anniversary of the groundbreaking New The Landmarks Conservancy continued its popular Mystery Landmark educational activities for its Professional Circle members, an active group York City Landmarks Law, one of the strongest in the country, and a model contest and Tourist In Your Own Town video series. of real estate, design, development and construction professionals, pres- for cities around the world. The year began with a panel discussion at the ervationists, property owners, and businesses interested in the art, archi- Thurgood Marshall U.S. Courthouse about the catalyst for, impact of, and The Mystery Landmark was launched in January 2011 and was an instant tecture, and history of New York. future of the Landmarks Law. hit. It’s a monthly competition to identify a close-cropped image of a New York City landmark. Winners receive a set of the Conservancy’s walking Professional Circle members are invited to exclusive tours of restora- Members also enjoyed “Preservation and Development: Is There Room in tour books or other publications. tion projects throughout the year. Tours included the U.S. Custom House This Town for Both?” – a moderated conversation at the Morgan Library with on Bowling Green, the TWA Terminal at JFK, and The Basilica of Saint thought-leaders and opinion-makers about the balance between protecting The ﬁrst episode of Tourist In Your Own Town was posted to YouTube in Patrick’s Old Cathedral. The Conservancy also organized sessions on using our cultural heritage in a City that is constantly growing and changing. August 2011. The series invites New Yorkers and visitors alike to explore social media to grow your business and masonry. the City’s extraordinary abundance of historic landmarks. A total of 41 Members were invited to behind-the-scene tours of the Alice Austen House, videos have been produced through the end of 2015 and the entire series The Conservancy joined forces with longtime Professional Circle mem- South Side of Ellis Island, and the South Street Seaport Museum, as well has been viewed more than 90,000 times. ber EverGreene Architectural Arts to present a four-part series titled as special exhibitions at the New York School of Interior Design on “Interior “Understanding Traditional Techniques in Historic & Contemporary Landmarks,” and the Museum of the City of New York’s show, “Saving 2015 Tourist in Your Own Town videos included Fraunces Tavern, the Spaces.” Following a kickoff session to get the series underway, mem- Place.” The Conservancy, Friends of the Upper East Side, and The American Woolworth Building, Church of Notre Dame (Morningside Heights), the Four bers were treated to hands-on workshops in stained glass, architectural Friends of Georgia presented an illustrated talk at the General Society of Seasons restaurant, and the Old Stone House and the Battle of Brooklyn. painting, plasterwork, and decorative ﬁnishing. Mechanics and Tradesmen on how the Georgian government is promoting tourism by preserving the country’s architectural and cultural heritage. Watch our Tourist in Your Own Town videos at Youtube.com/nylandmarks

Robert A.M. Stern MTA Capital Construction, Uday Durg and Supporting Preservation Education Dr. Michael Horodniceanu Bronx International High School Chairman’s Award Luncheon To support the next generation of architects, engineers, and design and construction professionals, in 2014, the Conservancy formed a partnership with Bronx International High School, which is housed in the land- The Landmarks Conservancy’s Chairman’s Award is one of the industry’s mark Morris High School (C.B.J. Snyder, 1900-1904). most esteemed honors recognizing exceptional individuals and organizations that have demonstrated their dedication to New York by protecting Via field trips to architecturally significant sites, workshops, and intern- and celebrating the City’s world renowned historic architecture. ship opportunities, the partnership is meant to expose juniors and seniors in the Preservation Technology Program to the profession of historic pres- At a lunch on June 18 at The Metropolitan Club, the Conservancy rec- ervation and the various career paths in the building conservation and ognized Dr. Michael Horodniceanu, president of MTA Capital restoration fields. Construction for the renovation and incorporation of the historic Corbin Building into the new Fulton Transit Center; and architect, teacher, and writer Robert A.M. Stern, Founder and Senior Partner of Robert A.M. Stern Architects.

