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Description: "The Bronx County Historical Society, founded in 1955, is a private, non-profit, educational and cultural institution chartered by the New York State Board of Regents. The BCHS, the historical agency for The Bronx, a county of New York State and a borough of the city of New York, is dedicated to the collection, preservation, documentation and interpretation of the history of The Bronx and lower Westchester County from its earliest historical references in the 17th century through the present."
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Subject: Historic districts--Conservation and restoration , Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration
Group: Historical societies
Creator: Bronx County Historical Society
Coverage: Bronx (New York, N.Y.), Bronx County (N.Y.), New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The Brooklyn Housing Preservation Alliance is non-profit organization of local residents committed to preserving the residential zoning of homes from illegal conversions by educating the community."
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Subject: Housing, Historic districts--Conservation and restoration
Group: Community development
Creator: Brooklyn Housing Preservation Alliance
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Brooklyn
Status on live web: Unavailable
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: Mission: "to build a lasting model of community empowerment that will: preserve historical data and buildings, protect the findings, promote a speaker’s bureau and research the historical and sociological origins of the communities."
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Subject: Historic preservation, Historic districts--Conservation and restoration
Group: Historical societies
Creator: Corona-East Elmhurst Historic Preservation Society
Coverage: New York (N.Y.), East Elmhurst (New York, N.Y.), Corona (New York, N.Y.)
Borough: Queens
Status on live web: Unavailable
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "Crow Hill Community Association (CHCA) is a community organization with the mission of providing leadership, guidance, and assistance to the residents and merchants of Crow Hill, working collectively to resolve issues facing our community."
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Subject: Neighborhood planning, Historic districts--Conservation and restoration
Group: Neighborhood associations
Creator: Crow Hill Community Association
Coverage: Crown Heights (New York, N.Y.), New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Brooklyn
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "Defenders of the Historic Upper East Side is a preservation advocacy group founded in 2003 and dedicated to preserving and protecting the Upper East Side historic character. The great array of architectural styles, from 19th century brownstone rowhouses to distinguished early 20th century apartment buildings make our neighborhood some of the most expensive and desirable real estate in the world and a magnet for intense development pressure. Misguided, well-funded development projects, seeking to enrich the few at the expense of the larger community, will always assault us."
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Subject: Neighborhood planning, Historic districts--Conservation and restoration , Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration, Historic preservation
Description: "It is the objective and purpose of the Douglaston and Little Neck Historical Society, Inc. to publicize, preserve, and protect the historical significance of the towns of Douglaston and Little Neck, adjacent nature preserves, and those other sections or buildings of the two towns worthy of preservation through the collection, research, and dissemination of historical information to the public."
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Subject: Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration, Historic districts--Conservation and restoration
Description: "East Harlem Preservation, Inc. (EHP) is a volunteer-driven, non-commercial, 501(c)3 advocacy organization founded in 2005 to promote and preserve the neighborhood’s history and diversity. EHP seeks to empower underserved low-income, and working families in East Harlem/El Barrio and surrounding areas by providing free and unfiltered local news and information about local programs and upcoming events through our popular social media accounts, website, and monthly newsletter."
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Subject: Historic districts--Conservation and restoration , Neighborhood planning, Community development
Group: Community development
Creator: East Harlem Preservation
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Manhattan
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The East Village Community Coalition works to recognize, support, and sustain the built and cultural character of the East Village. This character includes a diverse population; low-rise, human scale blocks and affordable buildings with historic and architectural significance; a multitude of community gardens; indigenous stores and businesses; and the neighborhood’s history and ongoing tradition as a haven for those seeking freedom to express artistic, creative, and social concerns."
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Subject: Neighborhood planning, Historic districts--Conservation and restoration , Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration, Historic preservation
Description: "The Greenpoint Community Environmental Fund (GCEF) is a joint program of the New York State Office of the Attorney General and Department of Environmental Conservation. The GCEF program is an environmental grant program created by the State of New York with monies obtained through a settlement with ExxonMobil over its Greenpoint oil spill."
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Subject: Historic districts--Conservation and restoration , Community development--Environmental aspects, Greenpoint (New York, N.Y.)
