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Event Recap: 2025 Pillar of New York Awards
Event Recap: 2025 Pillar of New York Awards

On Monday, May 19, the League was proud to present Roberta Brandes Gratz with our 2025 Pillar of New York Award, recognizing her decades of work in support of preservation issues in New York. Many thanks to the hundreds of people who gathered with us in the Rainbow Room to honor Roberta and her incredible contribution to the field of preservation. Thanks to the generosity of the people in the room (and a few from afar), the 2025 Pillar Awards raised over $300,000 to support the League’s statewide work.

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Seven to Save-Listed New York Amsterdam News Featured by News7 LOCALish
Seven to Save-Listed New York Amsterdam News Featured by News7 LOCALish

Check out this 6-minute documentary to learn more about the Seven to Save-listed New York Amsterdam News!

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Advocacy Alert + Call to Action: Contact your members of Congress in support of the Historic Preservation Fund today!
Advocacy Alert + Call to Action: Contact your members of Congress in support of the Historic Preservation Fund today!

On June 2, The Preservation League of NYS sent a letter to the entire New York State Congressional Delegation to stress the importance of the Historic Preservation Fund. Along with our Preservation Colleagues, the League is determined that our elected representatives in Congress understand the importance of the Historic Preservation Fund and related programs in communities across New York State. You can find that letter here.

But we also need YOU to raise your voice for preservation and contact your elected representatives.

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 Featured Events

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Film Screening + Director Q&A: Vanish: Disappearing Icons of a Rural America
Jul 2
Film Screening + Director Q&A: Vanish: Disappearing Icons of a Rural America
Utica's Olmsted Footprint: Then and Now
Jul 15
Utica's Olmsted Footprint: Then and Now
Mindfulness Experience at Camp Santanoni
Jul 21
Mindfulness Experience at Camp Santanoni
Historic Tax Credits for Homeowners: Rochester
Sep 24
Historic Tax Credits for Homeowners: Rochester

Check out our events calendar for even more preservation events coming up across the state!

 
We will be gathering tonight to recognize someone who has been part of the League almost from our very beginning — Roberta Brandes Gratz, our 2025 Pillar of New York Awardee. Our annual Pillar Award recognizes those who have taken extraordinary
Today, as part of @nylandmarks Sacred Sites Open House weekend, The Church of the Mediator opened its doors with a guided tour with Steve Byrnes, who nominated the Church to our Seven to Save list. The Gothic-style building (with a very impressive
📞Call your representatives! The Historic Preservation Fund, which provides vital resources for State Historic Preservation Offices, Tribal Historic Preservation Offices, and preservation grant programs across the country is being gutted by the curre
While we were in Poughkeepsie for the NY Statewide Preservation Conference, we had a chance to revisit a past Excellence Award winner — the Poughkeepsie Underwear Factory. The 1874 building was a former underwear manufacturing site, but by the
We recently had a chance to visit the Town of Avon’s Opera Hall, a 2024 Excellence Award winner! The capstone of a comprehensive downtown revitalization initiative, the rehabilitation of the National Register-listed Opera Hall is a testament to
Now accepting nominations for the 2025 Excellence Awards! The League’s annual Excellence Awards program allows us to shine a light on the people who are using historic preservation to make all of our lives better — through exemplary rest
Join us on Monday, April 21 for a webinar focused on building diversity in the trades. In our Trade Stories video series, we shined a light on what a career in the preservation trades looks like and the tradespeople who do the physical work of repai