Fred Bland, Beyer Blinder Belle; Craig Covil, ARUP; Page Cowley, Page Conservancy President Peg Breen at the Morgan Library Panel Discussion: “Preservation and Ayres Cowley Architects; Frank J. Sciame Jr., Sciame Construction and Development: Is There Room in This Town for Both?” With Guests: Justin Davidson, Morris Development; and Elizabeth F. Stribling, Stribling Associates; served as Restoration Tour at The Basilica of Saint Patrick’s Old Cathedral Adjmi, Richard Anderson, Ingrid Gould Ellen, Roberta Gratz, and Michael Sillerman Honorary Co-Chairs. Reception at the Landmarks Conservancy’s Downtown Ofﬁce Young Landmarks Council It was standing room only for the Conservancy’s annual Summer Solstice Open House in June when friends and colleagues enjoyed food, drink, and sweeping panoramic views of Battery Park, Ellis Island, and New Bronx International High School Students Sketchup Tutorial The Young Landmarks Council engages the next generation in protecting York Harbor. the City’s architectural treasures. This year, the group hosted “An Evening with Christopher Gray,” at the Union Club. Best known for his General Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen Lectures “Streetscapes” column which ran in the New York Times from 1987 to In 2015 the Conservancy continued its partnership with the General Society 2014. Following a brief interview by Conservancy President Peg Breen, of Mechanics & Tradesmen of New York City and members were invited Mr. Gray addressed questions from the audience for an interesting, to a series titled “Landmark Lectures”. Subjects included Terracotta entertaining, and provocative evening. Preservation, Conservation Goals and Methodologies for Landmarks, and Cross & Cross Architects. We are especially grateful to our Young Landmarks Steering Committee. Holiday Party Justin Abelow, Oscar K. Anderson, III, Gus Christensen, Daniel F. Crowley, The Conservancy concluded the year in December with its annual Winter III, Christopher Goodman, Alexa Hampton, Michael Jaffe, Christine Miller Solstice Party at its ofﬁce at Bowling Green. It was a fun and festive Martin, Erik Oken, Charles Preusse, Marla Sabo, and J. Russell Triedman. South Street Seaport Tour, Aboard Barque Peking evening – a perfect way to kick off the year-end holidays. Students at Gould Memorial Library Field Trip 43 44 TOURS AND OTHER EVENTS

Lena Kiladze, Peg Breen, Tara Kelly, and Mary Kay Judy - The American Friends of Georgia presented an illustrated talk at the General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen

Judy Glickman and Leonard Lauder with Family of James and Elaine Wolfensohn Professional Circle Tour at The Bowne House - Flushing, Queens Dinner at the Metropolitan Club Honoring James Wolfensohn

TWA Terminal Tour Led by Jim Steven, Manager of Physical Plant and Redevelopment at JFK

Interns With Landmarks Proclamation from Bronx Borough President, Ruben Diaz, Jr. I Heart NY Landmarks Photo Contest Winner - Pi Gardiner, Merchant’s House Museum. Light Testing at New York State Pavilion, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens

U.S. Custom House Tour, Bowling Green

Professional Circle Tour - Bowne & Co. Stationers, South Street Seaport Museum Professional Circle Tour - South Side of Ellis Island Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer Speaking at Chairman’s Award Luncheon Summer Interns from Bronx International High School and Skidmore College 45 46 Richard A. Garvey Allison Blinken Christine Miller Martin Individuals Barbara and Peter Georgescu The Rev. Canon George W. Brandt, Jr. Richard J. Massey Our Supporters Trudy Gottesman Daniel Brodsky Vera Mayer Landmark Skyscraper Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Graham, Jr. Farran Tozer Brown Martin J. McLaughlin ($1,000,000 and above) Cheryl L. Grandfield and Richard W. Dodd Richard T. Button