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New York 

Landmarks Conservancy 

30th Anniversary Report 2003

Preserving & Protecting New York 

From the President Page 1 

Three Decades of Landmark Work Page 2 

Advocating for Historic Buildings Page 4 

From world-renowned landmarks to Federal-era row houses, 

the Conservancy is a voice for preservation. 

Providing Architectural Expertise Page 6 

Technical assistance ensures the highest standards of preservation. 

Preserving Sacred Sites Page 9 

Grants and assistance support wise stewardship 

of sacred sites across New York State. 

Funding Historic Restorations Page 12 

Low-interest loans from the Conservancy help owners 

restore historic building exteriors. 

Revitalizing Neighborhoods Page 14 

Grants and project management transform dozens 

of Upper Manhattan religious buildings. 

Enhancing Community Buildings Page 16 

Funds help retain architectural details of converted buildings. 

Tenth Annual Living Landmarks Celebration Page 17 

A gala night celebrates New York and its legendary citizens. 

Lucy G. Moses Preservation Awards Page 20 

Supporters Page 22 

Thanks to our corporate, foundation, and individual supporters, the 

Conservancy continues to preserve and protect New York’s unique 

architectural heritage. 

Board & Staff Page 31 

Financial Statement Page 32

Dear Friends, 

What a thrill it is to have reached our thirtieth anniversary this year—three decades 

of preserving our incredible architectural heritage and making a difference in New 

York. It’s an honor to be part of this organization. 

The Conservancy was founded to be the practical arm of preservation, 

dedicated to actually restoring bricks and mortar. We have helped so many 

buildings, individuals, congregations, and non-profits that traveling around New 

York can be startling sometimes. You realize how much you have learned about 

the city’s history, architecture, and architects, as well as about the people who 

now live, worship, or work inside the great old buildings. It fills you with a special 

proprietary feeling about New York. 

A remarkable group of people founded and have been associated with the 

Conservancy through the years. Brendan Gill, William H. Whyte, Senator Daniel 

Patrick Moynihan, Mrs. John Loeb, Si Breines and Sarah Tomerlin Lee are some 

whose passing we mourn but association we treasure. The current Board and 

talented professional staff possess a dedication, and a level of expertise and interest, 

that would be hard to surpass. If I sound like a cheerleader, it’s because I am. The 

$24 million in loans and grants we have awarded through the years make us one 

of the largest, most productive, and most recognized preservation groups 

in the country. We have even become known internationally, sponsoring 

special workshops in Havana and St. Petersburg, Russia and conferring with 

preservationists across Canada. 

Our Historic Properties Fund is the largest revolving loan fund for 

preservation in the country. Our Sacred Sites program was one of the first in the 

country to help landmark religious properties. It remains one of the few programs 

of its type and the only one operating on a statewide basis. Our City Ventures Fund 

has helped non-profit community developers create AIDS facilities, shelters for 

victims of domestic violence and more than 600 units of affordable housing in 

older buildings throughout the City. Our technical assistance has been invaluable 

to homeowners, coops, non-profits, museums, and even city agencies. 

The Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone turned to us to manage a unique 

preservation fund that has helped 29 landmark quality institutions in Harlem, 

Inwood, and Washington Heights. We helped form the Lower Manhattan 

Emergency Preservation Fund after 9/11 to preserve the historic character of the 

area around Ground Zero. Our efforts ensured that the Corbin Building, an early 

skyscraper, will be incorporated into the new Fulton Transit Center. And we have 

established good working relationships with the officials charged with rebuilding 

and redeveloping the World Trade Center site and its environs. 

It’s a thirty-year record of achievement. We hope you are as proud of it as we 

are. For we couldn’t have gotten this far, and done so much, without your belief in 

our mission and your support. New York, preservation, and the Conservancy face 

challenges ahead. But you have to believe in the future to want to preserve the past. 

Here’s to the next thirty years. And here’s to you. 

Peg Breen, President 

1From the President

2Three Decades of Landmark Work 

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Important early projects of the Landmarks 

Conservancy include the U.S. Customs House 

on Bowling Green (1), the Federal Archive Building 

in Greenwich Village (2), the Fraunces Tavern 

Block (3), and St. Ann’s and the Holy Trinity 

Church in Brooklyn (4). 

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Brendan Gill, the late author, advocate and 

inspiration, presided over the first board of directors 

meeting of the Landmarks Conservancy on April 11, 

1973. The idea for the Conservancy came three years 

earlier when the Municipal Art Society formed a 

committee to formulate and launch a separate 

organization that could go beyond advocacy and 

actually restore buildings. 

From Small Beginnings 

The Conservancy began with a one-person staff and an 

active board, focusing on individual projects in Lower 

Manhattan–the reuse of Cass Gilbert’s magnificent 

former U.S. Custom House on Bowling Green; saving 

the early 19th century Fraunces Tavern block and the 

Victorian Pier A on the Hudson River. Today, the 

Conservancy continues to have an active board and has 

grown to a 15-person staff. Our pioneering programs 

and expert technical staff assist hundreds of buildings 

each year. And the Conservancy is a leading voice for 

preservation policies and programs in Washington and 

Albany, as well as at City Hall. 

The ability to fund and manage multiple projects 

grew out of the redevelopment of the former Federal 

Archive Building in Greenwich Village. Revenues 

from that project formed the Conservancy’s Historic 

Properties Fund, which has grown into the largest 

preservation revolving loan fund in the country. The

Fund has made more than $12 million in loans and 

grants since its creation and has helped revitalize 

buildings and neighborhoods throughout New York. 

Technical Expertise 

The Conservancy began hiring technical experts in the 

1970s to monitor restoration work the Conservancy 

helped fund at the Church of St. Ann and the Holy 

Trinity in Brooklyn Heights. Today the Conservancy’s 

expert staff consults with non-profits, religious 

institutions, individual homeowners, coops and 

government agencies; holds workshops on cutting edge 

preservation techniques; publishes technical reports; and 

lectures for groups ranging from the New York Board of 

Coops to the New York Real Estate Board. 

The Sacred Sites program was launched in 1986, 

following a statewide study of deteriorating religious 

properties. The program has now helped almost 800 

religious institutions with grants and technical advice. 

Common Bond, our journal of technical advice 

for religious properties, reaches 6,000 subscribers 

nationally. Regular workshops help congregations with 

everything from energy conservation to fundraising. 

The City Ventures fund was also established 

in 1986, offering grants to non-profit community 

developers in low and moderate income neighborhoods. 

Other programs naturally grew out of our mandate and 

technical ability: The Endangered Buildings Fund. The 

Upper Manhattan Preservation Fund. The Emergency 

Non-Profit Fund. The Endangered Buildings Initiative. 

The restoration of Astor Row. 

Astor Row has been transformed through the Conservancy’s work. 

Back to Our Roots 

Just as we began in Lower Manhattan, we are involved 

there today in the wake of 9/11. We are a partner now 

with the Municipal Art Society and other groups, saving 

threatened historic structures around Ground Zero and 

working to protect the historic integrity of the site itself. 

There has been a remarkable number of projects and a 

constant array of dedicated Board and staff associated 

with the Conservancy throughout the years. New York’s 

architecture and its people continue to be a constant 

source of inspiration. Helping to preserve the greatest 

City in the world is a demanding, but a very rewarding, 

mission. 

Celebrating Our 30th Birthday 

Friends, supporters, Board members, and staff 

celebrated the 30th Anniversary of the founding 

of the New York Landmarks Conservancy on 

April 30. Timothy Forbes, Chief Operating 

Officer of Forbes Inc. and a Living Landmark, 

graciously hosted the event at Forbes Galleries 

on Fifth Avenue. The festivities featured 

balloons and an old-fashioned birthday cake 

with icing. 

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4Advocating for Landmark Buildings 

2003 Issues 

121 Heberton Avenue, Staten Island 

Aeolian Building, Manhattan 

Asch Building, Manhattan 

Blackwell House, Roosevelt Island 

Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Manhattan 

Childs Restaurant on the Boardwalk, Coney 

Island, Brooklyn 

Corbin Building, Lower Manhattan 

Ellis Island 

Erasmus Hall High School, Brooklyn 

Front Street, South Street Seaport Historic 

District, Lower Manhattan 

Gansevoort Market Historic District, 

Manhattan 

Governors Island 

Henry Miller’s Theater, Manhattan 

Lower Manhattan 

Museum of Arts and Design, 2 Columbus Circle, 

Manhattan 

Newtown High School, Queens 

NoHo East Historic District, Manhattan 

Richmond Hill Republican Club, Queens 

Roosevelt Island 

Seaview Hospital, Staten Island 

Shearith Israel Synagogue, Manhattan 

Smallpox Hospital Ruin, Roosevelt Island 

Thirteen Federal-Era Row Houses, 

Lower Manhattan 

Thompson Meter Company Building, Brooklyn 

Tribeca South Historic District Extension, 

Manhattan 

Williamsburg Houses, Brooklyn 

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Successes of 2003: three Federal-era buildings on MacDougal 

Street (1) were designated as landmarks, and a daring design 

and bold development proposal for the City’s properties at the 

northern end of the South Street Seaport Historic District (2). 

The Conservancy is a respected voice at City agencies 

considering landmark and preservation issues. In 2003 

the Conservancy urged the Landmarks Preservation 

Commission to designate several unusual individual 

buildings, including the Williamsburg Houses and 

Thompson Meter Company Building in Brooklyn; a 

fine Victorian house at 121 Heberton Avenue in Port 

Richmond on Staten Island; and the Aeolian and Asch 

Buildings in Manhattan. We also supported the creation 

of new or extended historic districts in the Tribeca 

South, NoHo East, and Gansevoort Market. 

Several of the Conservancy’s positions were 

controversial. We backed the Landmarks Preservation 

Commission’s proposal to charge modest fees for some 

building permits in order to offset the operational costs 

and ensure steady staffing levels. We also supported the 

landmark designation of the Cathedral of St. John the 

Divine, but it was overturned by the City Council 

because LPC’s action allowed new development on 

the nearby grounds. Finally, we urged approval of 

a proposal by Congregation Shearith Israel to fund 

continued restoration of its historic synagogue with the 

proceeds of an adjacent new development. 

The Conservancy supported a daring design and 

bold development proposal for rental housing on the 

City-owned properties at the northern end of the South 

Street Seaport Historic District. After a decade’s delay, 

we applaud the City for developing a plan that saves 

11, historic, Front Street shells in addition to three 

new buildings. 

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The Corbin Building (1, 2) will be a part of the new transportation 

Center at Fulton and Broadway. A historic map (3) 

shows Lower Manhattan. 

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Protecting Historic Assets 

Helping Targeted Areas 

In 2003, we scored a decisive victory in October when 

the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) 

announced that it would preserve the Corbin Building, 

a Romanesque forerunner of modern skyscrapers 

designed by architect Francis Hatch Kimball in 1898 for 

prominent businessman Austin Corbin. 

The Conservancy hired structural engineer Robert 

Silman to demonstrate the feasibility of underpinning 

the Corbin during construction of a $750 million 

Fulton Transit Center. We enlisted architectural 

historian Andrew Scott Dolkart to prepare historical 

documentation to support the nomination of the 

building to the State and National Registers of Historic 

Places. The success of this nomination ensures that the 

MTA will consult with the State Historic Preservation 

Officer about its redevelopment plans and seek to 

mitigate any adverse impacts on historic resources. 

