ANNUAL REPORT 2008 - The New York Landmarks Conservancy

ANNUAL REPORT 2008

Contents
From the President 2
Speaking Out for Preservation 3
Providing Technical Expertise 7
Preserving Sacred Sites 10
Funding Historic Properties 15
Assisting Nonprofits 18
Honoring Excellence 21
Celebrating Living Landmarks 24
Special Events 27
Our Supporters 28
Financial Statements 33
Board of Directors and Staff 34
Photo Credits
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photo by Aalto Archives, Helsinki
photo by Stephen Aviano, courtesy of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
courtesy of Wank Adams Slavin Associates LLP
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courtesy of Platt Byard Dovell White Architects LLP
courtesy of Kaitsen Woo Architect, P.C.
Additional photography by Conservancy staff.
Printing by Lexicon Communications.

From the President
Even as the Conservancy experienced the economic shocks faced by so many this year, we continued to fulfill our singular mission: to assist homeowners
and stewards of historic buildings that hold our common architectural heritage. Helping people maintain their homes, nonprofits, and religious
institutions is central to New York’s economy and quality of life. Maintaining the fabric of our City is especially urgent now.
It is sometimes hard to convey how much we do in a year. We are at the forefront of major issues like Moynihan Station and Governors Island. But much
of our work involves important though little-known buildings far from the center of Manhattan. A lot of it isn’t glamorous — just essential. Fixing leaky
roofs, re-facing crumbling brownstone, helping a community development group create affordable housing in a lovely old building, or assisting a small
congregation with making their church or synagogue more energy efficient.
We are the only ones doing this work.
Five of our low-interest loans this year helped owners in Brooklyn clean and restore brownstone façades, stoops, and ironwork. Our grants to nonprofit
community developers helped with plans to upgrade a former Brooklyn firehouse that now houses low-income apartments and helped turn a former
meeting hall in the Bronx into apartments and retail space.
Our Sacred Sites Program awarded more than a half-million dollars to 51 landmark religious institutions throughout the state. We helped Maspeth,
Queens residents pull off an eleventh-hour rescue of a rare Richard Upjohn-designed church. We usually fight to keep buildings up. But when this rare
survivor couldn’t be moved intact from a development site, we helped find funding and expertise to disassemble and store it. We will continue to work
with the community to rebuild the former church nearby and put it into community use. We also helped the oldest synagogue in Queens with funding
and attaining landmark status.
We are making unprecedented efforts to expand our assistance. We have created new National Register Historic Districts by researching, surveying,
and analyzing areas in Harlem, the Bronx and Brooklyn. The State approved our work and officially created these new districts. These listings make the
hundreds of buildings in these areas eligible for our loans and grants.
We continued our multi-year survey of religious institutions to identify Catholic churches and synagogues in need of our technical and financial help.
We shared the results of our Brooklyn Roman Catholic church survey with the Brooklyn-Queens Diocese. We will also prepare nominations to the
National Register for 10 Brooklyn and Queens synagogues we have identified. We intend to survey churches from other denominations in the future.
After years of Conservancy pressure, the Gothic revival Renwick Ruin on Roosevelt Island is being stabilized. The ruin has tantalized East Side residents
and drivers on the FDR for years. It may now serve as the centerpiece of a new park to be built adjacent to the landmark. And after years of
our working with a broad alliance dedicated to saving St. Brigid’s, an anonymous donor has pledged enough money to restore the oldest surviving Irish
immigrant-built church in the City.
Thank you for recognizing how vital our programs are to New York’s current — and long-term — viability, and thank you for making our work possible.
Peg Breen, President
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Speaking Out for Preservation
Governors Island

The New York Landmarks Conservancy is a respected voice for
preservation, often leading major campaigns on important issues.
We also advocate for sound preservation laws and policies at the
Federal, State, and local level.
Keeping Governors Island Open to the Public
The Conservancy has been a long-time advocate for Governors Island, the
former military facility which has been transformed into a center for tourism,
arts, and recreation; and received a record number of visitors in 2008.
The Island’s 52 historic buildings (including two 19th-century forts) create
a unique cultural and educational experience. The Conservancy is a charter
member of the Governors Island Alliance and has supported efforts
to find new uses for the Island while maintaining its historic resources.
When the State announced that it would cut funds for the Island and endanger
its operating budget, the Conservancy stepped forward, lobbying
State and City officials to ensure that the $6 million from the State would
be included in the 2010 budget and matched by the City. Future capital
improvements are scheduled to include new park and open space facilities
and stabilization of the historic houses.
Continuing the Fight for Moynihan Station
The Conservancy continued to push for a great Moynihan Station despite
the change in State administrations, and we promoted the station as an
important stimulus during the economic downturn.
Plans for Moynihan Station shifted direction after Governor David Paterson
assumed the reins of State government in March. Shortly after that,
Madison Square Garden said it was abandoning plans to move into the
rear of the landmark Farley Post Office and would instead renovate the
existing Garden.
In a speech in September, Governor Paterson said he hoped to build the
Station as the gateway to New York envisioned by the late Senator Daniel
Patrick Moynihan in the early 1990s. The governor said he wanted
a transportation project, first and foremost, not the real estate project
the proposed developers had envisioned. He also requested that the Port
Authority take over the project. Paterson called for: increasing transportation
capacity by expanding the number of tracks under Farley; coordinating
with other major development projects, especially ARC, a new New
Jersey Transit tunnel under the Hudson; and ensuring that the station was
a development catalyst for Manhattan’s Upper West Side. He asked for a
staff report by October 31 on the station challenges and solutions.
The Conservancy, along with other “Friends of Moynihan Station” members,
welcomed the new direction and expressed support. We also continued
to emphasize the importance of protecting Farley’s landmark exterior
and beautiful post office lobby.
By year’s end, the Moynihan Station report still was not public. But we
continue to say, “Build Farley now.”
top The grand columns of Farley Post Office
bottom Silver Towers at NYU
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Supporting Landmark Designations
The Landmarks Conservancy’s testimony – before the Landmarks Preservation
Commission and the City Council – helped achieve designations of
historic districts and individual buildings across the City in 2008.
We supported the creation of five new districts:
The West Chelsea Historic District and NoHo Historic District Extension
recognize the significance of the industrial building. West Chelsea is composed
of late 19th and early 20th century buildings originally used for
manufacturing. The third phase of the NoHo designation adds a gritty mix
of 56 buildings exemplifying the range of New York’s architectural styles,
from Federal to Italianate to contemporary design.
Brooklyn districts ranged from the very small to very large. Alice and Agate
Courts in central Brooklyn are two block-long cul-de-sacs of picturesque
Queen Anne row houses. The Prospect Heights Historic District contains
more than 800 row houses, and apartment and institutional buildings from
the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with many intact blocks of beautiful
Italianate, neo-Grec, and Second Empire brownstones.
The Ridgewood North Historic District, located in southwest Queens,
contains 96 buildings from 1908 — 11 known for their distinguished brick
façades, and for the progressive innovations in the residential tenement
form that they feature.
We also supported fifteen individual landmark designations, including:
Religious properties. Congregation Tifereth Israel in Corona, Queens, and
two churches in the East Village: James Renwick Jr.’s Gothic-style masterpiece,
St. Nicholas of Myra Orthodox Church, and the Russian Orthodox
Cathedral of the Holy Virgin Protection.
Three very different structures within Manhattan. The Consolidated Edison
Building, with its clock tower that is visible for miles; McKim Mead
and White’s Hotel Pennsylvania, facing development pressures; and the
Rainbow Room, in Rockefeller Center.
A number of buildings outside Manhattan. The Hubbard House at 2138
McDonald Avenue, in Gravesend, Brooklyn, one of the few remaining
Dutch-style houses in the City; the George Cunningham Store in Tottenville,
Staten Island, distinguished by Queen Anne details such as wooden
clapboards and fish-scale shingles; and the Museum Building at the New
York Botanical Garden, which won the Conservancy’s Lucy G. Moses Preservation
Award when it was restored in 2004.
Three buildings used by institutions of higher learning. I.M. Pei’s Silver
Towers complex at NYU, which Robert A.M Stern called “one of the 35
most important Modernist buildings in the City”; 144 West 14th Street, a
seven-story Renaissance-Revival building from 1895-96, now the home
of the Pratt Institute’s Historic Preservation program; and the Baumann
Bros. Building on East 14th Street, best known for its elaborate cast-iron
façade, and now owned by the New School.
The Conservancy continued to advocate for school buildings designed by
C.B.J. Snyder by speaking out for designation of Grammar School No. 9
on West End Avenue.
left Grammar School No. 9, Manhattan
right Alice Court, Brooklyn
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Speaking Out on Issues
The Conservancy’s Public Policy Committee reviewed design proposals
throughout 2008 and approved statements of its views for public hearings
before various agencies.
A proposal by St. Vincent’s Hospital engaged the preservation community
and the Conservancy in 2008. St. Vincent’s presented plans to demolish
all of its historic and contemporary buildings, put up a new hospital where
the O’Toole Building now stands on Seventh Avenue, and sell land that
would become the site of a large residential development. The Committee
supported demolition of O’Toole, but did not agree with the loss of other
historic buildings, and suggested that the new hospital’s size be reduced.
The Committee supported aspects of a plan to revitalize the South Street
Seaport, but objected to new buildings that would overwhelm the lowrise
structures that comprise the Seaport Historic District.