Ronay and Richard Menschel The New York Landmarks Conservancy’s success depends on the annual support of our individual, corporate, and foundation donors. Each year we must raise Anonymous more than 85 percent of our operating budget from private sources. The Conservancy gratefully acknowledges our partnership with the following supporters Adaline Havemeyer and Stuart Siegel Catherine G. Cahill and William L. Bernhard Pamela and Michael Miles Karen and Stanley S. Hubbard Susan and Alexander Casdin Rodman W. Moorhead, IV during 2015. If any names have been listed incorrectly or omitted, please accept our apologies and let us know how we may adjust our records. Leader ($50,000–$99,999) Reverend John A. Kamas Bernadette Castro Barbara Mosbacher John P. Darby Dalia and Larry Leeds Edward Lee Cave Pat and Peter Nadosy Fiona and Stanley Druckenmiller Isabel and Peter Malkin Diana D. Chapin Henry Neville Sonia and Paul Jones Majid Mangali Anne and John Coffin Craig Notte Elaine and Kenneth Langone Dina Merrill and Ted Hartley Constance Comer Mr. and Mrs. George D. O’Neill Stephen J. Meringoff New York University Langone Medical Center $1,000–$2,499 $250–$499 Jeffrey Richards Michele and Sydney M. Cone, III Peter M. 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Diamond Alan Gettner Marjorie Horn Maureen Healy Falencki Robert Baschnagel Philip and Iliana Mindlin Ann Ash Joanne Brunson Adriana Dilancea Jill Gill Beebee Horowitz and Stuart Kendall Patricia Herby Stephen R. Beckwith Chi Mo Eugenia Askren Mary Beth and Walter Buck John Ditsler Robert Ginsberg John Hover Linda and Morton Janklow Thomas Bishop Christine Modica Steven Atkins Richard Burlage Josephine Dobkin Elizabeth Gold Tabitha Huber Bonnie Johnson Tina F. Bolton Edward T. Mohylowski John Austin Elaine Buss Barbara Burn Dolensek Mitchell Golden Claudia Huesmann Alexander Keeler Marcy Brownson John T. Moran Connie Avon Sally Butler James Dorney Michael Goldenberg Elizabeth Hughes Dee Ann Keip Diane Bruno Elizabeth Moss William S. Ayers A. Vincent Buzard Linda and Robert Douglass Deborah L. Goldman Justine Hughes Margaret and Kevin Kelly Ellen Buffington Victoria Neilson Joseph Azara Mr. and Mrs. Blake Cabot John Dowling John Golobe James W. Hundley, III Shirley Klein Lawrence Bukzin Christopher Neville Jane Azia Karen McCarthy Cady Kerry Doyle Valerie Gomes Ann Murphy Hunt Stephen Kornacki Cecil Burgin Juanita and Gene Norman Joseph Azrack George Calderaro Nancy Doyne Yves Gonnet Robert D. Huxley Eric Krasnoff Robert Cantor Alice Owens Frederick Bachman John Camera Charles Drew Margaret Goodman David Hyman Sandra Lazo Richard Cashin Carol and Nicholas Paumgarten John Bacon Florence Canter Stewart Driller Therese M. Goodwin Vincenzo Iacobellis Silvina Leone and Pablo Cisilino Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Cassilly Elizabeth T. Peabody Ray Bailey and Bob Petrucci Jay E. Cantor Stephanie Duke Bernadette Gorczynski Phyllis Igel Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez March and Philip Cavanaugh Nancy and Otis Pearsall Sheelagh and Frederick Bailey Louanna Carlin Louise Dunn Penny Grant Albert Imohiosen James MacDonald Robert Chace John Pegram William Baker Ellen and Thomas Caruso John Dunn Christina T. Gratz Mark Imowitz Anna Kriken Mann Anna Chapman John C. Perry Michael Bakwin Sharon Casdin Susan Dusenberry William Greene Erik Ipsen Grant F. Marani Jerome A. Chazen Irene Porges Alexandra and Paul Balser Margaret and Stephen Case Elizabeth Duwe Louis Greenzweig Josephine Iselin Lizbeth Marano and Mel Bochner Ivan Chermayeff Melissa J. Prober and Joseph D. Hughes Jeannette G. Bamford Susan Catalano Howard Edelstein Sandra Greer Richard Iversen Harold Martinez Harold Cohen John Sloane Pyne Steven Banilower Andrea Cave John Ellis John Grimes Frank Jackman Cristina Matera Sophie and George Coumantaros Timothy