The Conservancy met with elected officials, 

municipal agencies, community leaders and residents, 

civic groups, real estate and business leaders, and 

the press. 

Using Corridors of Concern, a map 

developed in 2003 to identify historic 

resources in Lower Manhattan, the 

Conservancy advocated for the preservation 

of the Fulton, Greenwich, and West Street 

corridors. Consultant Ken Lustbader and 

architectural historian Michael Caratzas 

prepared detailed histories and analyses 

of older buildings along the Fulton and 

Greenwich corridors, which were shared 

with the Lower Manhattan Development 

Corporation and other key community 

leaders. 

The Conservancy worked with Lower 

Manhattan Emergency Preservation Fund 

and sister organizations on this precedentsetting 

agenda that has attracted the 

attention and praise of the media, including 

The New York Times, NY1 News, The 

Gotham Gazette, and the Discovery Channel 

series on the rebuilding of Lower Manhattan. 

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6Providing Architectural Expertise 

Technical Services assisted with the restoration of 

City Hall station and its elaborate skylights (1) 

for the 100th anniversary of the IRT. Other projects 

included advising on the restoration and adaptive 

reuse of the TWA terminal at JFK (2) and 

consultatioin on window restoration 

at 100 Bridge Street, Brooklyn (3). 

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The Technical Services Center is recognized for its 

expertise and often called upon by city agencies and 

non-profits. Two projects in 2003 involved historic 

transportation sites that are currently inaccessible to 

the public. 

NYC Transit retained TSC as preservation 

consultants on the first phase of restoration of the 

historic City Hall Subway Station beneath City Hall 

Park. Considered the “First Station” of the IRT system, 

its architectural treatment reflects that era of grand 

public spaces. Closed to the public since the 1940s, 

the ghost station is a time capsule of multi-colored 

Guastavino vaults and leaded skylights. As the site of 

the subway system’s inauguration ceremony in 1904, the 

station is scheduled to host a ceremony to commemorate 

the 100th anniversary in the fall of 2004 with the 

Governor, Mayor, and other dignitaries. 

The Conservancy was a Consulting Party in the 

Section 106 review of the proposed restoration and 

reuse of the former TWA Terminal at John F. Kennedy 

International Airport. This review evaluates the impact 

of government-funded projects on buildings and sites 

listed on the National Register of Historic Places. We 

supported the adaptive reuse of the historic building and 

the construction of a new terminal building behind it. By 

freeing the historic building of the many requirements 

and constraints associated with modern terminal use, 

many unsympathetic changes can be undone and the 

building can be restored both inside and out. The 

terminal will house a variety of new, airport-related 

uses, such as a conference and meeting center, 

restaurants, an exhibition gallery and electronic 

ticketing kiosks. It will be linked to the new terminal 

by the original Saarinen-designed Flight Tubes, which 

originally lead passengers to the gate areas.

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The Smallpox Hospital on Roosevelt Island (1) is being stablized 

and incorporated into a park. In 2003, TSC worked with Pomander Walk (2), 

the Museum of the City of New York (3), and St. Bartholomew’s Church (4). 

The Judge Building (5) is one of dozens for which the Conservancy 

holds preservation easements. 

Assisting the City’s Institutions 

Cultural and educational institutions are often 

stewarding grand, historic buildings, requiring expert 

technical advice to preserve and maintain. Last year, 

TSC continued its work with the Museum of the City of 

New York to revitalize its magnificent Georgian Revival 

home in the Upper East Side. In addition to important 

repairs and upgrades, a new heating plant was installed 

in 2003, and plans were finalized for a new slate roof. 

TSC, with Goshow Architects, surveyed the historic 

windows in the original McKim, Mead & White 

buildings on the Columbia University campus. The 

resulting study documents a wide variety of window 

types, and sets the restoration strategy and standards for 

replacement windows where the originals were lost. 

The former Smallpox Hospital at the southernmost 

tip of Roosevelt Island is known to most New Yorkers 

as the ivy-covered ruin visible from the FDR Drive. 

The Conservancy has met with officers of the 

Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation to advance 

the stabilization of the ruins. 

A Tool for Preservation: Easements 

The Prince of Asturias, Spain presided at the fall, 2003 

ceremony to inaugurate the restored and reconstructed 

Amster Yard, an ensemble of small buildings on East 49th 

Street. The Cervantes Institute, the Spanish Cultural 

Center, purchased and renovated the complex. The 

Conservancy was intensely involved in the construction 

and restoration process, because it holds a preservation 

easement on Amster Yard. 

An easement is a legal agreement between a 

property owner and an organization that restricts future 

changes to the property. In 2003, the Conservancy 

accepted two new preservation façade easements: 

• Central Savings Bank (now Apple Bank), 

2100 Broadway, York & Sawyer, 1926–28 

• The Judge Building, 110 Fifth Avenue, 

McKim Mead & White, 1888–90 

This brings the total number of easements to 28. 

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The Verizon Building has been restored 

to its original glory inside (1) and out (2), 

after the damage sustained on 9/11. 

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Reaching Out to Professionals 

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2003 Projects 

110 Bridge Street, Brooklyn 

157 East 75th Street, Manhattan 

8220 Narrows Avenue, Brooklyn 

Amster Yard, Manhattan 

City Hall IRT Station, Manhattan 

Columbia University, Manhattan 

Edgar J. Kaufmann Conference Center at the 

Institute of International Education, 

Manhattan 

Former Smallpox Hospital, Roosevelt Island 

India House, Manhattan 

Lady Moody House, 17 Gravesend Neck Road, 

Brooklyn 

Museum of the City of New York, Manhattan 

Pomander Walk, Manhattan 

Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Center of New 

York, Manhattan 

Regis High School, Manhattan 

St. Bartholomew’s Church, Manhattan 

TWA Terminal at John F. Kennedy Airport, 

Queens 

West Park Presbyterian Church, Manhattan 

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In addition to working with building owners, the 

Technical Services Center has a mission to promote 

information about preservation technology and 

practice. In 2003, this took the form of a forum on 

“Color and Pattern: Uncovering Decorative Legacies,” 

which studied the restoration of interior decorative 

finishes at Central Synagogue and Congregation 

Shearith Israel. TSC also sponsored a series of evening 

seminars with the New York Council of Coops and 

Condominiums aimed at assisting board members 

of historic multiple dwellings in their dealings with 

architects, engineers and contractors. Subjects included 

façade inspections, terra cotta restoration options, 

Landmarks Commission rules and regulations, and 

other general construction-related topics. 

Director Alex Herrera presented a workshop on 

restoration practices to architects and engineers on staff 

at New York City Transit. It focused on the special 

requirements when planning or executing work on 

stations that are either listed, or eligible for listing, on 

the National Register. Herrera also wrote an article on 

the restoration of Edgar J. Kaufmann Conference Center 

at the Institute of International Education for the 

Summer Issue of Oculus magazine. The restoration 

of the International Style rooms, Alvar Aalto’s only 

surviving work in New York, was researched and 

supervised by the Conservancy’s Technical Services 

Center. 

Herrera is also representing the Conservancy as 

head of the Historic Buildings Committee of the New 

York Model Codes Program, a study of the existing 

building codes by the New York City Department of 

Buildings. The goal is to replace the existing patchwork 

codes with a new code based on the International 

model code.

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The Sacred Sites program has awarded 800 grants, 

totaling over $3.9 million, since 1986. With each grant 

comes guidance on preservation techniques, project 

management, and fundraising. Sometimes a grant 

request develops into an extended and intensive 

relationship, as in the case of West-Park Presbyterian 

Church. 

An outstanding example of late 19th century 

religious architecture in New York City, West-Park 

is situated prominently at the corner of West 86th and 

Amsterdam Avenue in Manhattan. Eligible for listing on 

the State and National Registers of Historic Places, it is 

located just outside the Upper West Side/Central Park 

West Historic District. 

The church first contacted the Conservancy’s Sacred 

Sites staff in 2000 about masonry façade repairs. Its 

endowment was dwindling rapidly, and even with a 

Conservancy pledge of a $10,000 grant, the church 

didn’t have sufficient funds for the project. 

In 2003, the Conservancy learned the congregation 

was exploring demolition and redevelopment to 

raise funds. Working with a coalition of congregational 

leadership, the Presbytery, West Side City Council 

member Gale Brewer, Landmark West!, and community 

members, the Conservancy sought a solution that would 

retain the historic church and meet the congregation’s 

funding needs. 

Neighbors and community leaders formed Friends 

of West-Park as a 501(c)3 not-for-profit corporation and 

developed a $6 million plus fundraising plan. They have 

secured initial pledges of over $3 million, retained an 

experienced preservation architect to design an enlarged 

building complex that will provide income and space for 

programming, and found potential community partners 

to use some of the new space. West-Park Church is now 

considering the community’s offer. The Conservancy 

remains involved as the congregation and community 

seek common ground. 

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The fate of West-Park Presbyterian Church, at 86th 

and Amsterdam Avenue, (1) hung in the balance 

throughout 2003. Neighbors presented this 

preliminary design that incorporates the historic 

structure while expanding program space (2). 

Rev. Dr. Eugene Callender of New York Presbytery 

Board of Trustees spoke at a public forum (3) on the 

future of the building. 

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9Preserving Sacred Sites

First Evangelical Lutheran Church in 

Poughkeepsie (1) had deteriorating window 

frames (2) that also affected its stained glass. 

The Sacred Sites Program helped develop 

an overall preservation plan that resulted 

in restored windows (3). 

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Spurred by the West-Park issue, the Sacred 

Sites Program initiated discussions with 

leadership of several denominations about 

appropriate redevelopment for redundant 

religious properties. The Conservancy held a 

roundtable discussion with members of the 

New York Presbytery Board of Trustees, 

financial and real estate staff from the New 

York Episcopal Diocese and the Roman 

Catholic Archdiocese of New York, and 

experts in nonprofit real estate development. 

The discussion stressed the importance of 

identifying new sources of income, such as 

nonprofit partners, to support landmarkquality 

churches before repairs become 

cost-prohibitive. 

The Conservancy has also reached out 

to the New York Presbytery and Roman 

Catholic Dioceses of New York and Albany 

to promote National Register listing. Unlike 

local landmark ordinances, the National 

Register is primarily honorific rather than 

regulatory in nature. In cases where listing 

isn’t feasible, even a preliminary determination 

of eligibility for listing on the State and 

National Registers can enable a property to 

apply for certain private funds, such as the 

Conservancy’s Historic Property Fund loans 

or Sacred Sites Fund grants. 

Site Visits Across the State 

The staff visits as many sites of grant applicants as 

possible, and sometimes those visits affect the funding 

priorities of the congregation. First Evangelical 

Lutheran Church in Poughkeepsie, a red brick 

Romanesque Revival church built in 1856, applied 

to the Sacred Sites Program in May 2002 to fund 

restoration of their failing stained glass windows. 

However, as soon the Grants Manager Erin Tobin 

Bearden saw the deteriorated brownstone trim and 

clogged gutters, she emphasized the priority of 

addressing those problems first. Some lintels had 

delaminated so severely that she could see daylight 

through the layers of stone. 