A transfer of development rights from the General Society for Mechanics
and Tradesmen on West 44th Street to a site at Fifth Avenue and 43rd
Street was found to result in a valid “preservation purpose.” The proceeds
of the transfer will finance necessary restoration on the Society’s
landmark building.
Upon reviewing a proposal to transfer development rights from St. Thomas
Church and the University Club to a nearby site west of the Museum
Tower on West 53rd Street, the Conservancy requested that restricted
endowments be created for both landmarks, with at least part of the
proceeds from the sale of the air rights specifically targeted for the up
keep of the historic buildings. The developers agreed to the request. The
Conservancy also pointed out that the proposed new building would encroach
on a preservation district.
top Prospect Heights, Brooklyn
bottom 144 West 14th Street, Manhattan
Endangered Buildings Initiative
Conservancy staff visited the buildings on its EBI “red list” to update their status. Thanks to either landmark designation or owner intervention,
approximately a quarter of the “red” buildings will be removed from the list, as they no longer appear to be threatened.
One of EBI’s successes is the 2005 designation of the Windermere Apartments as an individual landmark. Designed by Theophilius Smith in 1880-
81, the Windermere is a complex of three red brick tenement buildings with decorative features in the Gothic, Queen Anne, and Romanesque
styles. Originally it was used as housing for single women, an innovation in the late 19th century. By 2000 the deteriorated building was nearly
empty, but still retained much of its magnificent historic fabric. The Conservancy led the push to get it designated.
In 2008, with the assistance of the Department of Housing Preservation and Development, the Windermere’s tenants brought the building owners
to court to demand that they address various violations the building had earned. HPD filed two other motions: one to seek access to inspect the
property and another to secure it. That motion was granted, and the owner was ordered to secure and seal the building. The New York City Law
Department filed an injunction and civil penalties action under the Landmarks Law. We hope that this legal pressure will force the owner to either
sell the property or make repairs.
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Providing Technical Expertise
Edgar J Kaufmann Conference Center, Manhattan

Government agencies, nonprofits, and building owners call upon
our Technical Services staff for expert guidance on restoration
projects, preservation easements, and advisory committees.
Project Guidance
Renwick Ruins, Roosevelt Island, Manhattan
The Conservancy has been monitoring the progress of the stabilization
and restoration of the Renwick-designed Smallpox Hospital ruins sited at
the southern tip of Roosevelt Island. The goal is to stabilize the structure
as a picturesque ruin so that it may eventually form the centerpiece of a
new public park that will fill the southern tip of the island. Many of the
building’s teetering stones were removed, numbered, and stored on site.
Other features, including the beautiful Gothic-revival oriel windows, have
been dismantled and will be reassembled. In order to brace the walls,
steel piers will be installed inside the building and cables will ensure that
the walls remain in place.
Edgar J Kaufmann Conference Center, Manhattan
After several months of detective work, technical staff has tracked down
the specific type and color of carpeting originally specified by Alvar and
Alisa Aalto for the suite of rooms known as the “Aalto Rooms” – or, more
accurately, the Kaufmann Conference Center at the Institute of International
Education (IIE). The original textile was a 100 percent wool carpet
composed of three different earth tones woven in a random pattern to produce
a speckled effect. It also featured an egg-shaped cutout section that
could be unzipped and removed when the occasion called for a dance floor
to be moved in. In late October, the IIE received our report and a sample
of the textile, which was custom-woven by the same North Carolina mill
that produced the original.
Several years ago, the Conservancy oversaw the restoration of the center’s
suite of rooms, including repair and repainting of the plaster walls
and undulating ceiling, gentle cleaning of the woodwork paneling trim
and sculptural elements, as well as the replacement of its very tall curtains
with a custom-made reproduction of the original textile, which we
also traced back to the original manufacturer.
Picasso Curtain, Four Seasons Restaurant, Manhattan
The Conservancy retained a team of fabric and paint conservators to inspect
and clean a theater curtain painted by Pablo Picasso in 1911, which
now hangs in the Four Seasons restaurant in the Seagram Building. This
gorgeous piece was donated to the Conservancy in 2006 with the stipulation
that it not be moved from its current location and that the Conservancy
oversee its care and maintenance. We arranged to have art and
fabric conservators inspect and clean the artwork over the course of two
weekends in late August. The results of the gentle cleaning of the textile
are noticeable, and today the artwork looks brighter and crisper.
The Conservancy received a full conservation report from the team in late
September. The painted curtain, though fragile, shows no signs of ongoing
deterioration and was found to be in stable condition.
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Old Guard of the City of New York Headquarters, Manhattan
The Old Guard is a military veterans association founded in 1832. It owns
an historic limestone-fronted townhouse on 91st Street between Riverside
Drive and West End Avenue that serves as the association’s headquarters.
The building dates to 1899 and is part of a row of seven houses
designed as an ensemble. It is in generally good condition, but has suffered
from deferred maintenance. The Conservancy’s Technical Services
Center undertook a roof-to-basement inspection of the house in order to
prepare an exiting conditions report of the property and establish priorities
for restoration and repair. The masonry façades, including the dramatic
bow-fronted limestone front, are in very good condition. However, the
roofs need to be replaced in their entirety. Rainwater is leaking in various
places, causing quite a bit of damage to interior finishes. Additionally, the
front mansard roof, originally clad in terra cotta tiles, is currently missing
them and in need of restoration. An ongoing project, we continue to meet
with representatives from the Old Guard to plan a campaign of roof repair.
European Union House, Manhattan
Technical Services staff are consultants to the architect overseeing the
restoration of 240 East 72nd Street, a townhouse that will be the future
home of the European Union’s Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations.
Part of the project consisted of reconstructing unstable portions of the
rear façade and adding a small conservatory to the back of the house. The
front façade is being restored to its original appearance; this includes the
reconstruction of the front stoop, which was removed many years ago.
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left and right Renwick Ruins, Roosevelt Island
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Picasso Curtain, Four Seasons, Manhattan
Old Guard Headquarters, Manhattan
Conservancy Easements
Although the Conservancy was in active discussions with a
number of property owners interested in donating a preservation
easement to the Conservancy, we did not receive any new donations
in 2008. However, the staff prepared and submitted to the
National Park Service several “Certification of Significance”
applications. These applications are the first step in the easement
donation process. We look forward to accepting easement
on the properties covered by these applications in 2009.
In the meantime, the Conservancy maintained its regular schedule
of inspection of all properties and identified several maintenance
problems at several properties. All these issues have
been addressed or are in the process of being addressed.
The Conservancy currently holds 45 easements.
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Preserving Sacred Sites
Ocean Parkway Jewish Center, Brooklyn

The Conservancy’s Sacred Sites Program is one of the few programs
in the country dedicated to the preservation of historic religious
properties. Since its establishment in 1986, the program has
awarded more than 1,000 grants, totaling almost $6 million, to more
than 650 institutions throughout New York State. In addition to offering
restoration grants, the program has assisted hundreds of
landmark-quality religious institutions with hands-on technical assistance
and referrals, and offered workshops on the maintenance
and repair of aging roofs, façades, and windows, and associated
financial issues.
For the first time since its launch in 2000, the Sacred Sites Robert
W. Wilson Challenge Grant Program awarded grants in both January
and June, with a total of $300,000 awarded in 2008. Altogether,
through its 3 grant programs, Sacred Sites awarded 57 grants totaling
more than $550,000 to 51 landmark religious institutions in 33
counties throughout New York State.
In the spring of 2008, Sacred Sites Director Ann-Isabel Friedman
attended a Historic Districts Council monthly roundtable. She presented
information to a group of 30 neighborhood preservation
advocates on the Sacred Sites Program and ongoing advocacy
and outreach, Catholic church and synagogue surveys, and the
Conservancy’s successful collaboration with the Brooklyn-Queens
Diocese. Ms. Friedman encouraged attendees to reach out to their
local religious institutions and participate as neighborhood partners
in capital project planning. In June, Ms. Friedman presented
at a two-day Preservation League of New York State Colleagues’
Workshop in Buffalo, focusing on state-wide Catholic church closure
as well as urban property abandonment.
Progress Report
Church and Synagogue Surveys
Sacred Sites staff presented the results of its Brooklyn Roman Catholic
church survey to the Brooklyn-Queens Diocese in the spring. We highlighted
the most significant Brooklyn churches, made recommendations
for National Register listing, and explained which churches would be the
best candidates for Conservancy and possible New York State restoration
grant funding. Diocesan officials and real estate staff shared our enthusiasm
for many of the Diocese’s most handsome and historic churches, requesting
that the Conservancy share its data with the Diocese real estate
staff and archives. In the summer, a team of three graduate interns from
Columbia University and Pratt Institute extended the survey into Queens,
documenting 100 Roman Catholic churches and 120 synagogues.
As for our synagogue survey, the Conservancy was awarded a prestigious
$20,000 Preserve New York grant, the largest of 16 awarded to nonprofit
groups throughout New York State, to fund the preparation of National
Register nominations for ten Brooklyn and Queens synagogues and former
synagogues. We are also pleased to announce that Roy Zuckerberg, father
of Conservancy board member Lloyd Zuckerberg, recently presented a
lead gift to help launch an Historic Synagogues Fund. Conservancy efforts
to identify additional donors are ongoing.
top Sacred Sites grantee Grace Church, Lyons, New York
bottom Jewish Center of Kings Highway, Brooklyn
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A Tale of Two Catholic Churches
St. Brigid’s and St. Thomas the Apostle
After several years of energetic community advocacy and fundraising, the
Archdiocese of New York announced in May that an anonymous donor
had offered $20 million to save the parish of St. Brigid’s in the East Village.