Quinlan Susan Baran Wendy Ceracche Patricia Ellis Dagmar Grimm Andrew C. Jacobs Musa J. Mayer Ian Danic Margaret Richards Robert and Betsy Barbanell Jeffrey Chapp Anne K. Embry Barbara Grodd Lael Jacobs Thomas McGanney Henry Darlington Grace Richardson Claudia Barber Suzi Forbes Chase Dede Emerson Kathryn Grody Beverley Jacobs Kellie Melinda Nancy and Richard Davis Mr. and Mrs. William D. Rifkin Christine F. Barber Adele Chatfield-Taylor Mark Emerson Kevin Grose Barry Jaffe George H. Miller Charles L. De Fanti Leslie Robertson Joan Barenholtz Jin Chen Pamela and Adam Emmerich Diahne D. Grosjean Richard Jaffe Sally Minard and Norton Garfinkle Elinor Deutsch Nicholas Robinson Robert Barnowske Wanda Chin and Michael Danowski Todd Engle Nancy Gross and Michael Boberschmidt Marilyn Janow Donna Morgan Andrea Dibner Linda Rolf Patricia and Thomas Barron Wendy and Thomas S. Chittenden Anne Englot Frank Guzzetta Elaine Jensen Enid and Lester Morse Donald Dillon James J. Ryan Lori and Harley Bassman Gloria Christy Barbara Epstein and Kevin McEvoy Jennifer and Peter Gyr Heidi Jerome Diane Muldrow David B. Doty Ellin Saltzman Robert Baublitz Alissa Churchill and Thomas K. Carley Vigdis Eriksen Linda Hackett T. R. Johnson Barry Munger James Driscoll Pam Schafler Giovanna Becker Carol A. Clark Rosa Esman Vivian Haime Stephen Johnson George Neuman Douglas Emilio Steven Schmidt Robin Beckett Patrick Clark Moises Esquenazi Robert Haines Kathryn Johnson and Thomas Scanlon Diane Nixon Peter M. Engel Raymond and Jean Schrag David W. Beer John Clarke Richard Estes Ira Haironson Steven Jonas John Orberg Christa Rice and Gail Erickson Thomas F. Schutte Thomas Beidelman Dorothy M. Clementson Henry Euler Dorathea Halpert Elizabeth Jones Edith Payne Michelle Evans Barbara Schwarz Danielle Bellanger Joseph W. Coen Constance Evans Rod Hammersley Stephen Jones Elizabeth Peyton Charles Farrell Theodore Scull Leslie and Alan Beller Sarah Coffin Scott Evenbeck Duane Hampton Joannes Joosten Anne and Joseph Pierson Werner Feibes Frances Shelton Judith Belsky Donald Cohen Heather Ewing Richard Handler Michael J. Joyce Eric A. Pike Justin Ferate and Louis Newman Meryl Sherwood Constance Benson Leonard Colchamiro Helen and Edward Ezzrick Catherine Handy Julia B. Just Charles Platt F. Richardson Ford, III Ami Sloane Barbara Berger Robert Cole Stephen A. Facey Andrei Harasymiak Eleanor Kagan Nicholas Platt Kathleen Fortner Sheila and Frederick Small Judith Berger Joan Colello Michael Faherty Gregory Harden Linda Karas Anne and Samuel S. Polk Marilyn and Lawrence Friedland Andre Spears Sybil Bernstein Cathleen Collins Harris Feinn Michael Harrell Jane and Gerald Katcher Victoria Radd Rollins Jeffrey Going Mr. Benjamin F. Stapleton, III Matthew Bernstein Margaretta Colt Kathryn Feldman Susan Harrigan Elaine Kateb Mark Rubin David Goldenberg Melvin Stein Al Berr Fleurette E. Colucci John Felleman Elizabeth Hart M. Katz Maria Pia Ruffilli Budd Goldman Elissa B. Steiner Sandra Bertsch Mary Alice O. Conner Mary E. Findlay Linda Hartley Ada and Alex Katz Elizabeth and Rex Ruthman Catherine Gulevich Miriam Stern Joan Bick Mary Connolly Stephen Finkelstein Teresa Haughey Jessica Kavoulakis Suzanne Salomon Kate Harris Tina Tapinekis Alexander Bing Carol L. Cooper Deborah Fiss Kitty Hawks Holly Kaye Christina Sassi-Lehner Marion O. Harris Marilyn Tuck Susan S. Binger Wendy E. Cooper Barbara G. Fleischman Franklin Headley Earle Kazis Francesco Scattone Henry Hart Virginia Valentine Mark Bintinger Andrea Costa Christopher Folla Johanna Hecht and Raymond Sokolov Katherine V. Keating and Larry A. Schroeder David P. Schrader Ruth C. Haupert-Lengemann Edith Van Slyck Gary A. Bleiberg Brooks Cowan Thomas M. Fontana Donald S. Heft Mitchell Kellert Nancy E. Schuh John Holman Robert Watt Barbara Blomberg Laurence Cranch Kay Foster Caren Heller David Kelley Ruth and