Group: Community development
Creator: Greenpoint Community Environmental Fund
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Brooklyn
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "Our mission is to unite and advocate for the varied businesses of Greenpoint, Williamsburg and Bushwick around the shared goal of improving the community's commercial landscape and stimulating the local economy."
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Subject: Community development, Historic districts--Conservation and restoration , Greenpoint (New York, N.Y.)
Group: Community development
Creator: Greenpoint Chamber of Commerce (New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Brooklyn
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The Greenpoint Waterfront Association for Parks and Planning (GWAPP) is a coalition of over 40 community organizations dedicated to education and outreach on issues affecting the environment, waterfront and neighborhoods of North Brooklyn."
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Subject: Greenpoint (New York, N.Y.), Planning, Historic districts--Conservation and restoration
Group: Neighborhood associations
Creator: Greenpoint Waterfront Association for Parks and Planning
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Brooklyn
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: Community organization for the Fort Greene historic district in Brooklyn, New York.
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Subject: Historic districts--Conservation and restoration , City planning
Group: Neighborhood associations
Creator: Fort Greene Association
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Brooklyn
Status on live web: Unavailable
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "Morningside Heights has a rich history which is embodied in its buildings, green spaces and streetscapes. These elements contribute to a sense of place and certain expectations about our quality of life, and proportions of residential and commercial use. Protecting these attributes along with our social, and architectural history is the goal of the Morningside Heights Historic District Committee. To achieve this end we are seeking a historic designation by the Landmarks Preservation Commission."
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Subject: Morningside Heights (New York, N.Y.), Historic preservation, Historic districts--Conservation and restoration , Neighborhood planning
Group: Neighborhood associations
Creator: Morningside Heights Historic District Committee
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Manhattan
Status on live web: Unavailable
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "NAG has fought to achieve much-needed waterfront parkland, the preservation of viable industrial and artisanal jobs, the creation of affordable housing, and development strategies that maintain neighborhood character. NAG continues to advocate for a balanced North Brooklyn."
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Subject: Community development--Environmental aspects, Historic districts--Conservation and restoration , Greenpoint (New York, N.Y.), Williamsburg (New York, N.Y.)
Group: Neighborhood associations
Creator: Neighbors Allied for Good Growth
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Brooklyn
Status on live web: Unavailable
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The Civic Council has always been on the ready to go to bat for the neighborhood--from initiating the planting of thousands of trees in the 1960s, preserving our neighborhood's future in a the Park Slope Historic District in the 1970s, and keeping Sixth and Seventh Avenues safe from speeding traffic just a few years ago."
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Subject: Historic districts--Conservation and restoration , Historic preservation
Group: Neighborhood associations
Creator: Park Slope Civic Council
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Brooklyn
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "Preservation Greenpoint was formed in 2012 by two graduates of Columbia University’s Historic Preservation program – Jennifer Schork & Matthew Coody. Its mission is to help protect the historic architecture of Greenpoint, Brooklyn, both within and outside its historic districts."
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Subject: Historic preservation, Historic districts--Conservation and restoration , Greenpoint (New York, N.Y.)
Group: Historic preservation
Creator: Preservation Greenpoint (Organization)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Brooklyn
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The Seneca Village Project is dedicated to the study of a 19th-century African-American and Irish-immigrant community that was located intoday's Central Park in New York City. The goal of the project is to conduct further research on the site and to commemorate it in an educational context. The Seneca Village Project includes several integrated components: archaeological and archival research and education."
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Subject: Excavations (Archaeology), Historic districts--Conservation and restoration , Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration, Seneca Village (New York, N.Y.), Central Park (New York, N.Y.)
Creator: Seneca Village Project
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "Rego-Forest Preservation Council seeks to preserve and commemorate the architectural and cultural history of Rego Park, Forest Hills, and adjacent neighborhoods of Queens, NY. We work with citizens, affiliate organizations, and property owners on local, city, state, & federal levels. Avenues include Individual Landmarks, Historic Districts, Rezonings, State & National Register properties and districts; to ultimately provide funding assistance for restoration and adaptive reuse, safeguard community character, and convey historic pride for current and future generations."