The church, attributed to Patrick Keely, is the oldest surviving Irish
immigrant-built church in New York City and one of the City’s earliest
Gothic Revival churches. The 1848 building features a relatively simple
exterior and a soaring, vaulted interior. It closed in 2004 due to significant
structural damage caused by deterioration of the original, below-grade
wood piles.
The Archdiocese began demolition work in 2006. Despite overwhelming
odds, a committed and broad alliance of parishioners, East Village preservation
advocates, and prominent Irish-American artists worked tirelessly
to save the church. This unique coalition raised funds for expert legal help,
obtaining a restraining order that barred the Archdiocese from any further
demolition work. The lawsuit was dismissed in 2007 but upheld on appeal.
The group received permission in January 2008 to bring the case
to the New York State Supreme Court. Before the court convened, the
Archdiocese announced the anonymous donation; $10 million would go
to restore the building and reopen it as a parish church, $2 million to establish
an endowment for the parish, and $8 million to support the parish
school and other parochial schools in the Archdiocese.
Throughout this four-year journey, through many ups and downs, the
Conservancy advised the “Save St. Brigid’s” alliance, providing technical
advice on building stabilization costs and alternative redevelopment, as
well as outreach to the Archdiocese, news outlets, and the Irish-American
community.
With such a generous gift in hand, the Archdiocese hired the respected
preservation architecture firm Acheson Doyle Partners to restore the
church, which requires extensive underpinning. Officials expect the project
to take a couple of years. Restoration work continues today, and
supporters eagerly await the church’s reopening.
Another Manhattan church which the Conservancy has fought to save has
been less fortunate than its downtown neighbor: St. Thomas the Apostle
in Harlem. It shut its doors in 2003 and remains unutilized despite the
strong efforts of local groups, Congressman Rangel, and the Conservancy
to present the Archdiocese with alternate development plans. Several of
its windows had been promised to an upstate church under construction,
Blessed Kateri Tekawitha church in LaGrangeville, NY.
The unusually cohesive suite of windows was designed specifically to
complement St. Thomas’ lacy terra cotta tracery and Gothic-arched openings.
The La Grangeville church opened in 2008 without the St. Thomas
windows, pending their removal, restoration, and relocation, which are
expected in 2009.
left St. Brigid’s, overlooking Tompkins Square Park in the East Village
right St. Thomas the Apostle, Harlem
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In Memoriam
Bay Ridge United Methodist Church
After years of assistance from the Conservancy, congregational struggle,
and community advocacy, we were sad to note the demolition of Bay
Ridge United Methodist Church last fall.
Designed by church architect George W. Kramer in 1899-1900, it was
known throughout the neighborhood as the “green church” for its distinctive
green “serpentine” sandstone façade, which had severely deteriorated.
A 2004 Conservancy grant helped fund the temporary use of a net
around the church tower to hold falling stone in place. A 2005 Conservancy
study estimated necessary stone replacement at the clock tower at
$670,000, with comprehensive repairs projected at $6.8 to $8.6 million,
exclusive of interior upgrades or accessibility modifications.
While community advocates hoped for a different outcome, the site was
sold and initially slated for new condominium development. By year’s
end, the declining economy had halted condominium plans. Residents are
hopeful that the site can be returned to community use via development
of a new public school.
11th- Hour Rescue of Rare Upjohn Church
In the spring of 2008, the Conservancy assisted community advocates by
providing referrals and funding for the architectural documentation and
careful disassembly and storage of the former St. Saviour’s, an 1847,
Richard Upjohn designed, carpenter Gothic church in Maspeth, Queens.
The wood-frame building was disassembled and moved from its original
site, in anticipation that the 1.5 acre site will be sold for development.
The building is in storage, awaiting reassembly on the grounds of All
Faiths Cemetery in Maspeth, Queens, thanks to the hard work of members
of the Juniper Park Civic Association, and emergency funding from the
Conservancy, Queens Borough President Helen Marshall, and preservation
advocate Christabel Gough, to retain building professionals experienced
in historic wood-frame construction: Kaitsen Woo Architects, Island
Housewrights, and to video document the building’s dismantling. Conservancy
referral, the experienced preservation architecture firm Kai Woo
Architects was engaged to prepare plans for a reconstructed St. Saviour’s.
Queens’ Oldest Synagogue Becomes a Landmark
Queens’ oldest surviving synagogue, the 1911 Congregation Tifereth Israel
in Corona, was designated a New York City Landmark in early 2008.
The Conservancy, working closely with Queens Borough President Helen
Marshall, lent technical and financial assistance to this small Bukharan
Congregation and helped secure $1.1 million in public and more than
$300,000 in private funding for the $1.4 million restoration of the building’s
original wooden siding and windows. The Conservancy itself provided
$17,500 in grant support, along with countless hours of free technical
advice by program director Ann-Isabel Friedman. Through Ms. Friedman’s
support, the synagogue was able to secure a $200,000 New York State
Environmental Protection Fund grant, and $90,000 in support from other
foundations. The Conservancy will continue to support this project as it
works through the EPF bidding process.
top Bay Ridge United Methodist, Brooklyn
middle St. Saviour’s Church, Maspeth, Queens
bottom Congregation Tifereth Israel, Corona, Queens
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Sacred Sites and Consulting Grants
The Conservancy awards Sacred Sites and Consulting Grants to congregations
of all denominations that are planning or undertaking the restoration
of historic religious properties.
To be eligible, properties must be located in New York State, owned by
a religious institution and actively used for worship, and listed on the
State or National Register of Historic Places or designated pursuant to a
local landmarks ordinance. Eligible properties include, but are not limited
to, churches, synagogues, meetinghouses, mosques, and temples. The
maximum Sacred Sites Grant is $10,000; in 2008 the average grant award
was about $5,500. The maximum Consulting Grant is $7,500; in 2008 the
average award was about $5,300.
Asbury First United Methodist Church, Rochester
Cathedral of All Saints, Albany
Chapin Memorial, Unitarian Universalist Society of Oneonta, Oneonta
Christ Episcopal Church, Sackets Harbor
Christ Temple Church, Rochester
Church For All Nations, New York
Church of the Ascension, Brooklyn
Church of The Resurrection, Kew Gardens
Community Church of East Williston
Eldred Congregational Church, Eldred
Episcopal Church of Saints Peter and John, Auburn
First Baptist Church, Cuba
First Baptist Church of Painted Post
First Presbyterian Church, Cazenovia
First Presbyterian Church, Schenectady
First Presbyterian Church of Wyoming
First United Methodist Church, Newburgh
Forest Presbyterian Church, Lyons Falls
German Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Paul, New York
Grace Episcopal Church, Bronx
Grace Episcopal Church, Canton
Grace Episcopal Church, Lyons
Grace Episcopal Church, Syracuse
Hamilton Monthly Meeting
Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church, Kingston
Old First Presbyterian Church, Huntington
Our Lady of Victory / St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church, Rochester
Rugged Cross Baptist Church, Brooklyn
Sacred Heart Basilica, Syracuse
St. Mark’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Middleburgh
St. Paul’s Church, Salem
St. James Episcopal Church, Skaneateles
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Katonah
St. Mary’s Church-in-the-Highlands, Cold Spring
Temple Sinai, Saratoga Springs
The Reformed Dutch Church of Poughkeepsie
Tremont Baptist Church, Bronx
Trinity Church, Rensselaerville
Trinity Episcopal Church, Buffalo
Trinity Episcopal Church, Middleville
Trinity Lutheran Church, Long Island City
United Methodist Church of Durham-Oak Hill, Oak Hill
University Parish of St. Joseph’s, New York
Wanakena Presbyterian Church, Star Lake
Zion Episcopal Church, Morris
Robert W. Wilson
Sacred Sites Challenge Grants
For comprehensive repair and extensive restoration projects, the Robert
W. Wilson Sacred Sites Challenge Grant Program offers matching funds
to churches. The majority of matching funds must be donated from new
sources. Since its launch in 2000 the program has funded 65 challenge
grants totaling more than $1.8 million, generating more than 1.9 million in
grant matches that will facilitate the completion of more than $35 million
in restoration of historic religious properties across New York State. In
2008 grants ranged from $25,000 to $70,000.
Church of St. Ann and the Holy Trinity, Brooklyn
Church of the Ascension, New York
Flushing Monthly Meeting, Flushing
German Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Paul, New York
Rugged Cross Baptist Church, Brooklyn
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, New York
St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church, Brooklyn
St. Mary’s Church-in-the-Highlands, Cold Spring
Union Theological Seminary, New York
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Temple Sinai, Saratoga Springs
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Funding Historic Properties
295 Decatur Street, Brooklyn

The New York City Historic Properties Fund (HPF) is the Conservancy’s
main financing vehicle for restoration work throughout New York
City and is one of the largest revolving loan funds for historic preservation
in the nation. The Fund has provided almost $18.4 million in
low-interest loans and more than $380,000 in grants since its inception
in 1982. As part of the program, the Fund offers project management
assistance to help owners throughout the financing and
restoration processes.
Fund staff worked on more than 20 buildings of all architectural
styles in 2008, while continuing its initiative to expand HPF lending
into new neighborhoods.
2008 Projects — Spotlight on Bedford-Stuyvesant
Brooklyn has received well over half the Fund’s investments since 1982.
This past year was no exception, with five of the Fund’s eight completed
projects located in the borough. Of these five, three are in Bedford-
Stuyvesant, which contains many of the City’s finest collections of row
houses.