Sacred Sites recommended preservation consultant 

Kimberly Konrad Alvarez, who was then hired to 

prepare a masonry conditions assessment and assist 

the architect, Edmond G. Loedy, in preparing plans, 

specifications, and construction management—and 

awarded a $1,200 Consulting Grant to fund the 

masonry report. In 2003, the Landmarks Conservancy 

followed up with a $6,000 grant to stabilize loose 

brownstone and repair the drainage system. As advised, 

the church has also instituted a regular gutter cleaning 

as part of its cyclical maintenance. After these more 

urgent issues are addressed, the Conservancy will 

continue to work with First Evangelical Lutheran to 

preserve the lovely stained glass windows that first 

brought them to us.

2003 Grants 

Robert W. Wilson Sacred Sites Challenge Grants 

Christ Episcopal Church, Poughkeepsie 

Grace Church, Manhattan 

Immanuel Baptist Church, Rochester 

St. Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church, Manhattan 

St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Liberty 

St. Peter’s Presbyterian Church, Spencertown 

Universal Baptist Church, Saratoga Springs 

Sacred Sites Grants 

All Saints Episcopal Church, Briarcliff Manor 

Asbury United Methodist Church, Croton-on-Hudson 

Baptist Temple, Brooklyn 

Beth-El Temple, Church of God in Christ, Far Rockaway 

Blessed Trinity Roman Catholic Church, Buffalo 

Bristol Hill Congregational Church, Volney 

Chapel Hill Bible Church, Marlboro 

Chapin Memorial, Unitarian Universalist 

Society of Oneonta, Oneonta 

Christ Episcopal Church, Albion 

Church of St. Andrew, Staten Island 

Church of the Holy Innocents, Highland Falls 

Church of the Transfiguration, Manhattan 

Delphi Falls United Church, Delphi Falls 

Eldridge Street Project, Manhattan 

Emmanuel Lutheran Church of Harlemville, Hillsdale 

First Baptist Church, Ossining 

First Congregational Church, Jamestown 

First Evangelical Lutheran Church, Poughkeepsie 

First United Methodist Church of Seneca Falls, Seneca Falls 

First United Methodist Church, Bainbridge 

First United Methodist Church, Ilion 

Flushing Monthly Meeting, Flushing 

Greenpoint Reformed Church, Brooklyn 

Hamilton Monthly Meeting, Smyrna 

Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Manhattan 

Hunter Synagogue (Congregation Kol Yisroyal Anshai), 

Hunter 

Lakeville A.M.E. Zion Church, Manhasset 

Magen David Synagogue, Brooklyn 

Monthly Meeting of Religious Society of Friends, 

Quaker Street 

Mount Washington Presbyterian Church, Manhattan 

New Kingston Presbyterian Church, Margaretville 

Old Saratoga Reformed Church, Schuylerville 

Park Church in Elmira, Elmira 

Preble Congregational Church, Preble 

Presbyterian Church of Rensselaerville, Conkling Hall, 

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Scarborough Presbyterian Church, Scarborough 

Serbian Orthodox Cathedral of St. Sava, Manhattan 

St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Brewster 

St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Yaphank 

St. George’s Church, Hempstead 

St. James A.M.E. Zion Church, Ithaca 

St. John’s Church, Honeoye Falls 

St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church, Staatsburg 

St. Mark’s Baptist Church, Highland Falls 

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Patchogue 

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Poughkeepsie 

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Rochester 

St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Albany 

St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, South Nyack 

St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Geneva 

Stanton Street Synagogue - Congregation B’nai Jacob Anschei 

Brzezan, Manhattan 

Temple Sinai, Saratoga Springs 

Thomas Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church, Watertown 

United Church of Oxford, Oxford 

United Methodist Church of Patchogue, Patchogue 

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12Funding Historic Restorations 

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The Historic Properties Fund helps improves 

facades of historic homes, like 98 South Oxford 

in Fort Greene (1). Before the work (2), 

the home had a dreary façade, but after, 

it features lovely details (3). 

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The Historic Properties Fund has authorized over $12 

million in low interest loans and $260,000 in grants for 

owners for restoration work on all types of historic 

properties since its inception in 1982. 2003 was a 

year of “nines” for the Fund: $999,000 in loans closed 

for nine properties; nine restoration projects were 

completed. 

One notable 2003 project was the façade restoration 

of a clapboard row house at 98 South Oxford Street in 

Brooklyn. Built circa 1850 in the transitional Greek 

Revival/Italianate style, it sits on an eclectic block 

dominated by brownstone structures and is a 

contributing building to the Fort Greene National 

Register Historic District, just outside the boundaries 

of the City-designated historic district in Fort Greene. 

Unlike properties in City-designated historic 

districts, changes to buildings in National Register 

historic districts are not publicly regulated unless state 

or federal financing is involved, so the owners weren’t 

legally bound to historic preservation objectives. 

But with a $130,000 loan from the Historic Properties 

Fund and a strong desire to restore their property 

appropriately, the owners avoided aluminum siding 

and chose new cedar clapboards, along with a restored 

cornice and repaired roof and drainage systems. The 

restoration also included new windows and frames, 

porch structure, Corinthian columns, railings, balusters, 

floor and ceiling boards, and stairs—all wooden. Even 

the sidewalk is new! This work inspired the next-door 

neighbors to restore their building as well.

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A Unique Project 

Kehila Kedosha Janina is one of a kind. It is the only 

community of Romaniote Jews in America and one 

of the last remaining Romaniote synagogues in the 

world. Distinguished by their traditional Greek rites, 

a group of Romaniotes emigrated from Greece and 

established a congregation in 1906. The synagogue 

offers traditional Romaniote services and houses a 

museum dedicated to the history and culture of the 

2,000-year-old Romaniote Jewish Community. 

Like many Lower East Side synagogues of the early 

1900s, the vernacular temple at 280 Broome Street 

was designed with Classical and Moorish influences. It 

features a three-bay facade, central entrance, a reference 

to corner towers, and tablets containing the Ten 

Commandments. The building needed substantial 

restoration, including replacement of wood and stained 

glass windows, cleaning and repointing of the buffcolored 

brick facade, and roof replacement. 

The New York Landmarks Conservancy, the 

Lower East Side Conservancy, and the congregation 

collaborated to successfully restore the building. As a 

result, Kehila Kedosha Janina was listed in the National 

Register of Historic Places and awarded a grant of 

$50,000 from the State’s Environmental Protection 

Fund, a highly competitive grant process. The Historic 

Properties Fund matched the State grant with a grant 

of $10,000 and a loan of $70,000. Another $10,000 

from the Landmarks Conservancy’s Sacred Sites Fund 

completed the necessary financing. 

Just in time for services for the Jewish High Holy 

Days, the restoration work was completed in the fall 

of 2003, but it was just one aspect of Janina’s recent 

revival. The synagogue has experienced a tremendous 

renewal of interest from the local community and from 

Romaniote Jews across the country. 

Kehila Kedosha Janina (1) is a synagogue unique 

for its Romaniote heritage. The years had darkened 

its exterior (2) and detailing (3). 

2003 Projects 

Anderson-Johnson Residence, Fort Greene, 

Brooklyn* 

Castillo-Bush Residence, Clinton Hill, Brooklyn 

Cathedral of St. Sava, Manhattan 

Causer Residence, Bedford-Stuyvesant, 

Brooklyn* 

Clark Residence, Williamsburg, Brooklyn 

Cohn Residence, Fort Greene, Brooklyn 

Delliturri Residence, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn 

Greenwich House, Manhattan* 

Halls-Sampson Residence, Crown Heights, 

Brooklyn 

Ingrum Residence, Harlem, Manhattan* 

Kedila Kedosha Janina Synagogue, Manhattan* 

Kanem Residence, Fort Greene, Brooklyn 

Keucher-Walsted Residence, New Brighton, 

Staten Island 

Kipfmueller Residence, Clinton Hill, Brooklyn* 

McConnell Residence, Clinton Hill, Brooklyn 

McCullough-Paradis Residence, Clinton Hill, 

Brooklyn* 

Mills-Evans Residence, Park Slope, Brooklyn* 

Penn Residence, Clinton Hill, Brooklyn* 

St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Manhattan 

St. James Episcopal Church, Elmhurst, Queens 

Stephenson-Brewster Residence, Fort Greene, 

Brooklyn 

Wechter-Tompkins Residence, Williamsburg, 

Brooklyn 

* Completed in 2003 

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14Revitalizing Neighborhoods 

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UMHPF grants were used to restore Convent 

Avenue Baptist Church (1), Holy Trinity 

Church (2) , and St. Ambrose (3). 

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The Upper Manhattan Historic Preservation Fund 

(UMHPF), which the Landmarks Conservancy 

administers for Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone, 

had a busy construction season in 2003, completing 10 

projects. This pioneering program employs preservation 

as a tool for economic development. 

Tourists and residents of Harlem’s Hamilton 

Heights Historic District will enjoy the results 

of UMHPF’s recent work. The renewed elegance of 

Convent Avenue Baptist Church’s monumental stained 

glass window is one of many success. Other UMHPF 

projects which included restored roofs, masonry, 

drainage systems, wood windows and attic trusses 

at Convent Avenue Baptist and neighboring Greater 

Tabernacle Baptist and St. Luke’s Episcopal churches 

helped preserve the picturesque late-19th and early 20th 

Century neighborhood. 

Projects at four other upper Manhattan religious 

institutions were completed in 2003 with grants of 

$100,000 each. St. Philip’s Episcopal Church, an 

individual New York City landmark and home to the 

City’s oldest African-American Episcopal congregation, 

used UMHPF funds to restore stained glass windows 

throughout the sanctuary. A few blocks south, Old 

Broadway Synagogue, a National Register 1920s 

vernacular building, transformed its façade by 

recreating the original tripartite, arched window, 

replacing other deteriorated stained glass and cleaning 

and repairing the exterior masonry. In Inwood, the John

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2003 Projects 

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Russell Pope-designed Holy Trinity Church restored the 

roofs and drainage systems of two of its three buildings. 

East Harlem’s Chambers Memorial Baptist Church 

completed masonry restoration of its Romanesque 

Revival brick and sandstone façade. 

Chambers Memorial Baptist Church, East Harlem 

Church of St. Edward the Martyr, East Harlem 

Convent Avenue Baptist Church, Hamilton Heights 

Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, 

Mt. Morris Park 

Ephesus Seventh Day Adventist Church, Mt. Morris Park 

First Corinthian Baptist Church, Harlem 

Greater Tabernacle Baptist Church, Mt. Morris Park 

Holy Trinity Church, Inwood 

Holyrood Church, Washington Heights 

Masjid Malcolm Shabazz, Harlem 

Mt. Morris Ascension Church, Mt. Morris Park 

Mt. Zion Lutheran Church, Hamilton Heights 

Old Broadway Synagogue, Manhattanville 

St. Ambrose Episcopal Church, Harlem 

St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Hamilton Heights 

St. Philip’s Episcopal Church, Harlem 

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Promoting Stewardship 

For many congregations, participating in the UMHPF 

program sparked an interest and commitment to good 

building stewardship. Old Broadway Synagogue, 

for example, began planning an interior restoration 

program, and 2001 UMHPF grantee, Holyrood Church 

will embark on a complete terra cotta façade restoration 

in 2004. 

