Section 4 : Historic Preservation Plan

Section 4 : Historic Preservation Plan

SECTION 4 : HISTORIC PRESERVATIONThe LakotaPLAN Group 93 Historic Preservation Plan Albany Historic Preservation Vision This Historic Preservation Plan represents the results of a collaborative planning process between the City of Albany, its Albany’s 400-year heritage has produced thousands of historic resources which are integral to the city’s image and identity, helping Historic Resources Commission and Preservation Plan Steering to maintain a prosperous downtown and enhancing residential neighborhoods. Albany’s historic resources are well maintained, and Committee and various stakeholder groups to create a planning many are undergoing rehabilitation or restoration work to bring new housing choices to Albany residents. Property owners, contractors vision and policy framework that advances the local historic and developers are taking advantage of the many historic tax incentives and other initiatives that encourage rehabilitation of historic preservation program. The Preservation Plan also organizes resources. The City of Albany and its historic preservation partners continually collaborate to document and register the City’s local preservation activities and initiatives in specific areas to historic resources while educating its citizens, property owners and developers in the benefits of preservation. Historic preservation facilitate the implementation of long-term preservation goals has improved property values in and around historic areas, fostered civic beauty, and preserved and promoted the appreciation of and build a more effective community preservation effort. Albany’s historic buildings, structures, sites and districts for the education and welfare of the its citizens and stakeholders. Furthermore, this Plan should also serve as a work program not just for the Historic Resources Commission but also for partner stakeholders and entities, including other City departments, Historic Albany Foundation, economic development groups, and Value Statement #1 Value Statement #2 Value Statement #3 Value Statement #4 other preservation advocates. While the City and the Historic Historic Preservation is a Historic Preservation Enhances A Strong and Effective Preservation Efforts in Albany Resources Commission will take the lead on many initiatives critical tool to Revitalizing Residential and Mixed-Use Local Historic Preservation Recognize All Groups and presented in this document, partnerships with other public Downtown Albany Neighborhoods Program Requires Collaborative Populations that have agencies and private sector organizations to implement other Efforts Between Many Contributed to Albany’s Built aspects of the Historic Preservation Plan, especially in relation The historic building stock Residential historic districts Different Partners Environment and Heritage to city revitalization and educational and advocacy efforts, will within Downtown Albany is throughout the country serve also be needed. widely viewed as a valuable to protect and reinforce distinct The Albany community The preservation movement and significant collection of neighborhood character, believes that successful historic today recognizes that racially, Outlined in Section 4 of this Historic Preservation Plan 19th- and early-20th century design and authenticity; they preservation and stewardship culturally, and ethnically diverse are specific preservation planning goals, initiatives, architecture, a collection are the essential reasons why requires continual commitment groups are important to and implementation actions. Discussed in Section 5: incorporated as part of locally such neighborhoods remain on the part of the City of understanding a community’s Implementation, are the respective roles and responsibilities designated and National desirable places to live. In Albany and other preservation complete story. The citizens of among key implementation partners. The section below Register historic districts. The addition, Albany’s older, historic partners and advocates to Albany consider the preservation presents the community’s guiding vision for historic community also recognizes that neighborhoods are located in support and implement various of key sites, stories and legacies preservation along with four value statements that reflect historic preservation plays a close proximity to the Downtown key preservation initiatives. of the city’s diverse populations Albany’s core historic preservation beliefs. fundamental role in revitalizing commercial area and Capitol Hill; Collaborative efforts help to a high priority. Even without the traditional downtown districts they also comprise a source of leverage existing financial and physical evidence of buildings and — historic buildings can serve as affordable housing as compared organizational resources, engage locations to associate the stories incubator spaces for independent to newer developments. new stakeholders as future of such groups, the City will find businesses while upper floors Albany residents desire the preservation advocates and new and innovative ways to tell could be converted to offices, conservation and preservation build a strong community historic and interpret such stories to the hotels and residential units, of historic neighborhoods as a preservation ethic. broader community. making Downtown Albany a true means of offering a range of mixed-use center. The community living opportunities in historic will adopt new policies and environments rich in character sustain new initiatives that and as an effective strategy advance historic preservation- for achieving community based approaches to revitalizing sustainability. and maintaining Downtown Albany as the community’s vital and central commercial district. 94 Albany, New York Historic Preservation Plan Historic Preservation Goals, Objectives, and Actions The Albany Historic Preservation Vision and Value Statements be found through multiple sources, including grants through the toward minimizing the demolition of historic resources is serve as the framework for specific planning goals, policies Certified Local Government programs, through partnerships recommended. and actions that build and sustain an effective community with local non-profit agencies such as Historic Albany preservation program. In succeeding sections, a series of Foundation, and by attached the survey requirement to the Education, Advocacy, and Outreach preservation planning goals, policy statements and actions are creation of a neighborhood plan. For any community preservation program, local stakeholders presented and organized around the four key elements of an Program Administration and Management — residential and commercial property owners, contractors effective local historic preservation program. All goals, policies and developers — need to know the significance of Albany’s and actions are also focused on facilitating public and private This element concerns the operations and management of heritage, the benefits of preservation, and the tools and sector participation in local historic preservation, recognizing the community preservation program at the municipal level, resources available to help them adaptively reuse, rehabilitate that each sector has important roles to play in advancing the including the mechanisms for designating Local Landmarks and preserve the community’s historic resources. Elected Albany historic preservation vision. and Districts and conducting design review for projects leaders also need to understand the economic impact and seeking a Certificate of Appropriateness (COA) — mechanisms rate of return on its investment and participation in various Survey Documentation and Registration administered both by the Albany Historic Resources City-supported preservation initiatives. Therefore, informing An active and ongoing survey and documentation program Commission and City staff. Two key aspects of program and educating local stakeholders through various efforts and provides the basis for understanding and identifying the administration include an effective historic preservation initiatives is critical to building strong support for preservation community’s historic resources — what resources are of ordinance that protects historic resources and manages in Albany. greatest significance and should be maintained and preserved, change over time and educated and well-trained members whether as designated landmarks or historic districts, as part of the Historic Resources Commission so they can function of the community’s future built environment. Following a flurry fairly and efficiently. Albany’s Historic Preservation Ordinance of activity in the 1970s and 1980s to list and designate historic needs refinements to ensure clarity to demolition procedures Plan Organization landmarks and districts, there have been relatively few survey and design review standards; in other cases, new tools, such projects until recently, resulting in a National Register historic as a demolition delay provision, could be incorporated to district nomination. In addition, twenty-nine properties were enhance the effectiveness of the Ordinance. A comprehensive Goal Statement: An overarching statement of intent that guides considered locally significant and eligible for local landmark set of design guidelines should also be developed to assist the program decisions over time. designation (see Section 2: Albany Historic Resources for Commission in design review decisions and in informing the additional information). public on preservation best practices. Policy Statement

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