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New York City Places and Spaces

Collected by: Columbia University Libraries

Archived since: Jan, 2010

Description:

A growing collection of websites selected by the Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library staff for web archiving preservation by the Columbia University Libraries' Web Resources Collection Program. Website captures began in 2010 and are ongoing; in 2020, to reflect the collection's evolving subject focus, the collection title was changed to 'New York City Places and Spaces' (from the original 'Avery Library Historic Preservation and Urban Planning'). The collection's principal thematic focus is documenting the evolution of the built environment and public spaces in and around New York City through the interaction of historic preservation efforts and new development projects within urban planning debates. Selected websites are mostly published by non-profit groups or individuals based in the New York City area, including historic preservation groups, neighborhood associations, community development groups, public policy organizations, parks and open space conservancies, and both sponsors and critics of ongoing development projects.

Subject:   Arts & Humanities Government - Cities Society & Culture Community development Public spaces Parks City planning,  Historic preservation ,  Architecture

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Title: Preservation League of Staten Island

URL: https://www.preservestatenisland.org/

Description: "Organized in 1977, the PLSI's mission is to enrich Staten Island's sense of community by promoting and advocating the conservation of its diverse and significant historic built environment and cultural landscapes."

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Subject:   Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration ,  Historic preservation

Title: New York Preservation Archive Project

URL: https://www.nypap.org/

Description: The mission of the New York Preservation Archive Project is to protect the endangered narratives of historic preservation in New York.

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Subject:   Historic preservation ,  Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration ,  Monuments--Conservation and restoration

Title: New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission

URL: https://www.nyc.gov/site/lpc/index.page

Description: "The Landmarks Preservation Commission is the New York City agency that is responsible for identifying and designating the City's landmarks and the buildings in the City's historic districts. The Commission also regulates changes to designated buildings. Some landmark designation reports are available at this site--many others are available at the Neighborhood Preservation Center site."

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Subject:   Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration ,  Historic preservation

Title: Washington Street Advocacy Group

URL: https://washingtonstreet.group/

Description: "The Washington Street Advocacy Group’s most urgent project is to identify a way to protect and save three buildings on Washington Street in Lower Manhattan: St. George’s Syrian Catholic Church at 103 Washington Street, the Downtown Community House at 105-107 Washington Street, and a sole surviving tenement at 109 Washington Street."

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Subject:   103 Washington Street (New York, N.Y.) 105-107 Washington Street (New York, N.Y.) 109 Washington Street (New York, N.Y.),  Historic preservation ,  Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration

Title: Victorian Society in America

URL: https://victoriansociety.org/

Description: "The Victorian Society In America is the only national non-profit organization committed to historic preservation, protection, understanding, education, and enjoyment of our nineteenth century heritage."

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Subject:   Architecture, Victorian,  Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration ,  Historic preservation

Title: Save NYPL, Committee to Save NYPL

URL: https://savenypl.org/

Description: Advocacy group opposing the master plan promoted by New York Public Library management to renovate the historic central research library (42nd Street Library).

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Subject:   Research libraries Public libraries,  Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration ,  Historic preservation

Title: Queens Modern

URL: https://queensmodern.com/

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.

Title: Preservation Long Island

URL: https://preservationlongisland.org/

Description: "Preservation Long Island is a 501c3 not-for-profit organization committed to working with Long Islanders to protect, preserve, and celebrate our cultural heritage through advocacy, education, and the stewardship of historic sites and collections. We were founded in 1948 as the Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities in response to intense post-World War II development with a mission to preserve individual historic buildings and artifacts through the creation of house museums. In 2017, we adopted a new name to communicate our core mission more clearly. Today, Preservation Long Island advances the importance of historic preservation in the region through advocacy, education, and stewardship."

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Subject:   Historic preservation ,  Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration

Title: The New York Landmarks Conservancy

URL: https://nylandmarks.org/

Description: "The New York Landmarks Conservancy is dedicated to preserving, revitalizing, and reusing New York's architecturally significant buildings."