HPF provided an $80,000 loan at five percent interest for 10 years to
finance restoration work on the Cummings Residence at 295 Decatur
Street, in the Stuyvesant Heights Historic District. This late 19th century
row house is notable for its red-orange brick and brownstone, with intricate
terra cotta details. The loan financed the cleaning and re-pointing of
the masonry façade, cleaning and repair of the decorative elements, and
the restoration of the front door, brownstone stoop, and ironwork. Additionally,
18 windows were replaced, the parlor windows and their stained
glass transoms were restored, and a stained glass window on the third
floor was installed. Kaitsen Woo was the architect, and the contractor
was Progeny Restoration.
With a loan of $270,000 at three percent interest for 10 years, HPF financed
an assortment of restoration work at St. Philip’s Episcopal Church
at 334 MacDonough Street, also in the Stuyvesant Heights Historic District.
St. Philip’s was designed in a picturesque style with English Gothic
precedents by Arne Delhi, a Norwegian architect who lived and worked in
Brooklyn. Over time, the 110-year-old church suffered water-related damage,
and the HPF loan was used to address many of these issues. A few
years ago, a Fund loan of $100,000 helped pay for the restoration of one
of the church’s slate roofs. With the latest round of funding, the church’s
other roofs and windows were repaired, new gutters and leaders were
installed, and the deteriorated interior plaster was repaired and painted.
Additionally, the masonry façade was cleaned and re-pointed, a new
stone step was installed, and the tower windows were restored. Hall
Partnership was the architect, and Henry Restoration was the contractor.
For the Jackman Residence at 112 Hancock Street in the proposed Bedford
National Register Historic District, HPF provided a $60,000 loan at
five percent interest for 10 years to restore a Neo-Grec brownstone built
circa 1880. The building’s distinctive iron cresting along the roof and atop
the portico was carefully cleaned, repaired, and repainted. The brownstone
façade and stoop were restored, the cornice was cleaned and repainted,
and the ironwork was repaired. Kaitsen Woo was the architect,
and the contractor was Cecil King Stone & Restoration.
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During the 1990s, the Landmarks Preservation Commission identified several
parts of Bedford-Stuyvesant as “Areas of Interest,” but they were
never developed into districts. In an effort to update this work, Fund staff
conducted a new survey and identified four distinct areas that featured
intact historic row houses: Stuyvesant West, Bedford-Stuyvesant East
Central, Shannon’s Garden, and Cripplebush Road. These potential historic
districts boasted row houses built around the turn of the 20th century
in popular styles of the day: Italianate, Neo-Grec, Second Empire, Queen
Anne, and Romanesque. Most of the buildings in Bedford-Stuyvesant
East Central and Stuyvesant West were built before 1890 by prominent
Brooklyn architects and builders. Shannon’s Garden is a mix of the late
19th and early 20th centuries, with elaborate late-Italianate brownstones
and Neo-Classical stone row houses. The Cripplebush Road district is
comprised of several blocks of especially consistent, late-Italianate row
house streetscapes, built between 1885 and 1891. The SHPO determined
in November 2008 that these four areas were eligible for listing on the
registers.
With Highland Park’s 120 buildings and the 1,130 properties in the four
Bedford-Stuyvesant areas, a total of 1,250 buildings have been added to
the Fund’s universe of possible work.
Newly Eligible State and National Register
Historic Districts
The City’s most recent real estate boom greatly increased property values
in neighborhoods traditionally served by the Historic Properties Fund.
In areas where the Fund has completed dozens of projects, such as Fort
Greene, Brooklyn, the need for its assistance has decreased. In response,
Fund staff began a campaign in 2007 to identify new areas for investing
its resources: intact blocks of older properties that could be deemed eligible
for listing in the State and/or National Registers of Historic Places, the
minimum criterion required for Fund assistance. To accomplish this work,
Fund staff and graduate interns researched, surveyed, and analyzed areas
of historic interest and presented potential districts to the State Historic
Preservation Office (SHPO), which then determines a district’s eligibility.
Fund research led to determinations of eligibility for the Bradhurst Historic
District in Harlem and the Windsor Terrace Historic District in Brooklyn.
Five more areas of Brooklyn were added in 2008: Highland Park in Cypress
Hills and four sections of Bedford-Stuyvesant.
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top Cummings Residence, 295 Decatur Street, Brooklyn
bottom St. Philip’s Episcopal Church, 334 MacDonough Street, Brooklyn
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top Jackman Residence, 112 Hancock Street, Brooklyn
bottom 279 Highland Boulevard, Brooklyn
The Cypress Hills section of Brooklyn came to the Fund’s attention after
the Pratt Institute Land Use and Historic Preservation Studio produced a
draft study of the neighborhood. Fund staff built upon this information,
as well as two prior studies, and selected Cypress Hill’s Highland Park
neighborhood as a potential historic district. Highland Park is bordered
on three sides by a greenbelt of parks and cemeteries. One part of the
district consists of large free-standing 19th century homes with Spanishtile
roofs. Downhill from the mansions lies an area of two- and three-story
early 20th century row houses built in Eclectic revival styles with Mission
or Craftsman details, and capped by red tile roofs echoing the architecture
of the mansions above. The SHPO determined in May 2008 that Highland
Park was eligible for listing on both registers.
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Assisting Nonprofits
Van Cortlandt House Museum, the Bronx

City Ventures Fund
The Conservancy’s City Ventures Fund (CVF) works with nonprofit
developers to retain or replace the period details of architecturally
significant buildings — not necessarily designated landmarks —
that will be used for affordable housing or neighborhood facilities.
Since its establishment in 1986, CVF has authorized almost $1.4 million
to assist over 840 units of low-income and special needs housing,
as well as community service properties.
CVF came to the aid of two city landmarks in 2008:
A $7,500 grant was used to retain the services of Thomas Fenniman, a
preservation architect who provided the necessary expertise for the rehabilitation
and restoration of 365 Jay Street in Brooklyn. Constructed
in 1894 in the Romanesque Revival style, this building is listed in the
National Register of Historic Places and is a designated city landmark. It
is composed of brick and terra cotta and has a clock tower. The property
originally served as Brooklyn’s Fire Department Headquarters and then as
a firehouse until the 1970s. After a period of vacancy, it was renovated
in 1988 into 18 low-income apartments, but the building was poorly managed.
The City assumed ownership in 2005 and asked the Pratt Area
Community Council (PACC) to take over and upgrade the property. PACC
requested the Conservancy’s help via a CVF grant to underwrite the services
of a preservation consultant to help identify a scope of work and
assist the project architect in incorporating preservation concerns into the
remainder of the project.
614 Courtlandt Avenue in the Bronx is a lovely corner property that was
constructed in 1871-1872 and used for many years as a saloon and meeting
hall for the surrounding German community. It had been vacant for
two decades when the Neighborhood Housing Services Community
Development Corporation (NHS) acquired it from the City in 2006. The
Conservancy authorized a CVF grant of $20,000 for wood window and masonry
issues, while the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission
awarded NHS a grant of $40,000 for slate and chimney work. NHS
renovated it for sale as three apartments and retail store space, with the
condition that the new owner occupy either the commercial unit or one of
the apartments. The preservation costs of the property were exceptionally
expensive, given the replacement of a dormered slate mansard roof,
cast-iron surrounded wood windows, and an array of masonry issues.
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right
614 Courtlandt Avenue, the Bronx
365 Jay Street, Brooklyn
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Emergency Preservation Grant Program
The Conservancy’s Emergency Preservation Grant Program,
(EPGP) comes to the rescue when an imminent hazard threatens
a landmark building. The program directs its resources toward immediately
needed work on historic properties owned by nonprofit
organizations. Its intention is to address discrete exterior building
problems that have recently arisen, such as new leaks, fire damage,
and falling masonry. The EPGP has underwritten more than
$250,000 in grants since 1999.
The EPGP assisted six projects in 2008. In the Bronx, grants went to the
City Island Historical Society and the Van Cortlandt Museum. The City
Island Historical Society houses a library and historical collections dedicated
to the history of this small nautical community on the Long Island
Sound. EPGP stepped in to underwrite the restoration of the building’s
entryway after it was destroyed in a fire. A grant of $10,000 helped to
pay for the services of Kaitsen Woo, a preservation architect who prepared
specifications and obtained cost estimates from contractors for the
rebuilding of the entryway in a historically appropriate manner. United
Homesteads of New Rochelle was the general contractor.
Meanwhile, the Conservancy proudly saw the completion of a nearly decade-long
project in 2008: the revitalization of the Chapel of the Sisters at
Prospect Cemetery in Queens. During restoration, project staff discovered
that the wood frames for the chapel’s two stained glass windows needed
to be fully replaced at a cost of $38,500, which was not budgeted. The
stained glass had already been meticulously restored by The Gil Studio
and was awaiting installation. To cover the cost of the frames, the Conservancy
raised $30,000 from the Gerry Charitable Trust and the remainder
from the EPGP.
The Conservancy and its partners celebrated the chapel’s gorgeous restoration
in September 2008 at a ribbon-cutting event that featured a dedication
to Illinois Jacquet, a heralded tenor saxophonist who lived in Jamaica,
Queens. York College’s Jazz Ensemble has been using the chapel
as its home since then and regularly performs for the public there. The full
story of the Conservancy’s involvement in the Initiative can be found in the
Conservancy’s Autumn 2008 newsletter.
