New York City
Voting has ended. Thanks for participating!
American Express and the National Trust for Historic Preservation today announced the popular vote winners in their Partners in Preservation Program.
The winners are:
- Brooklyn Public Library, located in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn, received 9% of the popular vote and has been awarded $250,000 to restore the main entrance doors.
- Congregation Beth Elohim, located in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn, received 8% of the popular vote and has been awarded $250,000 to restore the building’s stained glass windows.
- New York Botanical Gardens, located in the Bronx, received 7% of the popular vote and has been awarded $250,000 to restore the rock garden.
- Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum, located in the Bronx, received 7% of the popular vote and has been awarded $155,000 to restore areas within the museum’s gardens.
A Partners in Preservation advisory committee of community and preservation leaders, will select sites that will receive the rest of the $ 2.1 million in grants which will be announced in June.
Partners in Preservation Story Slam
May 16, 2012 – 7:00 p.m.
On Wednesday, May 16, the Partners in Preservation Story Slam provided an opportunity to learn more about the rich histories of the places participating in the program.
Preservation in New York: The Evolving Conversation
May 2, 2012 – 7:00 p.m.
On Wednesday, May 2, “Studio 360″ host Kurt Andersen moderated a panel featuring Bonnie Burnham, president of the World Monuments Fund; Paul Goldberger, noted architecture critic; and David Mohney, architecture professor at the College of Design at the University of Kentucky at the Greene Space.
Join us at the Greene Space on May 16 for our next event, the Partners in Preservation Story Slam. Details and tickets are available on the Green Space website.
Announcement of Participating Sites
On April 26, Katharine McPhee, star of the hit television program “Smash” serenaded attendees at the Metropolitan Museum of Art” with her rendition of the classic “New York, New York.”
ReelWorks
Reel Works provides a free filmmaking program continuum for NYC teens. Using a unique one-on-one mentoring model, we challenge at-risk youth to tell their stories and have their voices heard. In turn, they build vital skills of literacy, leadership and self-confidence to create productive futures.
These teen filmmakers spread out across New York City to tell the stories of the participating Partners in Preservation site.
The Empire State Building Welcomes Partners in Preservation
The night of April 25, 2012, the Empire State Building featured our colors, blue and white, to celebrate tomorrow’s launch of Partners in Preservation! (The Empire State Building image is a registered trademark of ESBC and is used with permission.)