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Subject:   Historic preservation ,  Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration ,  Architecture--Conservation and restoration

Title: Historic House Trust

URL: https://historichousetrust.org/

Description: "The Historic House Trust of New York City, in partnership with NYC Parks, advocates for, promotes, and provides expertise to preserve 23 publicly owned historic sites located throughout the city’s five boroughs."

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Subject:   Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration ,  Historic sites--Conservation and restoration,  Historic preservation

Title: Friends of the Upper East Side

URL: https://friends-ues.org/

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

Title: Art Deco Society of New York

URL: https://artdeco.org/

Description: Society to foster public appreciation and understanding and support the preservation of Art Deco works in New York City.

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Subject:   Art deco (Architecture),  Historic preservation ,  Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration

Title: New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Landmarks Preservation Commisssion

URL: http://www1.nyc.gov/site/lpc/index.page

Description: "The Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) is the largest municipal preservation agency in the nation. It is responsible for protecting New York City's architecturally, historically, and culturally significant buildings and sites by granting them landmark or historic district status, and regulating them after designation. The agency is comprised of a panel of 11 commissioners who are appointed by the Mayor and supported by a staff of approximately 70 preservationists, researchers, architects, historians, attorneys, archaeologists, and administrative employees. There are more than 36,000 landmark properties in New York City, most of which are located in 141 historic districts and historic district extensions in all five boroughs. The total number of protected sites also includes 1,398 individual landmarks, 119 interior landmarks, and 10 scenic landmarks"

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Subject:   Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration ,  Historic preservation

Title: While We Are Still Here : preserving Edgecombe's history

URL: http://www.whilewearestillhere.org/

Description: "Mission: While We Are Still Here (WWSH) ensures that the “post-gentrification” community of Harlem and beyond will honor and find a meaningful connection to the legacy of African American achievement, and its paramount importance to world culture; Objective: To create lasting tributes to the movers and shakers of Edgecombe Avenue and beyond by erecting, publishing, and presenting: a monument, a book, and a series of public events. WWSH will also collect oral histories; Vision: Will educate, enshrine, and preserve the extraordinary legacy of two historical landmark buildings [409 & 555 Edgecombe Avenue] that were vital to the intellectual, cultural, social, and political advancements of the Harlem community and the African Diaspora."

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Subject:   Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration ,  Historic preservation

Title: Preservation League of New York State

URL: http://www.preservenys.org/

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

Title: Beachside Bungalow Preservation Association of Far Rockaway, Inc.

URL: http://www.preserve.org/bungalow/

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

Title: Preservation Volunteers

URL: http://www.preservationvolunteers.org/

Description: In the course of restoring historic structures in both nations [United States and France], Preservation Volunteers assists in revitalizing communities and bringing their histories to life, while offering its volunteers a broadened cultural experience and valuable training in sometimes lost skills."

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Subject:   Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration ,  Historic sites--Conservation and restoration,  Historic preservation

Title: Greater Portland Landmarks

URL: http://www.portlandlandmarks.org/

Description: Greater Portland Landmarks publishes the Landmarks Observer, a quarterly newspaper offering information on upcoming events, local preservation issues, and profiles of historic buildings, landscapes and public art.

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Subject:   Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration ,  Historic preservation

Title: Lower East Side Jewish Conservancy

URL: http://www.nycjewishtours.org/

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

Title: New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission

URL: http://www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/

Description: The Landmarks Preservation Commission is the New York City agency that is responsible for identifying and designating the City's landmarks and the buildings in the City's historic districts. The Commission also regulates changes to designated buildings. Some landmark designation reports are available at this site--many others are available at the Neighborhood Preservation Center site.

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Subject:   New York (N.Y.)--Buildings, structures, etc.,  Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration ,  Historic preservation

Title: Neighborhood Preservation Center. NYC Landmark Designation Reports

URL: http://www.neighborhoodpreservationcenter.org/

Description: This database will soon house printable PDF files of the entire collection of NYC Landmark Designation Reports. Reports are entered based on the year a property was designated as a Landmark and the earliest reports are now available. NOTE: Archived reports accessible only through "view all" link.