EPGP also came to the aid of the Williamsburg Art and Historical Center
in Brooklyn, which was in desperate need of repair of its leaking interior
drains. Constructed in 1868 and once home to the former Kings County
Savings Bank, this individually designated City landmark and National
Register property is now a community facility and arts venue. It needs a
great amount of renovation and restoration work that its custodians cannot
afford. Several years ago, an Emergency Preservation Grant was used
for the restoration of its front mansard and roof clock. An EPGP grant of
$5,000 underwrote the drainage repairs.
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bottom
City Island Historical Society
Williamsburg Art and Historical Society, Brooklyn
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Honoring Excellence
The Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine

The Lucy G. Moses Preservation Awards are the Conservancy’s
highest honors for outstanding preservation efforts and are named
after a distinguished New York philanthropist whose generosity
benefited the City for over 50 years. The awards ceremony for 2008
was held at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. We honored two
individuals for their leadership, and nine projects for excellence in
preservation.
Ruth Abram, the founder and former president of the Lower East Side
Tenement Museum, was the recipient of our Preservation Leadership
Award. For twenty years, Ms. Abram has been an outspoken advocate
for the museum and for preservation of the Lower East Side, a community
well known for its architectural history and social significance. When
new development began to threaten those special qualities, Ruth Abram
started a campaign to place the LES on the National Register of Historic
Places, and she continues to petition the City for landmark designation,
which would protect the neighborhood from demolition and guide alterations
and new construction.
The Honorable Judith S. Kaye, former Chief Judge of the New York
State Court of Appeals, received our Public Leadership Award. After 15
years as chief judge of the highest court in the state (and the first woman
in that role), Judge Kaye retired in 2008. She has been an advocate for
preserving the State’s courthouses, and was responsible for many restorations,
including the beautiful 1842 Greek Revival Court of Appeals Hall in
Albany and the stunning First Appellate Courthouse on Madison Square
in Manhattan.
The following nine projects were also chosen to receive awards:
Frank Lloyd Wright’s masterpiece, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum,
is an icon of modern architecture. While the museum has undergone
several renovations, repairs, and additions, this campaign was the first
comprehensive treatment of the envelope. Preliminary work included research,
documentation, and monitoring; construction involved the removal
of 11 coats of paint, infilling of exterior cracks, treatment of corroded
steel, and reinforcement of the concrete. This three-year-long restoration
project was completed just before the museum’s 50th birthday.
The Cathedral of St. John the Divine is one of the largest churches
in the world, and the mother church of the Episcopal Diocese of New
York. In late 2001, a six-alarm fire severely damaged the north transept,
destroyed the gift shop, and filled the interior with soot and smoke. A
lengthy cleaning and restoration of the interior was undertaken. Seven
years after the fire, the congregation and the community celebrated rededication
of the Cathedral.
Jamaica Performing Arts Center in Queens is an excellent example
of adaptive reuse. The congregation of the former First Reformed Church
in Jamaica was moved from the building in 1973 as part of a City Urban
Redevelopment Project, leaving it empty and abandoned. Local arts and
community groups and the Queens Borough President started the reuse
process in 2004. Today the interior is transformed, with flexible performing
arts and community spaces, while the exterior features a restored
façade, new slate roof, and shining stained glass windows. The finished
product shows that historic churches no longer serving a religious function
can have a happy second, secular life.
The Beaux-arts façade of the American Irish Historical Society at 991
Fifth Avenue is glowing again after restoration of the brick and limestone
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swell-front façade and the rusticated limestone base, replacement of
wood windows, and the installation of a new exterior lighting system.
The interior also received a museum-quality restoration.
The elaborate, stylized interior of the 1913 Longacre Theatre has been
given new life. Plasterwork details lost to previous repairs were recreated,
gilded moldings and marble surfaces were cleaned and refinished, and
new seats and modernized theatrical systems were installed. Historically
accurate colors dazzle, and the neo-Classical façade once again beckons
theater-goers to 48th Street.
One award was given for a new addition to a historic building. An
18,000-square-foot addition to the Poly Prep Country Day School was
built adjacent to the existing school building in the Park Slope Historic
District. Faced with a challenging site and pressing programmatic needs,
the architects succeeded by integrating traditional architectural elements
into a contemporary design — an approach that can serve as a model for
new additions in many historic districts.
Seventeen years ago, Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan proposed transforming
the Farley Post Office into a great train station with a proper
entranceway, to atone for the loss of Penn Station. In 2008 the Empire
State Development Corporation completed a substantial restoration of the
building’s neo-Classical exterior. The grand staircase and row of twenty,
53-foot Corinthian columns have been cleaned, repaired, and renovated
to their former glory. Now we await transformation of the interior to realize
Senator Moynihan’s dream of becoming the entrance that New York
deserves.
Meanwhile, two very different residential properties received awards.
When the owners purchased the Italianate row house at 62 East 83rd
Street in 2004, the original stoop and areaway had been removed, and
the façade had lost all its ornamental details. Although the building is
not a designated landmark, the design and construction team held themselves
to that high standard, restoring original details based on historic
documentation.
295 East Eighth Street is the picturesque former home of the Children’s
Aid Society/Tompkins Square Lodging House for Boys and Industrial
School. It was designed by Vaux and Radford and completed in 1887.
Although perhaps best known for his partnership with Frederick Law Olmstead
and their design of Central Park, Calvert Vaux also worked with
George Radford on a dozen elaborately detailed social service agencies.
The East Eighth Street building is one of the few that remain. Restoration
included replacement of the slate roof and dormers; cleaning and graffiti
removal of the entire masonry façade; restoration of the ornamental
ironwork, wood front doors, and entryway; and installation of new iron
cresting at the roof.
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top Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Manhattan
middle Jamaica Performing Arts Center, Queens
bottom American Irish Historical Society, Manhattan
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top Longacre Theater, Manhattan
middle Poly Prep Country Day School, Manhattan
bottom 295 East Eighth Street, Manhattan
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Celebrating Living Landmarks
Living Landmarks gala at Cipriani 42nd Street

2008 Living Landmarks Celebration
Each year, The New York Landmarks Conservancy recognizes New
Yorkers who have made outstanding contributions to the City and
honors them as Living Landmarks at our fall gala.
More than 400 guests turned out on Wednesday, November 5, to join the
Conservancy in celebrating the 2008 Living Landmarks Gala.
We were proud to honor: Rosamond Bernier & John Russell*, Judy
Collins, Osborn Elliot*, Barbara Goldsmith, Phyllis Newman,
Charles B. Rangel, and Charlie Rose. Congressman Rangel was the
recipient of our Lew Rudin Award for Outstanding Public Service, named
after the late New York real estate magnate and philanthropist.
Once again Living Landmark host Liz Smith presided over the festivities,
aided by Peter Duchin and his orchestra.
* In memory
top
Charlie Rose, Inger Elliott, Rosamond Bernier, Phyllis Newman,
Judy Collins, Barbara Goldsmith
middle
Stanford and Sandra Warshawsky
Michael and Karyn Christensen
Marjorie Reed Gordon and Ellery Gordon
bottom
Gurnee Hart, Elizabeth Stribling, Guy Robinson, Marjorie Hart
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top
Richard and Gloria Moylan
Lauren Bacall
Ray and Veronica Kelly
second row
Anna Casperson, Sallie Abelow, Erik Oken
Martin and Joan Camins, Michael De Chiara
third row
Marla Sabo
Nan and Gay Talese
Duane Hampton
bottom
Barbara Goldsmith, Beth DeWoody, Peg Breen, Frank Sciame
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Tours and Other Events
Reception at Schinasi Mansion
Nearly 100 guests joined us in May for an exclusive reception and tour of
the landmark Schinasi residence, one of the few surviving single-family
mansions in Manhattan. The 12,000-square-foot home was built in 1909
for Morris Schinasi, a Turkish émigré who made his fortune selling tobacco.
The architect, William Tuthill, also designed Carnegie Hall.
A Look Inside Google’s NYC Headquarters
Members of our Real Estate and Professional Circles joined us in August
for a private tour of Google’s recently expanded New York City headquarters.
Its initial office space at 76 Ninth Avenue, built in 1930, originally
served as a warehouse for the Port Authority. As the company grew here,
it moved its marketing team to Chelsea Market. This new space, with
its adaptive reuse of an industrial building, is an incredible example of
modern technology within an older frame.
Private Tour of Brooklyn’s U.S. Courthouse
and Post Office
Our tour in August of this spectacularly restored building was led by architect
Michael Nieminen, of R.M. Clement & Frances Halsband Architects,
who worked on its impressive redesign. The firm meticulously restored all
the exterior surfaces and windows. Modern offices and courtrooms were
inserted within the shell of the annex building, built in 1930. In the original
section, the magnificent central atrium was returned to full Victorian glory.
Illustrated Lecture on American Beaux-Arts
Architect Richard Morris Hunt
The Conservancy, along with the Beaux-Arts Alliance, co-hosted an illustrated
lecture in April by renowned architectural historian David Garrard
Lowe. In his unique and captivating manner, Lowe explored the fascinating
life and work of Richard Morris Hunt, the first American architect to
attend the famous École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Among Hunt’s most famous
designs is the Tribune Building, one of the City’s first skyscrapers.
Chairman’s Award Honoring Robert A. Levine
More than 130 guests attended the 2008 Chairman’s Award luncheon at
Le Cirque to honor Robert A. Levine, founder and president of RAL Companies
& Affiliates, which develops luxury residential and commercial properties.
