This panel used the iconic Erie Canal as a starting point for a conversation about how organizations can be better about sharing complicated histories, touching on issues related to environmental justice, urban renewal, disinvestment, segregation, and displacement. There is no single narrative about any history or historic place — the realities are often complicated, messy, and worth spending time thinking critically about. History is constantly being written and rewritten and we are all active participants in that process. The panelists also talked about implementation, how we take steps to truly tell a more complete story through our preservation work.
Read MoreThrough more than $600,000 in grants, technical services, workshops, awards and our Industrial Heritage Reuse Project, the Preservation League has helped individuals, nonprofits and municipalities revitalize their canalside assets.
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