Some congregations have used UMHPF grants and 

loans to initiate fundraising campaigns and leverage 

funds from other sources. St. Ambrose Episcopal 

Church and Holy Trinity Church were awarded a total 

of $90,000 in grants and loan funds from the Episcopal 

Diocese of New York Property Support Committee to 

support UMHPF-funded projects. Ephesus Seventh Day 

Adventist Church raised over $500,000 to undertake the 

complete façade restoration begun with an initial grant 

of $100,000 from UMHPF. 

With more projects on the drawing boards, the 

Conservancy will remain an active partner in the 

revitalization of the Upper Manhattan community. 

After 40 years, the historic triple-arched window at Old Broadway 

Synagogue (1) is back in its place, recreated with a $100,000 UMHPF grant. 

Historic photos (2) helped guide its restoration decades after the window 

was removed and the opening bricked up (3). Gil Studios painstakingly 

recreated each section of the missing window (4). 

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16Enhancing Community Buildings 

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The Belmont (1, 2) will be a home for low-income families. 

Funding from City Ventures allowed a preservation 

consultant to oversee the project. Other 2003 

projects included 181 Bainbridge Street (3) and 

277 Gates Avenue (4), both in Brooklyn. 

2003 Grants 

Cornerstone Baptist Church, 

Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn* 

New Destiny Housing Corporation, Bedford- 

Stuyvesant, Brooklyn 

Pratt Area Community Council, Bedford- 

Stuyvesant, Brooklyn 

* Completed in 2003 

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Through the City Ventures Fund, the Conservancy 

works with non-profit developers to retain the period 

details of non-landmark but architecturally significant 

buildings being converted to housing and community 

service centers. The Fund has provided over $1.1 million 

in grants and loans, resulting in the creation of over 600 

affordable apartments since 1986. 

At 547 Madison Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant, the 

Cornerstone Baptist Church transformed the Belmont, 

a 1903 apartment building, into nine units of housing 

for low-income families and senior citizens. It is a 

contributing building to the Stuyvesant North Historic 

District, a proposed expansion of the city and National 

Register-listed Stuyvesant Heights Historic District. A 

City Ventures Fund grant of $35,000 was used to restore 

the building’s masonry, brownstone sills and entry, 

and to repair and paint the metal bays and cornice. 

Most importantly, the grant covered the costs of a 

preservation consultant to ensure that all work was 

carried out satisfactorily. 

With a $45,000 City Ventures Fund grant 

to replicate an ornamental fascia, the Pratt Area 

Community Council (PACC) is rehabilitating the 

distinctive Beaux-Art style apartment building at 277 

Gates Avenue. Built in 1910, the once-vacant building 

will house low-income senior citizens. Nearby, New 

Destiny Housing Corporation is using a $25,000 grant 

to restore the brownstone entry and stoop, front door, 

cornice, and ironwork of a building that will contain 

eight units of permanent housing for families who have 

survived domestic violence.

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“By saving buildings, you save the spirit 

of New York.” — Henry Grunwald 

Thank you, Henry. We couldn’t have said it better 

ourselves… 

The Tenth Annual Living Landmarks Celebration 

was held at The Plaza on November 5, and it was the 

Conservancy’s most successful gala yet. Over 500 guests 

joined us to honor: 

• Louise & Henry Grunwald, Philanthropists 

• John Kander & Fred Ebb, Composers 

• Elaine Kaufman, Restaurateur 

• Peter Peterson, Investment banker 

• Elaine Stritch, Entertainer, and 

• Victor Gotbaum, Labor leader and recipient of the 

Lew Rudin Award for Outstanding Public Service. 

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1. Victor & Betsy Gotbaum 

2. Henry & Louise Grunwald, Peter G. Peterson, Liz Smith 

3. Elaine Stritch, Joan Camins, Jack Kerr 

4. Danny Zarem & Elaine Kaufman 

Henry Grunwald went on to praise the city’s 

“incredible freedom, incredible openness to outsiders, 

and incredible range of opportunities and choices.” 

He added, “I’d rather be a landmark in a corner of 

New York, than in a grand plaza anywhere else.” 

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1. Fred Ebb, Liza Minelli, John Kander 

2. Liz Smith, Fred Ebb, John Kander 

3. Helen Gurley Brown & Peter Duchin 

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Accepting his award from Beth Rudin DeWoody, 

Victor Gotbaum received big laughs when he said, 

“There’s no city like New York— Especially if you’re 

from Chicago.” 

The night was filled with music once again as 

Elaine Stritch entertained guests. She said it was “a 

helluva thrill” to be named a Living Landmark and 

sang Victor Herbert’s “In Old New York” and “Of 

Thee I Sing,” which she dedicated to New York. 

Landmark Peter Duchin and his orchestra provided 

music throughout the night. 

Pete Peterson said about Host Liz Smith, “Liz 

defines the essence of New York and what New 

Yorkers are all about. She is literary, cosmopolitan, 

metropolitan, brass not crass, naughty but never 

haughty.” 

Liza Minnelli electrified the crowd with a surprise 

special appearance. She sang several songs in honor of 

Kander & Ebb. She started with their trademark song 

for her, “Liza with a Z,” then performed “And the 

World Goes Round.” Her spectacular finale was “New 

York, New York” with the composers singing along 

with her. It brought the room to a standing ovation. 

So ended an exceptional evening and a great tribute 

to the Conservancy, to our honorees, and to our City. 

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Living 

Landmarks 

Betty Allen 

Brooke Russell Astor 

Louis Auchincloss 

Harry Belafonte 

Paul Binder & 

Michael Christensen 

Bill Blass 

David Brown 

Helen Gurley Brown 

Pat & William F. Buckley, Jr. 

Hugh Carey 

Betty Comden & 

Adolph Green 

Barbara Cook 

Joan Ganz Cooney 

Walter Cronkite 

Joseph F. Cullman III 

Clive Davis 

Philippe de Montebello 

Peter Duchin 

Anthony Drexel Duke 

Ahmet Ertegun 

Steve, Robert, Christopher 

& Tim Forbes 

Brendan Gill 

Victor Gotbaum 

Vartan Gregorian 

Louise & Henry Grunwald 

John Guare 

Agnes Gund 

Kitty Carlisle Hart 

Marian & Andrew Heiskell 

Al Hirschfeld 

Peter Jennings 

Philip Johnson 

John Kander & Fred Ebb 

Elaine Kaufman 

Arie L. Kopelman 

Mathilde Krim 

Henry Luce III 

Sirio Maccioni 

Peter Martins 

Mary McFadden 

Arthur Mitchell 

Daniel Patrick Moynihan 

Jerry Orbach & 

Sam Waterston 

Gordon Parks 

Peter Peterson 

Joan Rivers 

Laurance & 

David Rockefeller 

Felix Rohatyn 

Lewis Rudin 

Arnold Scaasi 

Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. 

Bobby Short 

Beverly Sills 

Liz Smith 

Gloria Steinem 

Elaine Stritch 

John L. Tishman 

Thomas Von Essen 

Mike Wallace 

Harvey & Bob Weinstein 

George C. Wolfe 

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1. Mike and Mary Wallace 

2. Barbara and Donald Tober, Peg Breen 

3. Mr. & Mrs. Jan Hird Pokorny 

4. Mr. & Mrs. Felix Rohatyn 

5. Beth Rudin DeWoody, Randy Bourscheidt 

6. Randi Weingarten, Elise Wagner & Valerie Campbell 

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20Honoring Achievement 

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Lucy winners include the Washington Square 

Arch (1), the Brooklyn Historical Society (2), and 

the Middle School for Packer Collegiate 

Institute (3). Students learn preservation 

techniques at Lucy-winning High School for 

the Preservation Arts (4) in Brooklyn. 

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The Lucy G. Moses Preservation Awards, named after 

a noted philanthropist, are intended to recognize the 

property owners, builders, artisans, and designers who 

renew the beauty and utility of New York’s distinctive 

architecture. Each year, the awards celebrate the success 

of historic preservation and its role in the economic, 

social, and cultural vitality of our city. 

Nine construction projects received a coveted Lucy 

for work completed in 2003. The Biltmore Theater, site 

of the awards ceremony, was lauded for the Polshek 

Parnership’s deft restoration and adaptive use of this 

vacant, deteriorating midtown landmark, opened in 

1925 and shuttered since 1986, as the new home of the 

Manhattan Theatre Club. The 1878 Brooklyn Historical 

Society headquarters in Brooklyn Heights has been 

meticulously restored and upgraded by Jan Hird 

Pokorny Associates. On Staten Island, the Collegiate 

Gothic-style complex of six interconnected buildings 

dating from 1902-1964, Curtis High School, has been 

carefully repaired by STV, Inc. architects for the School 

Construction Authority. Kehila Kadosha Janina 

Synagogue, founded on the Lower East Side by Greek- 

Jewish immigrants in 1906, has been renewed by 

Leonard Colchamiro, architect, for the congregation 

and the Lower East Side Conservancy. 

In Brooklyn Heights, architect Hugh Hardy has 

created a cutting-edge Middle School for Packer 

Collegiate Institute by adapting the 1869 Old St. Ann’s 

Church by James Renwick. At 780 West End Avenue in 

Manhattan, a Blum Brothers masterpiece dating from 

1912, Walter B. Melvin Architects has restored the 

parapet, cornice, balconies, and facade. In the venerable 

Schermerhorn Row Block, architects Beyer Blinder 

Belle have fit the South Street Seaport Museum into the 

200-year-old buildings in a seamless manner. In Lower

Manhattan, next to Ground Zero, the 1927 Art Deco 

landmark Verizon Building has been repaired and 

returned to service from the grievous damage it suffered 

on 9/11 by William F. Collins Architects; especially 

welcome is the brilliant lobby restoration by EverGreene 

Painting Studios. Finally, the New York City 

Department of Parks & Recreation has completed a 

thoughtful and comprehensive restoration of the 1895 

Washington Square Arch and its elegant statuary, under 

the watchful eye of Building Conservation Associates. 

An Innovative Curriculum 

The Awards ceremony was held at the Biltmore Theatre (1). 

The newly renovated house was full the night of the Awards (2). 

Enjoying the reception, Suzanne Davis of JCDecaux, 

Margery Perlmutter, Esq. of Bryan Cave LLP, and Karen Ansis, 

Director of the Historic Properties Fund (3). Koula, Sol, and Suzanne 

Kofinas from Kehila Kedosha Janina celebrate their Lucy award (4). 

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In addition, the High School for the Preservation 

Arts won the Preservation Organization Award for 

2003. This is the City’s curriculum for training in the 

preservation trades, conceived by former City Council 

Member Kenneth K. Fisher and Kate Ottavino. 

An Influential Leader 

The culmination of the ceremony was the presentation 

of the Preservation Leadership Award to Joan Maynard, 

of Brooklyn, founder of the Weeksville Society in 1974 

and a former Landmarks Conservancy Board Member. 

Conservancy President Peg Breen said, “In her long 

quest to restore Weeksville and bring African-American 

history alive, Joan has enlarged our understanding of 

what is important to preserve. She has brought that 

message throughout our country and around the world. 

Her impact on preservation has been enormous.” 

The recipients were selected by the Conservancy’s 

Awards Committee, which is chaired by Paul Herzan, 

and included committee members Peg Breen, Joan 

Camins, Anne Coffin, Joseph Fishman, John J. Kerr Jr., 

Stephen Kirschenbaum, and John Morning. 