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Subject: Forest Hills (New York, N.Y.), Rego Park (New York, N.Y.), Neighborhood planning, Historic districts--Conservation and restoration , Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration, Historic preservation
Group: Neighborhood associations
Creator: Rego-Forest Preservation Council
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Queens
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "Why this blog exists: To show why it is important to safeguard and preserve the aesthetic and cultural heritage of Bedford Stuyvesant Historic Districts."
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Subject: Historic districts--Conservation and restoration , Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration, Historic preservation
Group: Historic preservation
Coverage: New York (N.Y.), Bedford-Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.)
Borough: Brooklyn
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The Sunnyside Gardens Preservation Alliance was founded in 2003 and is dedicated to the preservation, history, and vitality of the Sunnyside Gardens National Register Historic District."
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Subject: Historic districts--Conservation and restoration , Historic preservation
Group: Historic preservation
Creator: Sunnyside Gardens Preservation Alliance (New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: Sunnyside (New York, N.Y.)
Borough: Queens
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The Hamilton Heights-West Harlem Community Preservation Organization ('CPO') is a non-profit grassroots volunteer organization which seeks to bring together the many and varied community organizations--tenant, block, homeowners associations, local businesses and institutions to resolve issues, advocate for services from public agencies and celebrate our unique and diverse community. Founded in 1996, the CPO's mission is to inform, educate and advocate on issues that impact the quality of life in West Harlem. We seek to celebrate the diverse people, culture and communities of West Harlem and to preserve its unique architecture and historic places."
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Subject: Neighborhood planning, Historic districts--Conservation and restoration , Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration, Historic preservation, Hamilton Heights/Sugar Hill Historic District (New York, N.Y.)
Description: The Greater Astoria Historical Society, chartered in 1985, is a non-profit organization supported by the Long Island City community. We are dedicated to preserving our past and using it to promote our community's future. The Society hosts field trips, walking tours, slide presentations, and guest lectures to schools and the public."
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Subject: Historic districts--Conservation and restoration
Group: Historical societies
Creator: Greater Astoria Historical Society
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Queens
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
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Subject: Bedford-Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.), Historic preservation, Historic districts--Conservation and restoration
Group: Historic preservation
Creator: Bedford Corners Historic District Joint Block Associations
Coverage: New York (N.Y.), Bedford-Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.)
Borough: Brooklyn
Status on live web: Unavailable
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The Bowery Alliance of Neighbors is a nonprofit grassroots organization working to protect residents, small businesses, the neighborhood and the historic character of the Bowery."
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Subject: Bowery (New York, N.Y. : Street), Historic districts--Conservation and restoration
Group: Neighborhood associations
Creator: Bowery Alliance of Neighbors
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Manhattan
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The Broad Channel Historical Society was founded in 1994. Our mission is to document and preserve the history of Broad Channel, often referred to as the 'Venice' of New York."
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Subject: Broad Channel (New York, N.Y.), Historic districts--Conservation and restoration
Group: Historical societies
Creator: Broad Channel Historical Society
Coverage: New York (N.Y.), Broad Channel (New York, N.Y.)
Borough: Queens
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The Crown Heights North Association, Inc. (CHNA) is a charitable organization dedicated to the preservation of the historic buildings of the Crown Heights North community, and the revitalization, economic advancement, housing stabilization and cultural enhancement of its residents."
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Subject: Historic districts--Conservation and restoration
Group: Neighborhood associations
Creator: Crown Heights North Association
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Brooklyn
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The Eastchester Historical Society is a not-for-profit group established in 1958 to further the understanding and appreciation of the history of Eastchester and the Villages of Tuckahoe and Bronxville New York."
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Subject: Historic districts--Conservation and restoration
Description: "The Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation was founded in 1980 to preserve the architectural heritage and cultural history of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo. GVSHP is a leader in protecting the sense of place and human scale that define the Village's unique community."
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Subject: Architecture, Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration, Historic districts--Conservation and restoration
Group: Historic preservation
Creator: Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Manhattan
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
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Subject: Hell's Kitchen (New York, N.Y.), Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration, Historic districts--Conservation and restoration , Planning
Group: Neighborhood associations
Creator: Hell's Kitchen Neighborhood Association
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Manhattan
Status on live web: Unavailable
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "We, the undersigned residents of New York City, call for an end to the violence that real estate developers have inflicted on our skyline, parks, public areas, and cityscape with the proliferation of dramatically over-scaled buildings that ignore the historic context of our city."