Most recently, Levine has breathed new life into a former Brooklyn
industrial building and two older Tribeca buildings by converting them into
housing with associated retail and amenities.
top Schinasi Mansion, Manhattan
middle U.S. Courthouse and Post Office, Brooklyn
bottom Robert A. Levine and Frank J. Sciame, Jr.
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Our Supporters
The New York Landmarks Conservancy’s success depends
on the annual support of our individual, corporate, and foundation
donors. Each year we must raise more than 85 percent
of our operating budget from private sources.
The Conservancy gratefully acknowledges our partnership
with the following supporters during 2008.
If any names have been listed incorrectly or omitted, please
accept our apologies and let us know how we may adjust
our records.
Foundations, Corporations,
Public Agencies, &
Other Organizations
$100,000 and above
The Robert W. Wilson Charitable Trust
$50,000 - $99,999
Henry & Lucy Moses Fund Inc.
The Rhodebeck Charitable Trust
$25,000 - $49,999
The Ambrose Monell Foundation
F.J. Sciame Construction Co. Inc.
Gerry Charitable Trust
Lily Auchincloss Foundation
The Morris & Alma Schapiro Fund
The New York Community Trust
New York State Council on the Arts
$15,000 - $24,999
The Barker Welfare Foundation
The Durst Organization
Hagedorn Fund
The JPMorgan Chase Foundation
May & Samuel Rudin Family Foundation Inc.
Preservation League of New York State
Stribling & Associates Ltd.
Sugar Foods Corporation
$10,000 - $14,999
Bloomberg
Boies Schiller & Flexner LLP
Bovis Lend Lease LMB
Edith & Herbert Lehman Foundation Inc.
Gladys & Roland Harriman Foundation
James A. Macdonald Foundation
The Lucius N. Littauer Foundation Inc.
The Marc Haas Foundation
The New York Times
Newman’s Own Foundation
The Overbrook Foundation
The Reed Foundation Inc.
Sony Corporation of America
The Starr Foundation
Winston & Strawn LLP
$5,000 - $9,999
375 Park Avenue L.P.
42nd Street Fund
Adolph & Ruth Schnurmacher Foundation
Adrian & Jessie Archbold Charitable Trust
AIG Global Real Estate Investment Corp.
Astoria Federal Savings Bank
The Blanche Enders Charitable Trust
Cushman & Wakefield
Gilder Foundation
Lehman Brothers Inc.
The New York Yankees Foundation
Northern New York Community Foundation
RAL Development Services LLC
Sciame Development
Specter DeSouza Architects PC
$2,000 - $4,999
Allstate Interior Demolition
Arnow Family Fund
Beyer Blinder Belle
BWD Group
The Cowles Charitable Trust
Creative Design Associates LLC
Davis Langdon
The Dorothy Strelsin Foundation
Episcopal Diocese of New York
Hickory Foundation
Higgins Quasebarth & Partners LLC
The Howard Bayne Fund
Leon Levy Foundation
The Segal Company
The Shubert Organization Inc.
Sidney & Judith Kranes Charitable Trust
Van Cleef & Arpels
World Monuments Fund
$1,000 - $1,999
Building Conservation Associates Inc.
Capalino + Company
The Cathedral of St. John the Divine
Chanel Inc.
Charina Foundation
Connelly McLaughlin Communications
Estee Lauder Companies Inc.
Façade Maintenance Design P.C.
The Gramercy Park Foundation
Green-Wood Cemetery
Helpern Architects
The Leonard & Evelyn Lauder Foundation
The Loreen Arbus Foundation
The Old Stones Foundation
Old Town Bar
The Philanthropic Collaborative Inc.
Polshek Partnership Architects
Robert A.M. Stern Architects LLP
Schtiller & Plevy Inc.
Studio for Civil Architecture PLLC
The Sulzberger Foundation Inc.
Thomas Manufacturing Inc.
Tishman Construction Corporation of New York
Vertical Access LLC
The West Paces Hotel Group
The Yves-Andre Istel Foundation
$500 - $999
The Actors Fund
Apple Bank
Atlas Welding & Boiler Repair Inc.
Bertha & Isaac Liberman Foundation Inc.
Cutsogeorge Tooman & Allen Architects P.C.
Eastern Metalworks
Educational Housing Services Inc.
GCP Capital Group LLC
Greater Jamaica Development Corporation
H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture
Hazardous Elimination Corporation
Henry B. Plant Memorial Fund
Henry C. & Karen J. Barkhorn Foundation
Ingram & Hebron Realty
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Kaitsen Woo Architect P.C.
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
O’Connor Davies Munns & Dobbins LLP
PA Associates
Partnership for New York City
Soil Mechanics
Stribling Marketing Associates
Sunlites Stained Glass
$250 - $499
Alan Hill Design
B.L. Howard Productions
Brooklyn Heights Association Inc.
Cozen O’Connor
First Republic Bank
Goldstein Associates Consulting Engineers PC
Goshow Architects LLP
GVA Williams
ING Clarion Partners LLC
Kliment Halsband Architects
LandAir Project Resources
Levy & Gold LLP
Lexicon Communications Corp.
Ludwig Michael Goldsmith Architects
Metropolis Group Inc.
New York City Department of Design
& Construction
The PAR Group
Pest Elimination Systems Technology
Robert Silman Associates P.C.
Robinson Contracting Inc.
SAM Fundraising Solutions Corp.
Robert Silman Associates P.C.
West New York Restoration of CT Inc.
WolfBlock
The Woodstone Company
Individuals
Leader ($50,000 and above)
Robert W. Wilson
Guardian ($25,000 - $49,999)
Barbara L. Goldsmith
Christabel Gough
Mimi Levitt
Dr. & Mrs. Daniel Schapiro
Frank J. Sciame Jr.
Sustainer ($15,000 - $24,999)
Joan Ganz Cooney & Peter G. Peterson
Michael K. De Chiara
Beth Rudin DeWoody
Susanne & Douglas Durst
Brandon Fradd
Alexandra & Paul Herzan
John J. Kerr Jr. & Nora Wren Kerr
William C. Rudin
Elizabeth F. Stribling & Guy Robinson
Barbara & Donald Tober
Stanley & Sandra Warshawsky
Fellow ($10,000 - $14,999)
David Boies
Mildred C. Brinn
Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Graham Jr.
Holly Hotchner
Robert A. Levine
Allison Simmons Prouty & Norman Prouty
David Reese
Mrs. Edmond J. Safra
Lloyd Zuckerberg & Charlotte Triefus
Society ($5,000 - $9,999)
Mr. & Mrs. Justin Abelow
William G. Bardel
Joan & Martin Camins
Jonathan Caplan
Susan R. Cullman & John J. Kirby Jr.