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Supporters 

The Landmarks Conservancy was delighted to celebrate our 30th anniversary in 2003. While we are proud 

of our achievements in preserving and protecting New York’s historic fabric over the years, we would not 

have been able to make such a difference without the generous support of our loyal individual, corporate, 

and foundation donors. 

The Conservancy gratefully acknowledges the following donors who made gifts of $100 or more in 2003. 

If any names have been listed incorrectly or omitted, please accept our apologies and let us know how to 

adjust our records. 

Individuals 

Leaders $50,000 and above 

Jo Carole & Ronald S. Lauder 

Mr. & Mrs. Maidad Rabina 

Robert W. Wilson 

Guardians $20,000-$49,999 

Michael K. De Chiara 

Mr. & Mrs. Henry A. Grunwald 

Nora Wren Kerr & John J. Kerr, Jr. 

Peter G. Peterson 

Frank J. Sciame, Jr. 

Fellows $10,000-$19,999 

Catherine Cahill & William Bernhard 

Mrs. Mildred C. Brinn 

Susanne & Douglas Durst 

Timothy C. Forbes 

Sally Minard & Norton Garfinkle 

Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Graham, Jr. 

Clark P. Halstead 

Alexandra & Paul Herzan 

Holly Hotchner 

John Kander 

Mimi & Mortimer Levitt 

Catie & Don Marron 

Paul Newman 

Mrs. Edmond J. Safra 

Thomas F. Schutte 

Stuart N. Siegel & Adaline Havemeyer 

Irving Sitnick, Esq. 

Elizabeth F. Stribling 

Barbara & Donald Tober 

Society $5,000-$9,999 

Mr. & Mrs. John M. Forelle 

Margaret Brennan Hassett 

Drue Heinz 

Susan Henshaw Jones 

John Morning 

Allison Simmons Prouty & 

Norman Prouty 

Maribeth S. & Martin E. Rahe 

Julia Robbins & Joseph A. Pierson 

Frances Scaife 

Marc P. Schappell 

Benefactors $2,500-$4,999 

Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Arnow 

Kathryn McGraw Berry 

Farran Tozer Brown 

Paul S. Byard, FAIA 

Joan & Martin Camins 

Jerome & Elizabeth Cohen 

Douglas S. Cramer 

Susan R. Cullman 

Joseph F. Cullman 3rd 

Mr. & Mrs. Henry P. Davison II 

Beth Rudin DeWoody 

Mr. & Mrs. F. Richards Ford III 

Mrs. Daniel Fraad, Jr. 

Stephen Kirschenbaum 

Stephen S. Lash & Wendy Lehman Lash 

Daniel & Lucia Woods Lindley 

Arthur L. Loeb 

Mrs. Theodore A. McGraw 

Ronay & Richard Menschel 

Darryl Newman 

Encarnita & Robert Quinlan 

Mr. & Mrs. Felix Rohatyn 

Sophia D. Schachter 

Joanne M. Stern 

Helen S. Tucker 

Steven Rattner & Maureen White 

Richard J. Wilk 

Circle $1,000-$2,499 

Anonymous 

Judith Ann Abrams 

John & Caron Avery 

John Belle, FAIA, RIBA 

Gigi & Harry Benson 

Minor L. Bishop 

Robert S. Buford 

Jane Cannon 

Pamela Rubin Carter & Jon Carter 

Christopher Cerf 

Judith Loeb Chiara 

Mr. & Mrs. Gustavo Cisneros 

Anne & John Coffin 

Mr. & Mrs. McCauley Conner 

Mr. & Mrs. Frederick M. Danziger 

Kate & Bob Devlin 

Richard Dietl 

Alicia Doherty 

James H. Duffy 

Catherine M. Dugan 

Osborn & Inger McCabe Elliott 

Nora Ephron 

Mr. & Mrs. Stuart P. Feld 

Jeff and Emily Fuhrman & 

Wedding Guests 

Mr. & Mrs. Lester Garfinkel 

Mr. & Mrs. Philip H. Geier, Jr. 

Ronald M. Gold, ASA 

William T. Golden 

Albert H. Gordon 

Cheryl Gruetzmacher Gordon 

Agnes Gund 

Mrs. Duane Hampton 

Mr. & Mrs. Harry W. Havemeyer 

Gregory S. Hedberg 

Marian & Andrew Heiskell 

Judith M. Hoffman 

Mr. & Mrs. James R. Houghton 

Weslie Resnick Janeway & 

William H. Janeway 

Floy Kaminski 

George S. Kaufman 

Mr. & Mrs. Stephen M. Kellen 

Bruce Kovner 

Mathilde Krim 

Harvey M. Krueger 

Mr. & Mrs. Leonard A. Lauder 

David Lebenstein & Ellen Baer 

Jeffrey E. Levine 

Donald Loncasty 

Carol & Earle I. Mack 

Marjorie Flannigan MacLachlan & 

Charles D. MacLachlan 

Mr. & Mrs. Vincent Mai 

Virginia Manheimer 

Martin J. McLaughlin 

Joyce & Robert Menschel 

Pauline C. Metcalf 

Hans Miller 

Mr. & Mrs. William J. Miller, Jr. 

Mr. & Mrs. Jack Nash 

Brooke & Daniel Neidich 

Mr. & Mrs. George D. O’Neill 

Phyllis S. Oxman 

Frederic S. Papert 

Nicholas & Carol Paumgarten 

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Susan Penzner 

Mr. & Mrs. Leon B. Polsky 

Donald & Ilona Quest 

David Rockefeller 

Carolyne Roehm 

Peter Rogers 

Bob & Pam Rosenberg 

Irving & Patricia Marand Salem 

Dr. & Mrs. Daniel Schapiro 

Mr. & Mrs. Irwin Schneiderman 

Kay, Bill, Will and Meta Schrenk 

Martin E. Segal 

Michael T. Sillerman, Esq. 

Dempsey & Deanna Springfield 

Mr. & Mrs. Ted Stanley 

Joseph Strasburg 

Geraldine Stutz 

Mr. & Mrs. Charles Tribbitt 

Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Varet 

Lally Weymouth 

Shelby White 

The Reverend 

Canon Frederick B. Williams 

Stuart C. Woods 

Patrons $500-$999 

Tim Allanbrook 

Dr. Sherrell J. Aston & 

Muffie Potter Aston 

Mrs. Vincent Astor 

Gillian Attfield 

Mr. & Mrs. Henry C. Barkhorn III 

Paul Beirne 

Mr. & Mrs. Roger S. Berlind 

CeCe Black 

Louis H. Blumengarten 

Peter Bonventre 

Marie Brenner 

Mr. & Mrs. Dickson G. Brown 

Mr. & Mrs. William F. Buckley, Jr. 

Jessica Burstein 

Samuel C. Butler 

Iris Cantor 

Giosetta Capriati 

Dana Carey 

Carol Higgins Clark 

Rev. Peter Colapietro 

Catherine G. Curran 

Christina R. Davis 

Robert Devine 

Jeffrey H. Donnelly 

Christy Ferer 

Christopher Flacke 

Jacqueline Fowler 

William Denis Fugazy 

Fred Gallo 

Joshua Gaspero 

Toni K. Goodale 

Page Henty 

Sharon King Hoge 

Lauren Howard 

Linda & Morton Janklow 

Lois D. Juliber 

Charles Kipps 

Mr. & Mrs. Werner H. Kramarsky 

Neil Leifer 

Michael R. Lippman 

Terry McDonnell 

Mr. & Mrs. Michael Miles 

Peter Minichiello 

Garrett M. Moran 

Lynn Nesbit 

Roy R. Neuberger 

John A. O’Brien 

Lynn and Tom Paine 

Elizabeth T. Peabody 

Mr. & Mrs. Carl H. Pforzheimer III 

Samuel P. Reed 

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Riggs 

Saw-Teen See & Leslie Robertson 

Elana Stuart Ryan 

Jeanette Watson Sanger 

Dick & Linda Schapiro 

Mr. & Mrs. Martin Scherzer 

Pamela Seymon & Robert Schumer 

Barbara Silverstone 

Liz Smith 

Cynthia R. Stebbins 

Mr. & Mrs. Andrew P. Steffan 

Robert Tucker 

Robert H. Vadheim, M.D. 

The Honorable Peter F. Vallone 

Anne Van Rensselaer 

Betsy von Furstenberg 

Richard M. Winn III 

Richard Wolf 

Robert Zimmerman 

Arthur Zitrin 

Sponsors $250-$499 

Diane Abbey 

Mark & Gloria Altherr 

Victoria B. Bjorklund 

R.O. Blechman 

Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey S. Borer 

Dale J. Burch 

Richard T. Button 

Miriam Cahn 

Jay E. Cantor 

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Cassilly 

Mr. & Mrs. David C. Clapp 

Kevin Concagh 

Carmine DiLullo 

Sally M. Edwards 

Gail Erickson 

Stephen Friedman 

Francis Greenburger 

Kenneth Griffin 

Henry G. Hart 

Marjorie & Gurnee Hart 

Invest in the Future of New York 

By remembering the Landmarks Conservancy in your 

estate planning, you can ensure that New York’s historic 

buildings and neighborhoods will remain a resource 

to be used and appreciated by generations to come. 

By supporting the Conservancy and our efforts to 

preserve the past you are making an investment in 

New York’s future. 

If you or your financial advisor would like 

information about naming the Conservancy in your 

will or designating the Conservancy a beneficiary of a 

charitable trust, insurance policy, appreciated securities, 

or real estate, please contact Daniel Vincent, Director 

of Development, New York Landmarks Conservancy, 

141 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, 10010, 212-995-5260, 

or danielvincent@nylandmarks.org. 

Ed Hawkins 

Peter F. Held 

John A. Herrmann, Jr. 

Walter Alexander Hunt, Jr. 

The Honorable & Mrs. Dennis Jacobs 

Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Jacobson, Jr. 

Beverly B. Karp 

Mr. & Mrs. Barry Kieselstein-Cord 

Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey P. Klein 

Myra Malkin 

James F. McCollom, Jr. 

Kellie Melinda 

Maria Vicien Milburn 

Mrs. Lynden B. Miller 

Philip Mindlin 

George Neuman 

Anthony J. Newman 

Mr. & Mrs. David Nissenbaum, Esq. 