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Subject: Historic preservation, Historic districts--Conservation and restoration , Real estate development, Community development
Group: Community development
Creator: Human-scale NYC (Organization)
Borough: Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The Jackson Heights Beautification Group's mission is to preserve, restore, revitalize and maintain the community of Jackson Heights."
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Subject: Neighborhood planning, Historic districts--Conservation and restoration
Group: Neighborhood associations
Creator: Jackson Heights Beautification Group
Coverage: New York (N.Y.), Jackson Heights (New York, N.Y.)
Borough: Queens
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "Lower East Side Preservation Initiative: we're local residents and preservationists who want to preserve what's left of the historic architecture and streetscapes of Manhattan's historic Lower East Side."
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Subject: Historic districts--Conservation and restoration , Historic preservation
Description: "The Seneca Village Project is dedicated to the study of a 19th-century African-American and Irish-immigrant community that was located intoday's Central Park in New York City. The goal of the project is to conduct further research on the site and to commemorate it in an educational context. The Seneca Village Project includes several integrated components: archaeological and archival research and education."
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Subject: Central Park (New York, N.Y.), Seneca Village (New York, N.Y.), Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration, Historic districts--Conservation and restoration , Excavations (Archaeology)
Creator: Seneca Village Project
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Manhattan
Status on live web: Unavailable
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The Newtown Historical Society was founded to educate the public about the history of the villages that comprised Newtown Township in Queens County, NY. Newtown Township stretched from the East River to the Flushing River. Towns covered include: Maspeth, Elmhurst, East Elmhurst, Middle Village, Glendale, Ridgewood, Forest Hills, Rego Park, Woodside, Jackson Heights and Corona."
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Subject: Historic districts--Conservation and restoration
Group: Historical societies
Creator: Newtown Historical Society (Elmhurst, New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: Queens (New York, N.Y.), New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Queens
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The Lower East Side Jewish Conservancy is the only non-profit organization dedicated solely to the historic preservation of the Lower East Side’s sacred sites."
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Subject: Historic districts--Conservation and restoration , Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration, Historic preservation
Description: "The NYC Landmarks50 Alliance has been formed to create an appropriate commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the New York City's Landmarks Law in 2015, and to ensure that the preservation community, as well as the wider New York City public, reflect upon and embrace the significance of the role of historic preservation in shaping the City. The goal of this project is to broaden the appreciation of, and commitment to New York City's admired architecture, and to develop a new audience and a new generation of future preservationists, who will take responsibility for protecting the continuity of the New York Cityscape."
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Subject: Historic preservation, Historic districts--Conservation and restoration
Group: Historic preservation
Creator: NYC Landmarks50 Alliance
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The New York Landmarks Preservation Foundation is a not-for-profit organization, established in 1980 to support the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission as well as to foster public awareness of preservation through educational outreach. The Foundation sponsors the Bronze Plaque, Historic District Markers and Street Sign programs, denoting historic districts in the five boroughs of the City."
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Subject: Historic districts--Conservation and restoration , Historic preservation
Group: Historic preservation
Creator: New York Landmarks Preservation Foundation
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The New York State Pavilion is a historic structure originally built for the 1964-65 World’s Fair in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens. People for the Pavilion (PFP) is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization devoted to raising awareness of the historic value of the New York State Pavilion, and of its potential to serve as a vibrant and functional public space."
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Subject: Historic districts--Conservation and restoration , Historic preservation
Group: Historic preservation
Creator: People for the Pavilion (Organization)
Coverage: Flushing Meadows-Corona Park (New York, N.Y.)
Borough: Queens
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The BBPA organize and coordinate activities for the improvement of the neighborhood from Beach 24 th Street to Beach 27 th Street between Seagirt Boulevard and the boardwalk in Far Rockaway Queens, NY. As our name states the BBPA is dedicated to the preservation of bungalows and one of the last remaining bungalow colonies in Far Rockaway and along the Rockaway peninsula."