David E. Schwab, II Catherine Hood Thomas Weller Inga Boguslavsky David Creed McKenzie Foster Monique Heller Jeanne Kelly M Schwartz Robin Howald Carolyn and William Wheatley, Jr. Kent H. Bohler Lori and Christopher Croft Carol Francescani Thomas Henk Peter Kennard Herbert J. Schwarz, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Justin B. Israel Stephanie Whitten Eileen Bohn Kerri Culhane Sharon Frankel Robin Henry Rose H. Kenny Wolfgang Schwerdt Howard E. Johnson Ed Wiseman Marilyn Boll William Curry James Freeman Emma Herlihy Gerald Keucher Thomas P. Sculco E. Judson Elizabeth Zale Jeffrey S. Borer Ross Dalland Angela Freiburg Jill Herman R. Christopher Kidd Lawrence Slaughter Ralph Julius Judith Borkowsky Terri D’Angelo Shelly and Vincent Fremont Dorothy Hertling John Kiley William Sterling Georgianne M. Kasuli Advocate ($100-249) Janet Botsford Marilyn Daniti Jay Frey Charles Hewett Younghee Kim-Wait Jack Taylor Ronald Kaufmann Carol Abrahams Richard Bourgerie Regina Dantas Lewis Friedman Richard Hickerson Henry King James Townsend Rita Kavanagh and Neal X. Twomey Susan Abramson John G. Bove Joshua David and Stephen Hirsh Robert Friedman Gregory and Lauree Hickok Bruce Kirschner Carol Waaser Thomas Kennedy Carol Adams Mig Boyle Lawrence Davidson Stephen Friedman James Hill Peter L. Klausner

49 50 Helaine Knickerbocker David McLean Norman and Sandy Pessin Lisa Sanders Rosemary Stevens and Jack Barchas Robert Youdelman Coastal Waterproofing, LLC Norfast Consulting Group, Inc. Joe Kolman Mark McLewin Erika Petersen Richard Sanford Horst Stipp Devra Zetlan Cooper, Robertson & Partners Architecture Nova Restoration of New York, Inc. Scott Koniecko Deborah McManus Lorna Peterson Chuch Santoro Milton Strom Carol and Lawrence Zicklin Corsa Construction Old Structures Engineering, PC David Kopp G. Scott McVetty R.G. Peterson Barbara Sawitsky Barbara and Mark Stroock John Zidik Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International Realty Richard Pearl Helen Kornblau Jeffrey Meck Richard Petretti Rosalie T. Sayles Patricia Stryker Benjamin Zinkin David Grider Architect Esin Pektas Rhoda and Stanley Kornreich Julie Medler Jean Parker Phifer, FAIA Bill Scheffer Olga and Stanley Stylianos Albert Zuckerman Deerpath Construction Corporation Chris Pepe Seymour Krasner Carolynn Meinhardt Marie-Louise Pickering Grose Lenore and Steve Scheffer Steven Sussner Judith Zuckerman DG Historical Restoration Mariann Perseo Jeffrey Kroessler Lilia Melani James Pickman Peter Scheffer Mr. Joseph Svehlak Paul B. Zuydhoek East End Wood Strippers, Inc. Jacqueline Peu-Duvallon Carol Kruse Naomi Mendelsohn Phyllis Wendt Pierce Charles Scheidt Mrs. Charles J. Tanenbaum Easton Architects, LLP Philip Toscano Architect Estelle Kuhn Marcia Menter Catherine Pietronuto Nikki Scheuer Jean Tatge Professional Circle Ed Tristram Associates, Inc. James S. Polshek Alice La Prelle Chana Mesberg Gloria Pilot Beverly and Murry Schlesinger Bill Teitler Edward Kamper Associates Preservation Design Group Peter Ladd Teresa Metcalf Max Pine Norman Schnall Jean Terepka Eipel Engineering Group, D.P.C. Rand Engineering and Architecture, PC Benefactor Carole Lalli Mr. and Mrs. Roger Michaels Pauline Pinto Katherine Schoonover Lionel Tiger ESI Design Renfro Design Group, Inc. AKRF, Inc. Susan Lally Adam B. Michaels Patricia Pitassy Josef and David Schreick-Cipperman Linnaea Tillett Rachel Eynan-Shargal Residential Interiors Corporation Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners, LLP Craig Lamb Leonard Michaels Gerald Pollack Frances Schwartz Seth Tillett Fifty Three Restorations, Inc. Richbrook Conservation Broadwall Consulting Services, LLC Cynthia and Anthony Lamport Frances Milberg Anthony Ponturo Renata Schwebel Margarita Torres and Selim Alphandery Steve Fisher Rohlf’s Stained & Leaded Glass Studio CTA Architects P.C. Richard