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Subject:   Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration ,  Historic preservation

Title: Discover New York City Landmarks

URL: http://www.landmarks.nyc/

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Subject:   Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration ,  Historic sites Historic districts,  Historic preservation

Title: Indiana Landmarks

URL: http://www.indianalandmarks.org/

Description: "Indiana Landmarks is a nonprofit organization, fighting to defend architecturally unique, historically significant, and communally cherished properties." Website includes Hidden Gems blog.

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Subject:   Historic preservation ,  Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration

Title: Staten Island Historical Society, Historic Richmond Town

URL: http://www.historicrichmondtown.org/

Description: "Historic Richmond Town was founded as the Staten Island Historical Society in 1856. The institution still uses both names but is more popularly known as Historic Richmond Town. The museum's focus is to create opportunities for the public to explore the diversity of the American experience from the colonial period to the present."

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Subject:   History--Societies, etc.,  Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration ,  Historic preservation

Title: Brownstone Revival Coalition

URL: http://www.brownstonerevival.org/

Description: "The Brownstone Revival Committee of New York (BRC) was founded in 1968 by residents of brownstone communities to defend and preserve that housing and those old New York neighborhoods. Within two years it grew to 2,000 members ...The Brownstone Revival Committee was renamed the Brownstone Revival Coalition in 1996 and still exists today, although the neighborhoods it was created to defend no longer face the same threats."

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Subject:   Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration ,  Historic preservation ,  Row houses

Title: Hamilton Heights - West Harlem

URL: http://westharlemcpo.org/

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.)

Title: Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities

URL: http://splia.org/

Description: The Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities (SPLIA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to understanding, celebrating, and preserving Long Island’s cultural heritage.

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Subject:   Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration ,  Historic preservation

Title: St. Mark's Historic Landmark Fund

URL: http://smhlf.org/

Description: "The St. Mark's Historic Landmark Fund was founded by a group of concerned citizens in 1979 following a devastating fire at St. Mark's Church In-the-Bowery, a remarkable East Village ensemble of buildings and landscaped property dating back to 1799. Originally founded as the Friends of St. Mark's in 1975, which became the Citizens to Save St. Mark's and then formalized as the St. Mark's Historic Landmark Fund, the volunteer organization raised over $2.5 million after a fire in 1978 to support an ambitious renewal project and--in a program that drew national attention--rebuilt the church."

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Subject:   St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery (New York, N.Y.),  Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration ,  Historic preservation

Title: Save Bedford Stuyvesant

URL: http://savebedfordstuyvesant.blogspot.com/

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

Title: Rego-Forest Preservation Council

URL: http://regoforestpreservation.blogspot.com/

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

Title: East Village Community Coalition

URL: http://evccnyc.org/

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

Title: Defenders of the Historic Upper East Side

URL: http://defenders-hues.org/

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

Title: Bushwiki

URL: http://bushwick-studio.wikispaces.com/

Description: "The Bushwiki is a pool of resources and information on the historic Bushwick Avenue community in Brooklyn, NY. It was created by a group of graduate students in the Columbia University Historic Preservation 2011 Spring Studio with the goal of highlighting Bushwick's history and community."

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Subject:   Bushwick (New York, N.Y.),  Historic preservation ,  Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration

Title: Trust for Architectural Easements : preserving historic neighborhoods

URL: http://architecturaltrust.org/

Description: The mission of the Trust for Architectural Easements is to preserve America’s architectural heritage. We accomplish this mission primarily through the acceptance and stewardship of historic preservation easements.

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Subject:   Historic preservation ,  Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration

Title: Friends of the Old Croton Aqueduct

URL: http://aqueduct.org/

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Subject:   Croton Aqueduct (N.Y.) Historic sites--Conservation and restoration,  Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration ,  Historic preservation

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