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Subject: Historic preservation, Historic districts--Conservation and restoration , Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration, Bungalows
Description: "The Preservation League of New York State is dedicated to the protection of New York’s diverse and rich heritage of historic buildings, districts, and landscapes."
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Subject: Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration, Historic districts--Conservation and restoration , Historic sites--Conservation and restoration, Historic preservation
Group: Historic preservation
Creator: Preservation League of New York State
Coverage: New York (State)
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
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Subject: Historic districts--Conservation and restoration , Historic preservation
Group: Neighborhood associations
Creator: Preserve Park Slope (Organization)
Coverage: Park Slope (New York, N.Y.)
Borough: Brooklyn
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The Queens Historical Society (QHS) is the historical society for the largest borough in New York City and is dedicated to preserving the history of Queens through educational programs, exhibitions and its role as a local history research center."
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Subject: Queens (New York, N.Y.) --History--Societies, etc., Historic districts--Conservation and restoration , Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration
Group: Historical societies
Creator: Queens Historical Society (Flushing, New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: Queens (New York, N.Y.), New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Queens
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "Save Coney Island is an all-volunteer, non-profit organization committed to restoring Coney Island as a world-class amusement destination. We work to raise awareness of the issues facing Coney Island and promote discussion about how to turn Coney’s amusement area once more into the Playground of the World."
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Subject: Coney Island (New York, N.Y.), Historic districts--Conservation and restoration , Historic preservation, Neighborhood planning
Group: Historic preservation
Creator: Save Coney Island (Organization)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Brooklyn
Status on live web: Unavailable
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "Manhattan Valley is a working class neighborhood that runs from 96th to 110th Street, Broadway to Central Park West. Save Manhattan Valley (SMV) is a rapidly growing coalition of neighborhood groups, housing activists, residents of Manhattan Valley, car owners, parents of students at nearby schools and concerned individuals"
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Subject: Housing, Land use, Historic districts--Conservation and restoration
Group: Historic preservation
Creator: Save Manhattan Valley (Organization)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Manhattan
Status on live web: Unavailable
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
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Subject: Clinton Hill (New York, N.Y.), Neighborhood planning, Historic districts--Conservation and restoration
Group: Neighborhood associations
Creator: Society for Clinton Hill
Coverage: New York (N.Y.), Clinton Hill (New York, N.Y.)
Borough: Brooklyn
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The Little Italy Neighbors Association (LINA) is open to local residents who are concerned with promoting the neighborhood's quality of life while preserving its multicultural identity and historical character."
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Subject: Little Italy (Manhattan, New York, N.Y.), Historic districts--Conservation and restoration
Group: Neighborhood associations
Creator: Little Italy Neighbors Association
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Manhattan
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The Tottenville Historical Society, a nonprofit, membership-supported, educational institution, was chartered in 2005 by the New York State Education Department Board of Regents. The Society focuses on the geographical area that includes Great Kills, Eltingville, Annadale, Huguenot, Prince's Bay, Pleasant Plains, Rossville, Charleston, Richmond Valley, and Tottenville. It is the only historical society and repository on Staten Island dedicated to a specific regional area."
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Subject: Historic districts--Conservation and restoration , Tottenville (New York, N.Y.)
Group: Historical societies
Creator: Tottenville Historical Society
Coverage: New York (N.Y.), Tottenville (New York, N.Y.)
Borough: Staten Island
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
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Subject: Historic districts--Conservation and restoration , Historic preservation
Description: "This website has just been established to declare that the existence of Yorkville once lauded as Germantown, a phenomenon on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City, has not been forgotten and will not be forgotten ... My purpose, as the Yorkville Historian, in forming the Old Yorkville/Kleindeutschland Historical Society is to preserve Yorkville’s memory, with 86th Street from Lexington Avenue to First Avenue, as its center."
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Subject: Historic districts--Conservation and restoration
Description: Volunteer organization of residents who seek to preserve and enhance the unique qualities of their neighborhood through advocacy, education and community building.
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Subject: Historic districts--Conservation and restoration , Historic preservation
Group: Neighborhood associations
Creator: Boerum Hill Association (New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: Boerum Hill (New York, N.Y.)
Borough: Brooklyn
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: Organization dedicated to preserving the architectural legacy, livability, and sense of place of the Upper East Side in New York, New York.
