Tuesday, June 18, 2024
Saint Mark’s Church-in-the-Bowery
131 East 10th Street, New York, NY 10003
6:00 to 8:00 PM
Since 2000, the Historic Districts Council has honored more than 150 individuals, community groups, coalitions, elected officials, and press outlets for their achievements. This year, HDC continues the tradition to recognize, honor, and encourage public participation in the preservation process. Join us on Tuesday, June 18th from 6:00 to 8:00 PM at St. Mark’s Church-in-the-Bowery for our annual Grassroots Preservation Awards and Preservation Party.
Successful historic preservation efforts in New York City require collaboration amongst many parties, including the public, government agencies, and private sector entities. Grassroots Award recipients work on the ground, in public service, in communities, and online to bring attention and resources to saving the heart and soul of New York City. We are pleased to announce that our 2024 honorees are:
The Cadman Park Conservancy
Friends of the Lower West Side
Metro Area Governors Island Coalition (M.A.G.I.C.)
Mickey Murphy Lifetime Achievement Award
Ann-Isabel Friedman
We will also be presenting the inaugural awardees of the Jeffrey Kroessler Student Research Award. We are pleased to announce that our 2024 awardees are:
Weijie “Christina” Sun (Columbia University, GSAPP) with her thesis “Invisible History” of the Chinese Americans’ “Economic Lifelines”: Spatial Interpretations of the Pillar Industries of the Chinese American Community in Manhattan’s Chinatown, 1930s – 1980s.
William Dunsmore (Bard Graduate Center) with his thesis “A Winter Temperature in the Summer Time”: Preserving Nineteenth-Century Lagerkellers and German-American Heritage.
We would like to thank our inaugural Preservation Professional Sponsors and our Grassroots Co-Sponsors for their generous support! See below for full list:
COMMUNITY CO-SPONSORS
Bowery Alliance of Neighbors
Brooklyn Heights Association
Cadman Park Conservancy
DUMBO Neighborhood Alliance
The Green-Wood Cemetery
Municipal Art Society
Murray Hill Neighborhood Association
New York Landmarks Conservancy
Preserve & Protect
Save Harlem Now!
Vinegar Hill Neighborhood Association
INDIVIDUAL CO-SPONSORS
Lisa Ackerman
John M. Bacon
Penelope Bareau
Françoise Bollack and Tom Killian
Kelly Carroll
Judith Francis
Susan Hopper
Brenda Levin
Seth, Sophie & Julian Maerowitz
Lorna Nowvé
Edward Parran
Monica Rittersporn
PROFESSIONAL PARTNERS
Ayón Studio Architecture & Preservation
Law Offices of Alison Greenberg, LLC
Higgins Quasebarth & Partners
Hiller, PC
Jan Hird Pokorny Associates
Thomas A. Fenniman Architect
Walter B. Melvin Architects
Please contact Kaija Mendez-Bryan at [email protected] or 212 614 9107 x403 with any questions.