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Library

The Library is a collection of selected research City Hall Park, 1927papers, monographs, and theses on topics in preservation history.

 

The Campaign to Preserve 2 Columbus Circle: A Chronology. by Kate Wood in partnership with the New York Preservation Archive Project.

James Grote Van Derpool

Sometimes listed as James Van Derpool.

Geoffrey Platt

Biography

Geoffrey Platt was born in Cornish, New Hampshire in 1905. His father, Charles Adams Platt, was a renowned architect and landscape designer. He attended the St. Mark’s School and then Harvard College. He went on to receive a master’s degree in architecture from Columbia University, where he was schooled in the traditional style of design1.

  • 1. Pace, Eric. "Geoffrey Platt is dead at 79; Led City Preservation Move," New York Times; July 15, 1985.
Associated Archives: 
New York City Landmarks Law
Action Group for Better Architecture in New York
Harmon Goldstone
Committee for the Preservation of Structures of Historic and Esthetic Importance

Juliet Bartlett

Sometimes listed as Juliet M. Bartlett.

Biography

Juliet Bartlett was born in 1898. She joined the Women's City Club of New York in 1933 and was elected club president first in 1940 and later in 1954. In 1941, during Bartlett's first term, First Lady and former WCC member Eleanor Roosevelt delivered the club's 25th anniversary address.

Dorothy Miner

Sometimes listed as Dorothy Marie Miner or Dorothy Marie O'Driscoll Miner.