Mary McGarry & Stanley Okula 

Mr. & Mrs. Everett H. Ortner 

Dr. Lida Orzeck 

Regina Ovenden & Mark Stevens 

Virginia Parkhouse 

Alice Perlmutter 

Marnie & Don Pillsbury 

David Poor 

Michael J. Prial 

Glenn & Lyn Reiter 

Maria Elvira Salgar 

Rosalie T. Sayles 

Nikki Scheuer 

Robert Selden 

Mr. & Mrs. Peter M.F. Sichel 

John J. Slain 

Charles J. Tanenbaum 

Cynthia C. Wainwright 

Franklin Thomas & Kate Whitney 

George W. Young 

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Advocates $100-$249 

Charlotte Armstrong 

Mr. & Mrs. Ronald R. Atkins 

Vincent Benic 

Judith Berdy 

Alvin Berr 

Richard Berry 

Madalen A. Bertolini 

Keith H. Bigger 

Roland Blackburn 

Heidi Blau 

Patti & Jerry Bock 

Lee Borrero 

Louise Bourgeois 

Michelle Grosjean Brewster 

Walter Buck 

Lorenzo Burrows 

Albert K. Butzel 

Mr. & Mrs. John W. Buzbee 

Neil Calet 

Thomas K. Carley 

Suzi Chase 

Wanda Chin 

Carol A. Clark 

Arthur C. Cohen 

Dr. Isis Concepcion 

Michael Cooper 

Anna E. Crouse 

Mrs. Anne Crudge 

David P. Dann 

Richard & Nancy Davis 

William J. Dean 

John A. di Domenico 

Brian K. Donovan 

Ms. Eugenia G. Dooley 

Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Douglass 

Florence D’Urso 

Anne F. Edgar 

Mr. & Mrs. Morton D. Elkind 

Adam O. Emmerich 

Peter M. Engel 

Richard Estes 

Patricia H. Falk 

Jacqueline Fish 

Kate Flanagan 

Barbara G. Fleischman 

Marjorie Fortgang 

Barbara Fox-Freund 

Mr. & Mrs. Peter Frelinghuysen 

Richard Frey & Janet Lardis Frey 

Lewis Friedman 

Milton Glaser 

Herbert B. Goldberg 

Mr. & Mrs. Brian M. Gonick 

Marcia Grace 

Cheryl Grandfield & Richard W. Dodd 

David Grogan 

Mary Hardin 

Chris Harris & Elizabeth Parrilli 

Kirk Henckels 

Robert F. Herrmann 

Louise Hirsch 

Judith Hoffmann 

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph C. Hoopes, Jr. 

James W. Hundley III 

Sarah F. Hunnewell 

Cheryl Hurley 

Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. Huxley 

Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Hyatt 

Anne Jackson 

Howard E. Johnson 

Daniel Kaizer 

David A. Katz & Cecilia T. Absher 

Elizabeth W. Kearns 

Dr. Richard Kelisky 

Jessie M. Kelly 

Thomas H. Kennedy 

The Reverend Gerald Keucher 

Irene King 

Edna M. Konoff 

Robert Kornfeld 

Elissa Kramer, M.D. 

Isabel Kriegel 

Phyllis B. Lambert 

Sarah Bradford Landau 

Peter O. Lawson-Johnston 

Bernice K. Leber & David Rosenberg 

Mr. & Mrs. Edwin Deane Leonard 

Wayne A. Linker 

Francis J. Lombardi 

Living Landmarks Reunion at Le Cirque 

Each year, Conservancy Circle donors and gala ticket buyers are invited to join 

Landmark Liz Smith and other past Landmarks in welcoming the newest Living 

Landmarks. Landmark Sirio Maccioni hosted this Living Landmarks Reunion at 

Le Cirque on October 16. 

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Amira Luikart 

Ken M. Lustbader 

Catharine Lynch 

Mr. & Mrs. James M. Lyon 

Edward F. Lyons, Jr. 

James MacDonald 

Peter J. Mayer 

Katherine McAuliffe & Jay Kriegel 

Joan H. McCulloch 

K. C. McDaniel 

Marianne McKeon 

James D. Merritt 

Lisa Meyer 

A. Frederic Meyerson 

Roger Michaels 

Ann H. Milne 

Edward T. Mohylowski 

Mr. & Mrs. Richard E. Mooney 

Augusto Morselli 

Maura Moynihan 

G.F. Mueden 

Harvey & Alice Napier 

Marian O. Naumburg 

Christopher Neville 

Scott Newman 

Erika W. Nijenhuis & Christian Bastian 

Cristina H. Noble 

Susan Norr 

Carol O’Cleireacain, Ph.D. 

Norman Odlum 

Mr. & Mrs. Sidney Offit 

Michael O’Keeffe 

Daniel J. O’Neill 

Valerie Paley 

Nancy & Otis Pearsall 

Anne Perkins 

Jeffrey Pfeil 

Michael Phillips 

Pamela Plehn 

Dana Points & Mark Satlof 

Miriam Pollet 

Faith Popcorn 

Albert Price 

Thomas L. Pulling 

Paul Resika 

Dale L. Reynolds 

Clifford Richner 

Mr. & Mrs. William D. Rifkin 

S. Rosenthal & Larry Grosberg 

Thomas M. Rozboril 

Bret E. Russell 

Juliette Saisselin 

Mr. & Mrs. Anthony D. Schlesinger 

Katherine Schoonover 

Jane F. Scovell 

Mr. & Mrs. Frederick R. Selch 

Oscar Shamamian 

Felice Shea 

Robert A. Silver, M.D. 

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph E. Silverman 

Grant G. Simmons, Jr. 

Peter Simon 

Susan W. Stachelberg 

Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin F. Stapleton III 

David A. Stein 

David Steinberger 

Mr. & Mrs. Gerald G. Stiebel 

Stephen Storen 

James Storrow 

Sally E. Svenson 

Susan Talbot 

Jack Taylor 

William C. Ughetta, Jr. 

Florence H. Van der Kemp 

Mrs. Alexander O. Vietor 

Mr. & Mrs. William B. Warren 

Elizabeth L. Watson 

John P. Waugh 

Lynne Waxman 

Jill C. Weinstein 

William O. Wheatley, Jr. 

Dr. & Mrs. Robert Wickham 

Mr. & Mrs. John Wilcox 

Mr. & Mrs. Mark Willis 

Charlotte Worthy & William Mincey, Jr. 

Barbara Wriston 

Daniel Yankelovich 

Mr. & Mrs. Norton D. Zinder 

Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Zucker 

1. Richard Wilk and Debra Blyth 

2. A Landmark trio: Agnes Gund, Liz Smith, and Elaine Stritch 

3. Landmarks Agnes Gund and Vartan Gregorian 

4. Board members John Morning and Norton Garfinkle with Sally Minard (center) 

5. Conservancy Board Chair Jack Kerr with Landmarks Preservation Commission Chairman Robert Tierney 

6. Landmarks Elaine Kaufman and Ahmet Ertegun 

7. Alexandra Schlesinger, Board member Stephen Kirschenbaum, 

Landmark Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., 

and Ed Gallagher 

8. Irving and Patricia Salem with 

Board member Frances Scaife 

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Foundations, 

Corporations, 

Public Agencies, and 

Other Organizations 

$100,000 and above 

Apple Bank 

The Hearst Foundation, Inc. 

The New York Community Trust 

$50,000 to $99,999 

Arlene & Arnold Goldstein Family 

Foundation 

The Rhodebeck Charitable Trust 

The Robert W. Wilson Charitable Trust 

$25,000 to $49,999 

Lily Auchincloss Foundation 

The Ambrose Monell Foundation 

New York State Council on the Arts 

The Prospect Hill Foundation 

F.J. Sciame Construction Co., Inc. 

The Starr Foundation 

$10,000 to $24,999 

The Barker Welfare Foundation 

The Blackstone Group 

Columbia University 

Condé Nast Publications Inc. 

The Durst Organization 

Forbes Foundation 

Friedman & Gotbaum, LLP 

The Florence Gould Foundation 

The Marc Haas Foundation 

Hagedorn Fund 

Gladys and Roland Harriman 

Foundation 

The Independence Community 

Foundation 

The J.P. Morgan Chase Foundation 

The Lucius N. Littauer Foundation, Inc. 

Miramax Film Corp. 

Henry and Lucy Moses Fund, Inc. 

Newman’s Own, Inc. 

The New York Times Company 

Foundation 

New York Yankees 

The Overbrook Foundation 

The Peter G. Peterson Fund 

Pratt Institute 

May and Samuel Rudin Family 

Foundation, Inc. 

Marilyn M. Simpson Charitable Trust 

Time Warner Inc. 

United Federation of Teachers 

U.S. Trust Corporation 

Vivendi Universal 

Zetlin & De Chiara LLP 

$5,000 to $9,999 

Annenberg Foundation 

Adrian & Jessie Archbold Charitable 

Trust 

Astoria Federal Savings Bank 

Bloomberg 

Bovis Lend Lease, LMB, Inc. 

Citibank 

Emigrant Savings Bank 

Furthermore: a program of the 

J.M. Kaplan Fund 

HBO 

Edith and Herbert Lehman 

Foundation, Inc. 

James A. Macdonald Foundation 

Cynthia Woods Mitchell Fund for 

Historic Interiors/National Trust 

for Historic Preservation 

New York State Department of State 

The Philanthropic Collaborative, Inc. 

The Roslyn Savings Foundation 

$2,500 to $4,999 

Arnow Family Fund 

The Howard Bayne Fund 

The Carter Fund 

Con Edison 

Gramercy Park Foundation 

Sidney & Judith Kranes Charitable 

Trust 

Samuel H. Kress Foundation 

LCOR Incorporated 

Russell Maguire Foundation 

New York Stock Exchange 

North Fork Bank 

The Shubert Organization, Inc. 

Sony USA Foundation, Inc. 

Williams Real Estate Co. Inc. 

$1,000 to $2,499 

Atlantic Bank of New York 

Archer Daniels Midland Foundation 

Berdon LLP 

Building Conservation Associates, Inc. 

Charina Foundation 

The Cowles Charitable Trust 

Daedalus Foundation 

Episcopal Diocese of New York 

Eskow Charitable Lead Annuity Trust 

Felicia Fund 

Fox & Fowle Architects, P.C. 

Sumner Gerard Foundation 

Golden Family Foundation 

GreenPoint Bank 

The Hall Partnership Architects, LLP 

Helpern Architects 

International Debutante Ball 

Foundation 

Ingram Yuzek Gainen Carroll & 

Bertolotti, LLP 

The Malkin Fund Inc. 

Robert and Joyce Menschel Family 

Foundation 

Metropolitan Cemetery Association 

Charles Stewart Mott Foundation 

The Nash Family Foundation 

The Old Stones Foundation 

Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP 

The Philanthropic Collaborative, Inc. 

Platt Byard Dovell White, 

Architects LLP 

Polsky Foundation 

Quincunx Trust 

Rexford Fund 

Marshall Rose Family Foundation, Inc. 

Schtiller & Plevy, Inc. 

Stanley Stahl Management, Inc. 

Robert A.M. Stern Architects 

The Sulzberger Foundation, Inc. 

Tishman Realty & Construction 

Co., Inc. 

$500 to $999 

Albanese Organizations Inc. 

American Stevedoring 

Arup Services New York Ltd. 

Colliers ABR Inc. 

Component Assembly Systems, Inc. 

Cosentini Associates 

Costas Kondylis & Partners, LLP 

Cutsogeorge Tooman & Allen 

Architects, P.C. 

DeSimone Consulting Engineers PLLC 

Edwards and Zuck, P.C. 

Einhorn Yaffee Prescott Architecture & 

Engineering P.C. 

Estreich & Company 

Facade Maintenance Design, Inc. 

Gary Edward Handel & Associates 

Graduate School of the City University 

of New York 

Hazardous Elimination Corporation 

Judlau Contracting, Inc. 

Kaitsen Woo & J. Raible Architects 

LandAir Project Resources 

Mancini Duffy 

Midtown Restoration Inc. 

The Related Companies, L.P. 

The Rockefeller Foundation 

Kaye Scholer LLP 

Thornton-Tomasetti Engineers, P.C. 