Inger McCabe Elliott
David & Meade Fogel
Patricia & John Forelle
Richard A. Garvey
Richard Gilder
Marla Sabo
Frances G. Scaife
Marc P. Schappell
Aaron Sosnick
Patricia & David Kenneth Specter
George M. Steinbrenner III
Sue Ann Weinberg
Benefactor ($2,500 - $4,999)
Joan Arnow
John & Caron Avery
Catherine Cahill & William Bernhard
Edward Lee Cave
Ted Hartley & Dina Merrill
Margaret Brennan Hassett
William J. Higgins & Elise M. Quasebarth
Mariana & George Kaufman
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen S. Lash
Arthur L. Loeb
Enid Nemy
Encarnita & Robert Quinlan
David Rockefeller
Daniel & Joanna S. Rose
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey A. Rosen
Gerald Schoenfeld
Martin E. Segal
Shelby White
John C. Whitehead
Mr. & Mrs. Richard J. Wilk
Circle ($1,000 - $2,499)
Oscar K. Anderson III & Gillian Blake
Loreen Arbus
Bunty & Tom Armstrong
Sharon & Stephen Baum
Paul Beirne
John Belle
Kelly Killoren Bensimon
Alexander, Nina, & Jamie Bernstein
Charles & Kathryn Berry
Giancarla Berti
Minor L. Bishop
Mr. & Mrs. James A. Block
Stephanie E.K. Borynack
Mr. & Mrs. Alan G. Brenner
David Brown & Helen Gurley Brown
James F. Capalino
Mr. & Mrs. Arthur L. Carter
Pamela Rubin Carter & Jon Carter
Anne & John Coffin
Kent Diebolt
Francine du Plessix Gray
Cynthia Elliott
Mr. & Mrs. Stuart P. Feld
Mr. & Mrs. Luke E. Fichthorn
Jake & Sarah Foley
Andrew C. Friedman
Norton Garfinkle & Sally Minard
Susan & Eli Gilbert
Toni K. Goodale
Mr. & Mrs. Christopher S. Goodman
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Hahn
Clark P. Halstead
Mrs. Andrew Heiskell
David Paul Helpern
Arthur Indursky
Virginia James
Weslie Resnick Janeway & William H. Janeway
Mr. & Mrs. John J. Kenney
Richard M. Kielar
Stephen Kirschenbaum & Andrew Valentine
Arie L. Kopelman
The Very Reverend James A. Kowalski
Mathilde Krim
Mr. & Mrs. Leonard A. Lauder
Isabelle R. Leeds
Richard Lefever
Jeffrey Levine
Mr. & Mrs. Noel Levine
Sheldon & Diana Elliott Lidofsky
Nicolas Luchsinger
The Honorable & Mrs. Earle I. Mack
Malcolm MacKay
Marjorie Flannigan & Charles D. MacLachlan
Christopher P. Mahan
Joy Marks & Leif Bringslimark
Martin J. McLaughlin
Ronay & Richard Menschel
Reginald Middleton
Gillian & Sylvester Miniter
John Morning
Richard J. & Gloria E. Moylan
Lynn Nesbit
Roy R. Neuberger
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Erik R. Oken
Mary Ellen & Richard Oldenburg
Mr. & Mrs. George D. O’Neill
Patricia S. Patterson
Raymond Pepi & Karen Arrigoni
Joseph Pierson
Lawrence H. & Catherine Plevy
James & Ellyn Polshek
Paul Provost
Kathleen & Peter Quinn
Mr. & Mrs. William P. Rayner
Michael Rebic
Janet C. Ross
Amy & Howard J. Rubenstein
Sirgay & Judy Goetz Sanger
Sophia D. Schachter
Mr. & Mrs. Irwin Schneiderman
Kay, Bill, Will & Meta Schrenk
Richard Southwick
Mr. & Mrs. Ted Stanley
Joanne M. Stern
Robert A.M. Stern
Gay & Nan Talese
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Tribbitt
Helen S. Tucker
Anne Van Rensselaer
Mr. & Mrs. Guy Wildenstein
George W. Young
Roy J. Zuckerberg
Patron ($500 - $999)
Mr. & Mrs. Leigh J. Abramson
Timothy Allanbrook
Daniel J. Allen
Anonymous
Joan C. Baez
Mr. & Mrs. Henry C. Barkhorn III
Ana Bilski
Matthew Blesso
Allison M. Blinken
Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey S. Borer
Giosetta Capriati
Guy W. Clark II
Patrick Clark
Cathleen B. Colella
Bruce L. Ehrmann
Dorinda Elliott
Christy Ferer
Cheryl Grandfield & Richard W. Dodd
Mrs. Henry Grunwald
Hugh Hardy
Chris Harris & Elizabeth Parrilli
James W. Hundley III
Josephine Lea Iselin
Reverend John A. Kamas
Sharon King Hoge
Mitchell W. Jacobs
Norman Keller & Denise Sobel
Michèle Gerber Klein
Bernice K. Leber & David Rosenberg
Pauline C. Metcalf
Edward T. Mohylowski
George Neuman
David & Phyllis Oxman
Nicholas & Carol Paumgarten
Mariann G. Perseo
The Honorable Nicholas Platt
Mr. & Mrs. Peter O. Price
Richard Rubenstein
Rosalie T. Sayles
Linda & Dick Schapiro
Michael T. Sillerman
Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin F. Stapleton III
Mr. & Mrs. George Sykes
Jack Taylor
F. Carlisle Towery
Mr. & Mrs. Charles M.A. Winn
Richard M. Winn III
Kaitsen Woo
Stuart C. Woods
Kathryn S. Wylde
Howard A. Zipser
Sponsor ($250 - $499)
Mark & Gloria Altherr
Mr. & Mrs. O. Kelley Anderson Jr.
Anonymous
Ruth Aronowitz
Cissy & George Asch
Matthew Bender IV
Mary Brogan
Miriam Cahn
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Cassilly
Daniel F. Crowley III
Florence D’Urso
Lisa A. Easton
Mr. & Mrs. Jack Enders
Gail Erickson & Christa Rice
Linda Feczko
Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Friedland
David E. Gustafson
Henry G. Hart
Kirk Henckels
Darren Hirsch
Linda & Morton Janklow
Sarah Bradford Landau
Edward F. Lyons Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. David McMurry
Susan Weis Mindel
Mr. & Mrs. Garrett M. Moran
John T. Moran
Mary McGarry & Stanley Okula
Lida Orzeck
Nancy & Otis Pearsall
Anne Perkins
Mrs. Donaldson C. Pillsbury
Mr. & Mrs. Andrew W. Potash
Lynne P. Raymond
Glenn & Lyn Reiter
Mr. & Mrs. William D. Rifkin
Mr. & Mrs. David Santry
Mr. & Mrs. Martin Scherzer
Lisa & Bernard Selz
Patricia Soto
Lesta Summerfield Stacom
James Storrow
Leith ter Meulen
Neal X. Twomey & Rita Kavanagh
Tom Von Essen
Mr. & Mrs. William B. Warren
William O. Wheatley Jr.
Madelyn Wils
Advocate ($100 - $249)
Anonymous
Charlotte P. Armstrong
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald R. Atkins
Mr. & Mrs. Alan Beller
Vincent Benic
Alvin Berr
Madalen A. Bertolini
Keith H. Bigger
David T. Biggs
Barbara Blank
Mr. & Mrs. Allen Blum
Edna L. Breecker
Richard Burlage
Lorenzo Burrows
Albert K. Butzel
Karen McCarthy Cady
Jay E. Cantor
Joan Capelin
Steven Trent Cappel & Katherine H. Fritts
The Honorable Diana D. Chapin
Susan Chin
Carol A. Clark
Alice McGown Concagh
Matthew V. Cortellesi
Jane R. Crotty
Anna E. Crouse
Suzanne Davis & Rolf Ohlhausen
Arnaud & Alexandra de Borchgrave
John A. di Domenico
Ann Cynthia Diamond
Eugenia G. Dooley
Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Douglass
Stewart Driller
Barbara Dudley
Pamela & Adam Emmerich
David E. Finlay
Julia Fishelson
Barbara G. Fleischman
Adaline Frelinghuysen
J. Dermot Frengley
Richard Frey & Janet Landis-Frey
Ann-Isabel Friedman & Seth Maerowitz
Lewis Friedman
Ann W. Gaffney
The Honorable Joan Gerner
Ronald C. Goewey & Won S. Barber
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Ludwig Michael Goldsmith
Rose L. Grobman
Marion O. Harris
Mr. & Mrs. Morrison H. Heckscher
Paul Herther
John J. Hoffmann
Anne Holford-Smith & Jeffrey L. Smith
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph C. Hoopes Jr.
Sarah F. Hunnewell
Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. Huxley
Howard E. Johnson
David A. Katz & Cecilia T. Absher
Mr. & Mrs. Edward Kennedy
Reverend Gerald Keucher &
Reverend John H. Walsted
Phyllis B. Lambert
Richard Leibner
Mr. & Mrs. Edwin Deane Leonard
Brenda Levin
Maura C. Lockhart & James M. Lukenda
Vincent M. Love
Amira Luikart
Ken Lustbader
James MacDonald
Mr. & Mrs. Timothy MacDonald
Mr. & Mrs. Marc Magid
Peter J. Mayer
Kerry Edward McCarthy
Raymond A. McGarrigle
Walter B. Melvin
Roger & Barbara Michaels
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Miesner
Lynden B. Miller
Ann H. Milne
Lawrence K. Moss
Robert Murdock
Scott Newman
Cesar Neyra
Erika W. Nijenhuis & Christian Bastian
Elizabeth Nisbet & Dale Reynolds
Sidney & Avodah Offit
Everett H. Ortner
Valerie Paley
Marjorie Pearson
Michael Phillips
Robert Pirani
Percy Preston Jr.
Donald & Ilona Quest
John T. Reddick
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Riggs
Paul Rosenfeld
Susan J. Rosenthal & Larry Grosberg
John Rowley
Mr. & Mrs. Fred P. Rubin
Bret & Amy Russell
Marie Elena Saul
Thomas F. Schutte
Philip E. Schwartz
Jane F. Scovell
Patricia Bakwin Selch
Robert A. Silver
John J. Slain
James Somogyi
Susan W. Stachelberg
Martha Roby Stephens
Edmund Sullivan
Donald Swanson
Louise S. Thompson
Susan Tunick
Laurence M. Turk
Paul Wachtel
Felicia Warshawsky
John P. Waugh
Mr. & Mrs. Avrom S. Waxman
Jill C. Weinstein
Nada & David Westerman
Diane White
Ronda F. Wist
Kevin Wolfe
Barbara Wriston
Wolodomyr Wronskyj
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Zucker
Professional Circle
Benefactor
Beyer Blinder Belle Architects and Planners, LLP
Bovis Lend Lease LMB, Inc.
Green-Wood Cemetery
Schtiller & Plevy, Inc.
Specter DeSouza Architects, PC
Patron
AKRF, Inc.
Gruzen Samton Planners & Interior Designers
Hazardous Elimination Corporation
Jan Hird Pokorny Associates, Inc.
Nova Restoration of NY, Inc.
Platt Byard Dovell White Architects, LLP
Polshek Partnership Architects
Rambusch Decorating Company, Inc.
Taconic Builders, Inc.
Walter B. Melvin Architects, LLC
Wank Adams Slavin Associates, LLP
Associate
Acheson Doyle Partners
Air-Flo Window Contracting Corp.
Alexander Antonelli Architects PLLC
ALSA Architecture
AltieriSeborWieber, LLC
Annex Masonry Restoration, Inc.
Artisan Restoration Group
Artistic Doors and Windows, Inc.
Penelope Bareau
Belisle Ancestral Doors and Windows
Bell Donnelly Architects and Planners
Jeffrey Berman Architect
William Bialosky Architect
Brisk Waterproofing Company, Inc.
Brownstone Authority, Inc.
Building Conservation Associates, Inc.
Burda Construction Corp.
CetraRuddy, Inc.
Cityproof Corp.
Concord Painting, Inc.
Cooper Robertson & Partners Architecture
Crawford & Stearns
Curtis + Ginsberg Architects, LLP
Darius Toraby Architects, PC
daSILVA Architects
David D. Harlan Architects, LLC
De Groot Historical Restoration, Inc.
