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Adolf Placzek

Sometimes listed as Adolf K. Placzek or Dolf Placzek.

Associated Archives: 
Talbot F. Hamlin

Remembering Norval White

Norval Crawford White was a renowned architect, architectural historian and professor. He is perhaps best known for his authoritative AIA Guide to New York City, which he co-authored with Elliott Willensky.

White was born on June 12, 1926 on the Upper East Side. He received a bachelor’s degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1948 and an MFA from Princeton University in 1955. In between, White attended the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris. He taught at Cooper Union and in 1968, became the founding chairman of its architecture school.

Remembering Carolyn Cassady Kent

Carolyn Cassady Kent was a longtime advocate for the preservation of Harlem and Morningside Heights. Carolyn Cassady was born in 1935 in Rochester, NY. She attended Sarah Lawrence College and Columbia University, where she developed an interest in historic preservation.

Remembering Dorothy Miner

Dorothy Miner (1935 - 2008)

Dorothy Miner

Dorothy Marie Miner was a legal scholar who served as counsel to the Landmarks Preservation Commission from 1975 to 1994. Trained as a lawyer and an urban planner, Miner uniquely understood the nuances of the Landmarks Law and defended its legitimacy in multiple cases in New York City.

Stanley Tankel

Sometimes listed as Stanley B. Tankel.

Biography

Stanley Tankel was at the forefront of both the city planning and historic preservation movements. A proponent of centralized cities that provided mixed uses, limited suburban sprawl, and protected its historic landmarks, he had an indelible impact on the physical fabric of New York City.

Carolyn Cassady Kent

Carolyn Kent advocated for the preservation of Morningside Heights, Manhattanville, and Hamilton Heights. He founded and chaired the landmarks committee of Community Board 9 and actively participated in many other neighborhood preservation organizations, such as the Morningside Heights Historic District Committee. In 2007, she was given the first Preservation Angel award by the Hamilton Heights/West Harlem Community Preservation Organization. She died in 2009.

James Felt

Sometimes listed as Jacob Felt.

Francis Keally

 

Biography

Francis Keally was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was educated at the Carnegie Institute of Technology and the University of Pennsylvania where he received his degree in architecture1. Soon after graduating, he married Mildred Fessenden Taber in 1923.

  • 1. "Heads New York Chapter of American Architects," New York Times. June 15, 1951.

Andrew Haswell Green

Sometimes listed as Andrew Green.

Biography

Andrew Haswell Green was a lawyer, reformer, public official, master planner, and a visionary. He was born in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1820 to a prosperous, professional family. As a young man, he received a commercial education while working as an apprentice in a leading dry goods establishment. At the age of twenty-four, he began to study law at the firm of Samuel J. Tilden. Green soon became interested in civic affairs.

Associated Archives: 
American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society