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$250 to $499 

Chase Manhattan Bank 

Boston Properties 

D.M.S. Studios Ltd. 

HNTB Corporation 

Manhattan Brownstone 

Walter B. Melvin Architects, LLC 

New York Building Congress 

Vogel Taylor Engineers LLP 

Weidlinger Associates, Inc. 

$100 to $249 

Brescia Goldin Partners Inc. 

The Cathedral of St. John the Divine 

City Parks Foundation, Inc. 

A.J. Clarke Real Estate 

Lewis Davis, FAIA 

Easton Foundation 

The Fortune Society 

Gage & Tollner 

Li/Saltzman Architects, P.C. 

Pella Windows & Doors 

Premier Restoration & Interior 

Maintenance Ltd. 

Preservation League of Staten Island 

I.M. Robbins P.C. 

Robert Silman Associates, P.C. 

Verizon Foundation 

In-Kind Contributions 

Cartier 

Condé Nast Publications Inc. 

Entertainment Weekly 

Forbes, Inc. 

HBO 

The Estée Lauder Companies, Inc. 

Le Cirque 

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett 

Sotheby’s 

Above: Michael De Chiara, Honoree Charles 

Gargano, John Kerr, Jr., and Frank Sciame, Jr. 

Right: Peter Vallone and Peg Breen 

Chairman’s Award 

Each year, the Conservancy honors a business 

leader who has made significant efforts to 

preserve New York’s historic buildings and neighborhoods. We were delighted to 

present the 2003 Chairman’s Award to Charles Gargano, Chairman of the Empire 

State Development Corporation and chief economic advisor to Governor George 

Pataki. Local subsidiaries of the Development Corporation include the 42nd Street 

Development Project, the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, and the 

Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone. 

Mr. Gargano will also chair the Moynihan Station Redevelopment 

Corporation, which is responsible for the new station in the James A. Farley Post 

Office Building named in honor of the late United States Senator Daniel Patrick 

Moynihan. A fitting testament to Senator Moynihan and the great Penn Station, 

this Landmark building will become a grand gateway for New York City. 

A luncheon honoring Mr. Gargano was held in June at Le Cirque. 

Real Estate Circle 

141 Fifth Avenue Company 

A.R. Walker & Co., Inc. 

Associated Builders & Owners 

Begonia Realty 

The Corcoran Group 

Debra Kameros Company, Inc. 

Friedman & Gotbaum LLP 

Mary Kay Gallagher 

Goldman Properties 

The Halstead Property Company 

Mr. and Mrs. Peter L. Malkin 

Newmark & Company Real Estate Inc. 

Annette Petrusa Inc. 

Philips International 

Raphael & Marks 

S. W. Management LLC 

Slater & Beckerman, LLP 

Stribling & Associates, Ltd. 

Tri-Star Equities, Inc. 

Ed Tristram Associates, Inc. 

Uptown Homes Real Estate 

Williams Real Estate Co. Inc. 

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Professional Circle 

A. Ottavino Corporation 

Acheson Doyle Partners 

ADL III Architecture, P.C. 

Air-Flo Window Contracting Corp. 

Albert Stained Glass Studio 

All County Restoration, Inc. 

Allee King Rosen & Fleming Inc. 

Anita Bartholin Brandt Architects 

Architecture Restoration 

Conservation, PC 

Arrow Restoration, Inc. 

Artistic Doors and Windows, Inc. 

Atkinson Koven Feinberg Engineers 

Aurora Lampworks, Inc. 

Donald Baerman, AIA, Architect 

Bareau Designs 

Barr & Barr, Inc. 

Bell Larson Raucher Architects + 

Planners LLP 

Bero Architecture P.C. 

Beth Cooper Lawrence Architect, P.C. 

David T. Biggs, P.E. 

Bresnan Architects PC 

Brisk Waterproofing 

Company, Inc. 

Richard Brotherton, AIA 

Burda Construction Corp. 

Butler Rogers Baskett 

Cityproof Corp. 

D.O.C./Diane O. Collins 

Commercial Roofing Solutions, Inc. 

Common Ground Community 

HDFC Inc. 

Concord Painting, Inc. 

Cook + Fox Architects 

Cornerstone, LLC 

Costas Kondylis & Partners, LLP 

Crawford & Stearns, Architects 

Cultural Resource Consulting Group 

Cutsogeorge & Tooman Architects 

D.M.S. Studios Ltd. 

William Dailey, Building and 

Zoning Consultant 

David D. Harlan Architects, LLC 

Deerpath Construction Corp. 

DeLaCour & Ferrara, Architects, P.C. 

Di Domenico and Partners, LLP 

DNA Contracting & 

Waterproofing, LLC 

Domingo Gonzalez Associates 

Lisa Dubin, Architect 

East End Wood Strippers 

Edelman Sultan Knox Wood/ 

Architects LLP 

Einhorn Yaffee Prescott Architecture & 

Engineering 

Eipel Engineering, P.C. 

EverGreene Painting Studios, Inc. 

Existing Conditions Surveys Inc. 

F.M. Pucci and Associates Ltd. 

Facade Maintenance Design, Inc. 

Fairfax & Sammons 

Ferguson & Shamamian 

Architects, LLP 

Fifty Three Restorations, Inc. 

Ford Farewell Mills and 

Gatsch, Architects 

Franke, Gottsegen, Cox Architects 

Donald Friedman 

Fuller and D'Angelo, P.C. 

Geiger Construction Co., Inc. 

Gilsanz Murray Steficek, LLP 

Gladding, McBean & Company 

Glass & Glass, Architects 

Gluck New York Inc. 

Ludwig Michael Goldsmith, AIA 

Alexander Gorlin Architects 

Goshow Architects, LLP 

Grand Renovation, Inc. 

Greenwood Cemetery 

Gruzen Samton Planners & Interior 

Designers, LLP 

Haag Interior Restoration 

Hugh Hardy, FAIA 

David Paul Helpern, FAIA 

Charles H. Henkels, Architect 

Historic Preservation & 

Illumination, Inc. 

Hoffmann Architects 

Holy Land Art Company, Inc. 

Ellen Honingstock Architect PC 

Interior Alterations Inc. 

Interior Design Solutions 

J & R Lamb Studio, Inc. 

Jabkowski Construction Corp. 

Jablonski Berkowitz Conservation Inc. 

Jamie Gibbs & Associates 

Jan Hird Pokorny Associates, Inc. 

Jeffrey Berman Architect 

John Canning & Co., Ltd. 

John G. Waite Associates 

Architects PLLC 

Kaitsen Woo & J. Raible Architects 

Edward Kamper Associates 

Marilyn Kaplan Preservation 

Architecture 

Michael A. Kaye, Esq. 

The Kibel Companies LLC 

Mary Knackstedt 

Scott Koniecko, Architects 

Mitchell Kurtz, Architect 

LandAir Project Resources 

Landmark Facilities Group, Inc. 

Les Metalliers Champenois Corp. 

Kenneth D. Levien, AIA 

LFA Architects 

Li/Saltzman Architects, P.C. 

Lichten Craig Architects 

Douglas J. Lister, Architect 

LZA Technology 

M & L Steel & Ornamental Iron Corp. 

Mark Scott, Architect 

Midtown Preservation, P.C. 

Charles Miles Construction Corp. 

Millwork Specialties 

Mitropoulos Architects 

Craig Morrison, Architect 

Nelson & Edwards Company 

Architects 

Neuhaus Design Architecture, P.C. 

New York City Brickwork Design 

Center 

Norfast Consulting Group Inc. 

Olde Good Things 

Paragon Restoration Corporation 

Mariann G. Perseo, Esq. 

Peter Marino + Assoc Architects 

Peter Pennoyer Architects P.C. 

Quennell Rothschild Associates 

Rand Engineering, P.C. 

Renfro Design Group, Inc. 

Richard Ayotte Architecture, P.C. 

Robert Silman Associates, P.C. 

Robinson Contracting Co. 

Roger Ferris + Partners LLC 

Rohlf's Stained & Leaded Glass Studio 

Ross & Bertolini, Architects 

Rothzeid Kaiserman Thomson & 

Bee, P.C. 

Scarano and Associates Architects and 

Builders 

G.P. Schafer Architect, PLLC 

Schwartz's Forge & Metalworks, Inc. 

Julie L. Sloan, Stained Glass Consultant 

SMA Architecture Planning Interiors PC 

Patricia and David Kenneth Specter 

Stein White Nelligan Architects LLC 

Stella, LLC 

The Stephen B. Jacobs Group 

Steve Mark Inc. 

William J. Stivale, Jr. 

Sunlites Stained Glass 

Superstructures 

Susan Brady Lighting Design 

John C. Sweeney, Architect 

Syska Hennessy Group 

Taconic Builders Inc. 

TMT Restoration Consultants, Ltd. 

Tobin + Parnes Design Enterprises 

Tonetti Associates Architects 

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Traditional Line Ltd. 

Van Buren Contractors, Inc. 

Vandenberg, Inc. 

VDA 

Vertical Access LLC 

Victor Rothman for Stained Glass 

Vigneau & Associates Architects, LLC 

Walter B. Melvin Architects, LLC 

Wank Adams Slavin Associates LLP 

Wide Plank International 

Flooring Co., Inc. 

The Woodworks Company, Ltd. 

Yates Restoration Group Ltd. 

Linda M. Yowell Architects 

YSC Inc. 

Zaskorski & Notaro 

Architects, AIA, LLP 

Zirinsky & Cox Architects, P.C. 

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Conservancy Circle Tours 

3 4 

Throughout the year, the Conservancy offers special, behind-the-scenes tours of preservation projects to our Individual, 

Professional, and Real Estate Circle donors. 

In May, Philip Monteleone of Perkins Eastman Architects led a tour of the Fortune Society’s new home in a castle-like 

structure atop the bluffs of Hamilton Heights. Built in 1913 and housing St. Walburga’s Academy, a boarding and day school 

for girls, until 1957, the building was vacant and open to the weather for 43 years. This miraculous recovery and restoration 

received a Lucy G. Moses Preservation Award for 2002. 

The same month, Circle members went on a rare hard-hat tour of the South Side of Ellis Island (1), an area under 

stabilization and not open to the public. Don Fiorino, Historical Architect for the Parks Service, led the tour through the Island’s 

many, long-deserted hospital buildings. 

June found Peter Neill, President of the South Street Seaport Museum, and architect Jack Beyer of Beyer Blinder Belle 

leading Conservancy donors on a tour of the Museum’s new permanent exhibit on New York’s maritime history in renovated 

space on Schermerhorn Row, a block of buildings that date back to 1812 and anchor the South Street Seaport Historic District. 

Fall tours included a September visit to Amster Yard (2), a complex of charming mid-nineteenth century buildings, clustered 

around an interior garden, converted from stables and service buildings by James Amster in 1945. In 1999, the property 

was purchased by the Cervantes Institute, then restored as the New York headquarters for the cultural organization funded by 

the Spanish government. 

Governor’s Island National Monument was the perfect location for a tour on a beautiful October day (3). Twenty-two 

of the island’s 172 acres have been designated as a National Historic Landmark District, which includes two early nineteenthcentury 

fortifications that helped defend New York in the War of 1812: Fort Jay and Castle Williams, which are individually 

listed on the National Register. Circle members got a special behind-the-scenes look at many other buildings on the island, such 

as the 1840s Admiral’s Mansion, site of the 1988 Reagan-Gorbachev arms summit. 