Deerpath Construction Corp.
Design Preserve Build (DPB)
Mary B. Dierickx
Domingo Gonzalez Associates
East End Wood Strippers, Inc.
Edelman Sultan Knox Wood Architects, LLP
Edward Kamper Associates
Eipel Barbieri Marschhausen, LLP
Essex Works, Ltd.
F.M. Pucci and Associates, Ltd.
Façade Maintenance Design, PC
Farewell Mills Gatsch Architects, LLC
Femenella and Associates
Ferguson & Shamamian Architects, LLP
Fifty Three Restorations, Inc.
Flickinger Glassworks, Inc.
Franco Restoration & Remodeling Corp.
Françoise Bollack Architects
FXFOWLE Architects, PC
Robert F. Germain P.E., PC
Gertler & Wente Architects, LLP
The Gil Studio
Gilsanz Murray Steficek, LLP
Glass & Glass Architects
Glück New York, Inc.
Goshow Architects, LLP
Grand Renovation, Inc.
Hall Partnership Architects, LLP
Helpern Architects
Charles H. Henkels, AIA
Higgins Quasebarth & Partners, LLC
Interior Alterations, Inc.
J & R Lamb Studios, Inc.
J. Pontes Corp.
Jablonski Building Conservation, Inc.
Janko Rasic Architects
JELD-WEN Windows & Doors
JMA Consultants, Inc.
John G. Waite Associates Architects PLLC
Joseph K. Blum Co., LLP
Mary Kay Judy
Karp Associates, Inc.
Kathryn Scott Design Studio
Holly Kaye
Michael A. Kaye, Esq.
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The Kibel Companies, LLC
Mitchell Kurtz Architect, PC
LandAir Project Resources
Landmark Facilities Group, Inc.
Lee Harris Pomeroy Associates
Leonard Colchamiro, AIA, PC
Leslie E. Robertson Associates, RLLP
Levien & Company, Inc.
Douglas J. Lister Architect
M & L Steel Ornamental Iron Corp.
Maidman and Mittelman, LLP
Mand Restoration
Marilyn E. Kaplan Preservation Architecture
Peter Marino Architect PLLC
Midtown Preservation, PC
Millwork Specialties
Mitropoulos Architects
Craig Morrison, AIA
Murphy Burnham & Buttrick Architects
Newman Design
Neuhaus Design Architecture, PC
New York City Brickwork Design Center
Nicholson & Galloway, Inc.
Norfast Consulting Group, Inc.
Northeastern Dimensional Millwork, Inc.
Paragon Restoration Corporation
Mariann G. Perseo, Esq.
Jean Parker Phifer, FAIA
Polshek Partnership Architects
Porter Clapp Architects, PC
PreservationDesignGroup/Daniel Koplowitz
Architect
PROSOCO, Inc.
Putnam County Historic Preservation Advisory
Commission
Rand Engineering and Architecture, PC
Renfro Design Group, Inc.
Richard Baronio & Associates
Richbrook Conservation
Robert Silman Associates, PC
Robinson Contracting, Inc.
Rohlf’s Stained & Leaded Glass Studio
Russel Watsky, Inc.
SAM Fundraising Solutions Corp.
Schwartz’s Forge & Metalworks, Inc.
SMA Architecture Planning Interiors, PC
Spirit Ironworks
Harold S. Spitzer Architect, PC
Star Metal, Inc.
The Stephen B. Jacobs Group
Swanke Hayden Connell Architects
TMT Restoration Consultants, Ltd.
Tobin + Parnes Design Enterprises
Traditional Line, Ltd.
Turett Collaborative Architects
Universal Builders Supply, Inc.
Urban D.C., Inc.
Vertical Access, LLC
Vestacast
Victor Rothman for Stained Glass
Walter Sedovic Architects
Weidlinger Associates, Inc.
Wireless EDGE Consultants, LLC
WLA Engineering, PC
The Woodstone Company
The Woodworks Company Ltd
Linda M. Yowell, FAIA
Zubatkin Owner Representation, LLC
Real Estate Circle
Society
Stribling & Associates Ltd.
Benefactor
Friedman & Gotbaum LLP
Patron
6-16 77th Street Owners Corp.
A.R. Walker & Co. Inc.
The Malkin Fund Inc.
Associate
Ed Tristram Associates Inc.
Annette Petrusa
Levata Properties LLC
New York Building Congress
S.W. Management LLC
Slater & Beckerman LLP
In-Kind Donations
Cartier
Christie’s
F.J. Sciame Construction
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
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Financial Statements
Statement of Activities Year Ended December 31, 2008
Revenue and Support Contributions $ 1,781,944
Government grants 148,100
Other grants 80,000
Investment return used for operations 169,341
Program services income 20,366
Contributed services 180,266
Total Support and Revenue $ 2,380,017
Expenses Program $ 2,307,878
Development 586,971
Administration 373,865
Total Expenses $ 3,268,714
Non-Operating Activities Non-operating investment return (3,161,430)
Change in Net Assets (4,050,127)
Statement of Financial Position Year Ended December 31, 2008
Net Assets, Beginning $ 9,368,464
Net Assets, Ending $ 5,318,337
Assets Cash and cash equivalents $ 419,900
Pledges receivable 640,000
Loans receivable 43,792
Due from NYC Historic Properties Fund 30,251
Prepaid expenses and other assets 62,955
Investments 5,036,869
Property and equipment, net 116,177
Cash held for other agencies 103,539
Total Assets $ 6,453,483
Liabilities Accounts payable and accrued liabilities $ 10,056
Deferred income 34,100
Grants payable 880,287
Deferred rent 107,163
Amounts held for other agencies
Queens Historic Properties Fund 103,380
Greenwich House, Inc. 160
Total Liabilities $ 1,135,146
Net Assets
Unrestricted
Undesignated (777,865)
Board Designated 2,629,378
Total Unrestricted 1,851,513
Temporarily restricted 513,756
Permanently restricted 2,953,068
Total Net Assets $ 5,318,337
Total Liabilities and Net Assets $ 6,453,483
A copy of completed audited financial statements for 2008 may be obtained upon written request from
The New York Landmarks Conservancy: One Whitehall Street, New York, NY 10004.
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Board of Directors
Frank J. Sciame, Jr.
Chair
Allison Simmons Prouty, Esq.
Vice Chair
Lloyd P. Zuckerberg
Treasurer
Joan O. Camins
Secretary
Peg Breen
President
Justin Abelow
Oscar K. Anderson III
William G. Bardel
William L. Bernhard
Pamela Rubin Carter, Esq.
Susan R. Cullman
Michael K. De Chiara, Esq.
Douglas Durst
Stuart P. Feld
David L. Fogel
John M. Forelle, Esq.
Brandon Fradd
Richard Garvey
Robert C. Graham Jr.
Holly Hotchner
Susan Henshaw Jones
John J. Kerr Jr., Esq.
John Morning
Reverend Dr. Thomas F. Pike
Marla Sabo
Frances Scaife
Marc P. Schappell
Stuart N. Siegel
David Kenneth Specter, AIA
Elizabeth F. Stribling
Donald G. Tober
Sandra Faith Warshawsky
Advisory Council
Laurie Beckelman
John Belle, FAIA, RIBA
Kathryn McGraw Berry
Reverend Canon George W. Brandt Jr.
Farran Tozer Brown
Anne Coffin
Paul S. Byard, FAIA
Peter Duchin
Norton Garfinkle
Clark P. Halstead
Margaret Brennan Hassett
Paul K. Herzan
Reverend John A. Kamas
Stephen Kirschenbaum
John J. Kerr Jr., Esq.
Parker Ladd
Stephen S. Lash
Mimi Levitt
Malcolm MacKay
Marjorie Flannigan MacLachlan, Esq.
Frederic S. Papert
Robert C. Quinlan
Peter Quinn
Arnold Scaasi
Liz Smith
Joanne M. Stern
Staff
Meral Agish
Development Associate
Karen Ansis
Manager, New York City
Historic Properties Fund and City Ventures Fund
Veronica Ball
Associate Director of Development
Peg Breen
President
Marci Fiedler*
Development Associate
Ann-Isabel Friedman
Director, Sacred Sites Program
Andrea Goldwyn
Director of Public Policy
Alison Burke Griffiths*
Publications Manager
Shelley Jane Grossberg
Development Counsel
Ashley J. Hahn
Program Coordinator, New York City
Historic Properties Fund
Alex Herrera
Director, Technical Services Center
Robert Irving*
Comptroller
James J. Mahoney
Program Coordinator, New York City
Historic Properties Fund
Colleen Meagher
Manager, Grants and Technical Services
In Memoriam
The Conservancy lost two long-time friends in 2008. Board member Paul Byard’s skills as
an architect and attorney were instrumental in the Conservancy’s early growth. He helped
us obtain the then-vacant former Federal Archives Building in Greenwich Village and find
a developer for the property. He also devised our Historic Properties Fund — a pioneering
revolving loan fund for preservation — from the building’s proceeds. Roger Lang was our
Public Policy Director for sixteen years. Roger’s encyclopedic knowledge of architecture,
passion for preservation and eloquence made him a respected advocate and popular
ambassador for the Conservancy. We miss each one’s expertise, opinions and flair.
Kera Reid
Office Manager
Angel Santa
Comptroller
Amy Sullivan
Senior Manager of Events
L. Daniel Vincent*
Director of Development and Finance
*2008
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