Lanahan Susan Miller Jane Poole Ron Schweiger David Trachtenberg Cathy Franklin Russel Watsky, Inc. Kibel Companies, LLC Alexandra Langner Leigh and Lynden Miller Arthur Postal Joanne Schwind Michael Trachtenberg Fred Basch Architect, PLLC S.W. Management, LLC Platt Byard Dovell White Architects, LLP Joseph LaPolla Charles Miller Anastasia Prassas Jane F. Scovell Peter Trippi Ken Gemes Scott Henson Architect, LLC West New York Restoration of CT, Inc. Fran Lebowitz Doreen Miller Victor Principe Paul Segal, FAIA Amy Troni Gil Studio, Inc. Timothy Shea Zubatkin Owner Representation Richard M. Leder William Miller Thomas Pulling Marie Seide Joel S. Truman Glass & Glass, Architects Silman Jael Lee Sandra Mintz Erik Putz Linda Seidel Andrea Tucher Glück Pipe Organs Skyline Windows, LLC Patron William Leeds Yelena Modik Ilona Nemeth Jay E. Selman Charlotte Turner Gregory Dietrich Preservation Consulting Stephen Tilly, Architect Jordan Bremus Raymond and Barbara Lefebvre William H. Mohr Denis Quinn Jacqueline Shabot Bernadette Tuteur Harold S. Spitzer, Architect Steven Kratchman Architect, P.C. CetraRuddy, Inc. Richard Leibner Paula Mohs-Thomas Nancy Raditz Laurie M. Shahon Elliott Utrecht Lynda C. Heller Sullivan Engineering, LLC City Center Real Estate, Inc. Bobbie Leigh Eloise L. Morgan Lee Radziwill Neal Shapiro Anne H. Van Ingen Julie Herzig Sunlites Stained Glass Ennead Architects LLP Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Deane Leonard Gregory Morris Kathryn Ralph Barnett Shepherd George Van Pelt HHL Architects Surface Resto Inc. EverGreene Architectural Arts, Inc. David Lerner Connie Mugno Cynthia J. Ramirez Philip Sherman Harold Varmus Higgins Quasebarth & Partners, LLC Marie Taylor Francesca Russo Architect Annie Levin John Mulvey Nancy Rankin Kate Sherwood Virgilia Vassall Hoffmann Architects, Inc. Thomas A. Fenniman Architect James R. Gainfort Whitney Levin Margaret Murphy Nicole Rauscher Melissa Shinsato Marion Veale Holly Kaye Planning and Traditional Line, Ltd Gerner Kronick & Valcarcel Jenna Levine Alice and Harvey Napier Edward S. Reid Ellen Shugure Brunhilde Vergouwen Development Consultant Traditional Waterproofing & Restoration Inc Gilsanz Murray Steficek, LLP David A. Levine Barbara J. Nash Nancy and James E. Rheingrover Shirley A. Siegel Robert Viola Howard L. Zimmerman Architects, PC Turett Collaborative Architects Green-Wood Cemetery Jeffrey Wayne Levine James Neff Judith Ricca Philip Sievers Paula and Anthony Viscogliosi Hunter Roberts Construction Group, LLC Universal Builders Supply Inc. HOK Architects Martin Levine Janet Neiman Clifford Richner Robert Silver Mary Voce ICS Builders Urban DC, Inc. J.E. O’Donnell Construction Company, LLC Helen Levy Sueann Newberg Mr. and Mrs. Robert Riggs Mayer Silvera Toni von Zuben Integrated Conservation Resources, Inc. Vertical Access, LLC Kathryn Scott Design Studio Linda D. Lewis Nathaniel Newlin Ditah Rimer Vera Silverman Kathy Vosters Island Housewrights Corporation Vestacast Langan Engineering & Environmental Services Mark Lichtenstein Anthony Newman Donna Roberts Tina Silvestri and David Pugh Robin Vrba Jablonski Building Conservation, Inc. Walter Sedovic Architects Leslie E. Robertson Associates, RLLP Kathleen Liles Scott Newman Joanne Robinson Guy Simmons Paul Wachtel Jan Hird Pokorny Associates Donald R. Whitaker Levien & Company, Inc. Dawn Lille Nancy Nicolette Joan Robinson Albert Simons Daniel Wacks Janko Rasic Architects Wireless EDGE Consultants, LLC Madison Capital Partners Nancy and Jim Litsas Daniel O’Brien Hugh Robotham Lee Simonson Mary Wade Jeffrey Berman Architect Peter Pennoyer Architects, PC James and Diane Lyon Mary and Dan O’Byrne Lisa Rode Tiffani Simple Tiffany Wagner Joseph K. Blum Company, LLP Jack Pontes Young Landmarks James Lyons Barbara O’Connell Florence and Steven Roffamn Alan Sirvint Marc Wallack