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Subject: Historic districts--Conservation and restoration , Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration, Historic preservation
Group: Historic preservation
Creator: Friends of the Upper East Side (Organization : New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Manhattan
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: New York City historic preservation organization that advises community groups seeking historic designation for their neighborhoods.
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Subject: Historic districts--Conservation and restoration , Historic preservation
Description: "The Queens Modern project seeks to survey, document, research, and promote mid-century and modern architecture in the borough of Queens, New York ... This project is supported by a grant from the James Marston Fitch Charitable Foundation and by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature."
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Subject: Historic preservation, Historic districts--Conservation and restoration , Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration, Queens (New York, N.Y.
Group: Historic preservation
Creator: Tolbert, Frampton
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Queens
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The Roosevelt Island Historical Society promotes awareness of our Island's unique story and pursues preservation of its landmarks and artifacts. The purpose of the Society is to recover, maintain and disseminate the record of Roosevelt Island's heritage from Colonial times to the present."
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Subject: Historic districts--Conservation and restoration , Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration, Roosevelt Island (New York, N.Y.)
Group: Historical societies
Creator: Roosevelt Island Historical Society
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Manhattan
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
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Subject: Free blacks--History., African Americans--History, Historic districts--Conservation and restoration
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Subject: Brooklyn Heights (New York, N.Y.), Historic districts--Conservation and restoration
Group: Neighborhood associations
Creator: Brooklyn Heights Association (New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Brooklyn
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The Point Community Development Corporation is a non-profit 501 (c)(3) dedicated to youth development and the cultural and economic revitalization of the Hunts Point section of the South Bronx. We work with our neighbors to celebrate the life and art of our community, an area traditionally defined solely in terms of its poverty, crime rate, poor schools and substandard housing."
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Subject: Hunts Point (New York, N.Y.), Historic districts--Conservation and restoration , Community development
Group: Community development
Creator: The Point Community Development Corporation (New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "Sandy Ground is the oldest free black settlement in the nation with the descendants of the founding settlers still living in the community, Sandy Ground served as stop on Underground Railroad. Sandy Ground is listed on the National and NY State Register of Historic Places."
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Subject: Free Black people--History, African Americans--History, Historic districts--Conservation and restoration
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Subject: Neighborhood planning, Historic preservation, Historic districts--Conservation and restoration
Group: Neighborhood associations
Creator: West 80s Neighborhood Association (New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Manhattan
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "In July of 2007, upon learning that four brownstones on West End Ave - 508 & 510 WEA (between 84th and 85th Streets) and 732 & 734 WEA (between 95th & 96th Streets) - were threatened with demolition, a small group of concerned neighbors joined forces and the West End Preservation Society was born."
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Subject: Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration, Historic districts--Conservation and restoration , West End Avenue (New York, N.Y.)
Group: Neighborhood associations
Creator: West End Preservation Society
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Manhattan
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "Bayside Historical Society was founded in 1964 to collect, preserve, and disseminate information concerning the history of Bayside and its adjacent communities; advocate for the preservation and protection of its most historic structures and distinctive neighborhoods through the landmarking process; and strive to develop a broad constituency of like-minded preservation and educational organizations to protect the historic integrity of our communities and collections."
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Subject: Historic districts--Conservation and restoration , Historic preservation
Group: Historical societies
Creator: Bayside Historical Society
Coverage: Bayside (New York, N.Y.)
Borough: Queens
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The Eastville Community Historical Society of Sag Harbor was founded in 1981 and chartered by New York State in 1986 to preserve the history of the working-class community of Eastville and to tell the story of St. David AME Zion Church."
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Subject: Historic districts--Conservation and restoration
Description: "Weeksville Heritage Center, Brooklyn's largest African-American cultural institution, is a multidisciplinary museum dedicated to preserving the history of the 19th century African American community of Weeksville, Brooklyn - one of America's first free black communities."
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Subject: African Americans--History--Museums, Historic districts--Conservation and restoration , Historic preservation
Group: Historic preservation
Creator: Weeksville Heritage Center (New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.), Weeksville (New York, N.Y.)
Borough: Brooklyn
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
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