Donald and Shelley Rubin, leading collectors of Tibetan art, welcomed Circle members to view a part of their incredible 

collection before it moves to the new Rubin Museum of Art (4). Hard hats were required for the tour of the museum, under 

construction in the former Barney’s department store building on West 17th Street. 

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Acknowledgements 

The Landmarks Conservancy would 

like to thank the architects, contractors, 

and consultants who helped make our 

historic preservation work a success 

in 2003: 

Kimberly Konrad Alvarez, 

Preservation Consultant 

Dan Allen, Cutsogeorge & Tooman 

Architects 

Larry Attia, Urban DC Inc. 

Byron Bell, Bell Larson Architects & 

Planners 

Judith Berdy, Roosevelt Island 

Historical Society 

Beyer Blinder Belle, Architects & 

Planners 

Larry Burda, Burda Construction 

Angelo Caputo, EdsonUSA 

Page Ayres Cowley, Page Ayres Cowley 

Architects 

William Dailey, Preservation 

Consultant 

Michael Devonshire, Jan Hird Pokorny 

Architects & Planners 

Susan De Vries, Researcher 

John di Domenico, di Domenico + 

Partners 

Carl Doebley and James Dossett, 

DPK&A Architects 

Walter Dufresne, Photographer 

Tom Garcia and Ray Clagnan, 

The Gil Studio 

Randy Gerner, Gerner Kronick & 

Valcarcel 

F. Eric Goshow, AIA, and Nancy Aber 

Goshow, Goshow Architects 

Lina Gottesman, Altus Metal & Marble 

Jeff Greene and Luis Angarita, 

Evergreene Studios 

Wes Haynes, Preservation Consultant 

Bill Higgins, Higgins & Quasebarth 

Jarrett Huddleston, Consulting 

Associates, Inc 

Kathleen Needham Inocco, Midtown 

Preservation, Inc 

Larry Jones, J. Lawrence Jones & 

Associates 

Andrew Kaczmarek, Midtown 

Restoration 

Cecil King, Cecil King Stone 

Renovation 

Kevin Lichten, Lichten Craig Architects 

Greg Maher, Baschnagel Brothers 

Abdul Malek, A. Malek Contracting 

Michael Maloy, Maloy Restoration 

Walter Melvin, Richard Ciccarelli and 

Chuck DiSanto, Walter B. Melvin 

Architects LLC 

Greg Miller, Landmark Slate and 

Copper 

Suzanne O’Keefe, Downtown Alliance 

John Pace, BirdMaster 

Ray Pepi, BCA 

Mariann G. Perseo, Esq. 

Larry Plevy, Schtiller & Plevy 

Joseph Priestner, GEOD Corporation 

John Robinson, Robinson Contracting 

Peter Hans Rohlf, Rohlf’s Stained & 

Leaded Glass Inc. 

Herbert Solomon, Solomon Design 

William J. Stivale, Jr., Building 

Conservator 

Stephen Tilly, Stephen Tilly Architect 

Derek Trelsted and Elizabeth McTigue, 

LZA Technology 

Kaitsen Woo, Kaitsen Woo Design & 

Consulting 

Lectures & 

Book Signings 

David Garrard Lowe 

In 2003 the Conservancy joined forces 

with the Beaux Arts Alliance to present 

two marvelous slide lectures by 

eminent architectural historian David 

Garrard Lowe. 

Over 300 people packed the house 

at Judson Memorial Church in March 

to hear A Door Thrown Open: The 

Influence of Italy on McKim, Mead 

& White. Mr. Lowe discussed the 

buildings that brought the grandeur 

and beauty of Italian architecture to 

New York City, including Madison 

Square Garden, the Metropolitan Club, 

The Morgan Library, the Joseph 

Pulitzer House, and Judson Memorial 

Church itself. The event was also cosponsored 

by Casa Italiana at New 

York University, which hosted a 

reception following the talk. 

In October, more than 70 people 

attended Mr. Lowe’s lecture, Andrea 

Palladio: From Venice to Key West, 

The Extraordinary Migration of 

Palladian Architecture from Italy to 

the British Isles to North America. 

McKim, Mead & White: 

The Masterworks 

More than 100 people gathered at the 

Chapel in at St. Bartholomew’s Church 

in November to hear Sam White 

introduce the new book he co-authored 

with his wife Elizabeth, McKim, Mead 

& White: The Masterworks. The 

Whites also signed copies of the book, 

which features stunning photography 

of such architectural icons as the 

original Madison Square Garden, 

the Columbia University campus, 

the University Club, the Morgan 

Library, and, of course, the original 

Penn Station. 

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Board of Directors 

2003 

John J. Kerr, Jr., Chairman 

Peg Breen, President 

John Belle, FAIA, RIBA 

William L. Bernhard 

Kathryn McGraw Berry 

Farran Tozer Brown 

Paul S. Byard, FAIA 

Joan O. Camins 

Pamela Rubin Carter 

Anne Coffin 

Henry P. Davison II 

Michael K. De Chiara 

Douglas Durst 

John M. Forelle, Esq. 

Robert Graham, Jr. 

Clark P. Halstead 

Margaret Brennan Hassett 

Paul K. Herzan 

Holly Hotchner 

Susan Henshaw Jones 

Stephen Kirschenbaum 

Stephen S. Lash 

Mimi Levitt 

John Morning 

Frederic S. Papert 

Allison Simmons Prouty 

Robert C. Quinlan 

Marc P. Schappell 

Frank J. Sciame, Jr. 

Stuart N. Siegel 

Joanne M. Stern 

Elizabeth Stribling 

Donald G. Tober 

John E. Zuccotti 

Advisory Council 

Laurie Beckelman 

Robert W. Burnett 

Aubria Corbitt 

Susan Cullman 

Peter Duchin 

Stuart P. Feld 

Norton Garfinkle 

Ronald S. Lauder 

Marjorie Flannigan MacLachlan 

Sherida Paulsen 

Maribeth Rahe 

Arnold Scaasi 

Frances Scaife 

Liz Smith 

The Reverend Canon Frederick 

Williams 

Staff 

Karen Ansis, Manager, New York City 

Historic Properties Fund and 

City Ventures Fund 

Erin Tobin Bearden, Grants and 

Technical Services Manager 

Carol Braun, Manager of Events 

Jill Crawford, Program Manager, 

Upper Manhattan Historic 

Preservation Fund 

Jen Datka, Executive/Development 

Assistant 

Frances Eberhart, Program Manager, 

Endangered Buildings Initiative 

Ann-Isabel Friedman, Director, 

Sacred Sites Program 

Kalyani Glass, Manager of 

Communications 

Ronald C. Goewey, Bookkeeper 

Andrea Goldwyn, Fund Program 

Coordinator, New York City 

Historic Properties Fund 

Alex Herrera, Director, 

Technical Services Center 

Melissa Izzo, Receptionist/ 

Office Manager 

Roger P. Lang, Director, Community 

Programs and Services 

James J. Mahoney, Fund Program 

Coordinator, New York City 

Historic Properties Fund 

Board & Staff 

Lucretia Norelli, Receptionist (2003) 

Emily Roberts, Manager of Individual 

Giving 

Lucy Roche, Manager of Corporate 

and Foundation Relations 

L. Daniel Vincent, Director of 

Development 

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32Financial Statement 

Statement of Activities 

Year Ended December 31, 2003 

Support and Revenue Contributions $ 1,868,520 

Government Grants 315,543 

Other Grants 1,381,174 

New York City Historic Properties Fund, Inc. reimbursement 314,383 

Investment return used for operations 389,190 

Program services income 26,665 

Other Income 5,104 

Contributed Services 121,293 

Total Support and Revenue $ 4,421,872 

Expenses Program $ 3,415,962 

Administration 358,403 

Development 554,916 

Total Expenses $ 4,329,281 

Support and Revenue over Expenses 92,591 

Investments Non-operating investment return 803,098 

Statement of Financial Position 

December 31, 2003 

Support, Revenue, and Investments over Expenses 895,689 

Net Assets, Beginning $ 7,235,515 

Net Assets, Ending $ 8,131,204 

Assets Cash and cash equivalents $ 1,280,674 

Cash and cash equivalents held for other agencies 452,087 

Prepaid expenses 15,539 

Investments 6,924,617 

Loans receivable 7,666 

Pledges receivable 41,000 

Due from New York City Historic Properties Fund, Inc. 35,765 

Property and equipment, net 376,657 

Total Assets $ 9,134,005 

Liabilities Accounts payable and accrued liabilities $ 77,761 

Grants payable 422,833 

Due to New York City Historic Properties Fund, Inc. 50,120 

Total Liabilities $ 1,002,801 

Net Assets Unrestricted 2,913,614 

Temporarily Restricted 2,346,901 

Permanently Restricted 2,870,689 

Total Net Assets $ 8,131,204 

Total Liabilities and Net Assets $ 9,134,005 

A complete copy of audited financial statements for 2003 is available upon request from the 

New York State Attorney General, Charities Bureau, 120 Broadway, New York, NY 10271 

or from the New York Landmarks Conservancy, 141 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010.

Photography Credits 

On the Covers (clockwise from upper 

right on back cover): U.S. Customs 

House (Nathaniel Lieberman), 

restored brownstone rowhouses 

(James Mahoney), Smallpox Hospital 

on southern tip of Roosevelt Island 

(Alex Herrera), Corbin Building 

(Walter Dufresne), stained glass 

window at Calvary Presbyterian in 

Staten Island (Ann Friedman), plaster 

column restoration at Mt. Morris 

Ascension Church (Jill Crawford), 

Astor Row in winter (James Mahoney), 

stained glass window installation at Old 

Broadway Synagogue (Jill Crawford), 

low-income housing in Bedford- 

Stuyvesant (Andrea Goldwyn), Vertical 

Access investigates the tower of Holy 

Trinity Church (Ann Friedman), and 

the restored tower of the 1930s ferry 

building on Ellis Island (Alex Herrera). 

Inside Front Cover: James Mahoney 

Page 1: Joe Vericker 

Pages 2-3: Nathaniel Lieberman 

Page 4: Phyllis Hoffzimer, Walter 

Dufresne, Greenwich Village Society 

for Historic Preservation, dbox studio 

for Cook+Fox Architects 

Page 5: Museum of the City of 

New York, Walter Dufresne 

Page 6: Alex Herrera 

Page 7: Alex Herrera 

Page 8: Alex Herrera, Erin Bearden 

Page 9: Ann Friedman 

Page 10: Linda Connors Photo, 

First Evangelical Lutheran Church 

Page 12: James Mahoney 

Page 13: Andrea Goldwyn, 

Ken Lustbader 

Page 14: Jill Crawford, Ken Lustbader 

Page 15: Jill Crawford 


Pages 17-19: Joe Vericker 

Page 20: Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer 

Associates, Robert Motzkin, Whitney 

Cox Photography, NJIT Center for 

Architecture and Building Science 

Research 

Page 21: Whitney Cox, Kalyani Glass 

Pages 24-25: Joe Vericker 




Inside Back Cover (clockwise from 

top): Walter Dufresne, Jill Crawford, 

Alex Herrera, James Mahoney, Jill 

Crawford

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www.nylandmarks.org 

212-995-5260 

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