Julie L. Sloan, LLC, Stained-Glass Consultants Right Path Contruction Mr. and Mrs. Timothy MacDonald Michael O’Connor Frank Rogers Alan Skvirsky Beth Walowitz Kaese & Lynch Architecture Walter B. Melvin Architects, LLC Steering Committee Arlette MaGee Claire and Peter Odell Julia A. Rogge Jeffery Slade Carol Walters and Engineering, LLP Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc. Sallie and Justin Abelow Ezra P. Mager Sheila O’Donnell Holly Rom Barbara Slonevsky Elizabeth Watson Kamen Tall Architects Mr. and Mrs. Oscar K. Anderson, III Amy and Marc Magid Barbara Offenhartz David Rosenbaum Bram Smith John P. Waugh Kelly Construction Associate James Sharp Brodsky Christine Mainwaring-Samwell Sidney Offit Joan Rosenbaum Anthony Smith Deborah Webster Kevin Wolfe Architect, PC A.R. Walker & Company, Inc. Gus Christensen Paige Malik Rima Ogrin Dr. and Mrs. Joseph S. Rosenberg Maida Snapper Carol Weinberg Kingswood Historic Windows Alexander Gorlin Architects Daniel F. Crowley, III Linda Mandell Janet O’Hare Zachariah Rosenberg Elizabeth Sosland John Weisz and Restoration, Inc. All County Restoration, Inc. Alexa Hampton Jefferson Mar Ronald Olsen Stephen Rosenfeld Patricia Soto Jane and Stuart Weitzman Lacey Thaler Reilly Wilson Architecture, LLP ALSA Architecture Michael A. Jaffe Peter C. March Benjamin Olson Susan J. Rosenthal and Larry Grosberg Richard Spain Jonathan Weld Lamb Studios, Inc. Architectural Preservation Studio, P.C. Christine Miller Martin Barbara Marcus Francis O’Neill Patricia Rowett William Speer Michael Wellner Landmark Facilities Group, Inc. Artisan Restoration Group Mr. and Mrs. Erik R. Oken Michael Marcus Louis O’Neill Howard Rowland Allan Sperling Denise Welsh Leonard Colchamiro, Architects AYON Studio Charles Preusse Jennifer Maria Joyce O’Reardon Richard Rowland John Spyropulos Olga Werchola and Planners B & H art-in-architecture, Ltd. Marla Sabo Marjorie and James Marker Nadine Orenstein Terez and Peter Rowley William Squier Halton West Lexicon Communications Corporation Bareau Designs J. Russell Triedman Alice Martell Janice C. Oresman John Rozett Allen Staley Nada and David Westerman Li/Saltzman Architects, PC Belisle Ancestral Doors and Windows Srini Venkateswaran Roy Marthon Rosalind Orman Charlie Rubin Jan Staller Anita Wheeler Lichten Craig Donaldson Architects Donald J. Berg Neil Martin Glenn Ostrander Walter Rummenie Julia Stanton Margery Whiteman Linda M. Yowell Architects Christine Bernick Jonathan Marvel Harry Otterman Paul Ruoso Ellsworth Stanton Monike Wiebke John Lippert In-Kind Donors Bertolini Architectural Works, D.P.C. Carol Matorin Joseph Owens Anthony Russell Judy Stanton Walter F. Wientge, Jr. LPH Architects George Bianco Sally Ruth May Nancy Owens Edward Russell Daniel Starr Holly Williamson Marcus Rosenberg & Diamond, LLP EverGreene Architectural Arts BirdMaster Peter J. Mayer Clifford Palmer Michael Ruvo Madonna Starr Ealan Wingate Metropolitan Construction Corp. General Society of Mechanics Alexis Bodenheimer Ann Mazzei Frances Pandolfi Maria Rychlicki Renee Starr Bruce Winston Midtown Preservation Architecture and Tradesmen of the City of New York Brownstone Authority, Inc. Joan S. McAllister Mrs. Richard Patrick Susanne and Edward Sack Roberta Steele Carl L. Winterrose and Engineering, PC Simpson Thacher & Bartlett Building Integrity Associates David M. McAlpin Bernard Pearlman Albert Safer Nancy Steelman Ronda F. Wist Daniel Moran Building Studio Architects, LLP Gillian McCain Phillip Pearson Barbara Saltzman Jane Stein Peter M. Wolf MVN Architect, LLC Burda Construction Corporation Maureen W. McCarthy Judite Pedro Michael Salvatore Barbara Steiner Michael G. Yamin Neuhaus Design Architecture, PC Canido Basonas Construction Corp. Ellen McGrath Richard Perfit Jane and Martin Salwen Robert Steiner Michael Yi Newman Design caseworks design group Elaine McHugh Kathryn and Richard Pershan Steven Sander Patricia Stella John A. Yost Nicholson & Galloway, Inc Charles H. Henkels, Architect 51 52 Financial Statements Board of Directors Advisory Council Staff

Statement of Activities Year Ended December 31, 2015 Lloyd P. Zuckerberg Oscar K. Anderson, III Karen Ansis Chair Laurie Beckelman Manager, New York City Historic Properties Fund Support and Revenue Contributions $ 2,355,253 John Belle, FAIA, RIBA and City Ventures Fund Special Events, net of direct beneﬁt to donor 1,234,977 John S. W. Spofford William L. Bernhard Investment return used for operations 90,713 Vice Chair Kathryn McGraw Berry, AIA Veronica Ball Program services income 20,120 The Rev. Canon George W. Brandt, Jr. Associate Director, Development J. Russell Triedman Farran Tozer Brown Total Support and Revenue $ 3,701,063 Treasurer Bernadette Castro Peg Breen Daniel F. Crowley, III President Expenses Program $ 1,872,638 Ronne Fisher Susan Cullman Development 800,916 Secretary Walter L. Deane Rick Bruner Administration 259,649 Peter Duchin Manager, Multimedia Peg Breen Stuart P. Feld Total Expenses $ 2,933,203 President Jennifer Franklin, Esq. Ann-Isabel Friedman Support and Revenue over (under) Expenses $ 767,860 Norton Garﬁnkle Director, Sacred Sites Justin Abelow Richard Garvey, Esq. Non-operating Activities Non-operating investment return -121,866 Michael Braner Robert C. Graham, Jr. Andrea Goldwyn

Joan O. Camins Clark P. Halstead Director, Public Policy Change in Net Assets 645,994 Pamela Rubin Carter, Esq. Margaret Brennan Hassett John P. Casaly, Esq. Michael A. Jaffe Colleen Heemeyer Net Assets, Beginning $ 10,353,830 August J. Ceradini, Jr. Susan Henshaw Jones Manager, Grants and Technical Services Net Assets, Ending $ 10,999,824 Gus Christensen The Rev. John A. Kamas

Alex Herrera Statement of Financial Position December 31, 2015 Anne Cofﬁn Bruce Knecht Director, Technical Services Center John P. Darby Stephen S. Lash Assets Cash and cash equivalents $ 3,440,250 Michael K. De Chiara, Esq. Malcolm MacKay Pledges receivable 520,000 Alexa Hampton Christine Miller Martin Robert Irving Loans receivable 79,671 Stephen Meringoff Craig M. Notte, Esq. Director, Finance Due from NYCHP Fund, Inc. 38,328 Lise Moran Carol Lincoff Prisant Prepaid expenses and other assets 44,973 Erik R. Oken Allison Simmons Prouty, Esq. Scott Leurquin Investments 5,632,358 Virginia R. Parker, CFA Robert C. Quinlan Director, Development Property and equipment, net 24,329 The Rev. Dr. Thomas F. Pike George Ranalli Cash and cash equivalents held for other agencies 109,074 Stephanie H. Pincus, M.D. Frances Scaife James J. Mahoney Restricted Investments $ 2,397,068 Jonathan Plotkin Lawrence Sicular Program Coordinator, Charles F. Preusse Stuart N. Siegel New York City Historic Properties Fund Total Assets $ 12,286,051 Barrie Ringelheim Jeanne Sloane Marla Sabo Liz Smith Kera Reid Liabilities Accounts payable and accrued liabilities 3,493 Marc P. Schappell Samuel G. White, FAIA Manager, Ofﬁce Grants payable 976,705 Frank J. Sciame, Jr. Deferred rent 121,055 Ernest M. von Simson (Board and Advisory Council as of April 2016) Jenna Smith Due to New York City Historic Properties Fund, Inc. 75,900 Elizabeth F. Stribling Senior Manager, Amounts held for other agencies $ 109,074 Donald G. Tober Special Events and Membership Sandra Faith Warshawsky Total Liabilities $ 1,286,227 Glen Umberger Manager, Special Projects Net Assets Unrestricted Undesignated 667,476 Blaire Walsh Board Designated 6,577,602 Program Coordinator, Total Unrestricted 7,245,078 New York City Historic Properties Fund Temporarily Restricted 1,357,678 Permanently Restricted 2,397,068 Amy Woodin Development Associate Total Net Assets $ 10,999,824 Total Liabilities and Net Assets $ 12,286,051 Credits

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