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Bard Birthday Breakfast Benefit
The Archive Project's Bard Breakfast is here! Join us for a morning of camaraderie as we celebrate continuing efforts across the city to document and share the story of the preservation movement. In doing so, we inspire current and future generations of preservationists.
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NYPAP recently awarded its Shelby White & Leon Levy Archival Assistance Initiative "Crown Jewel" Grant to the Bowne House Historical Society to digitize over 300 years' worth of archival records.
Archival Assistance Initiative Grant Winners
The Archive Project's 2022 Shelby White & Leon Levy Archival Assistance Initiative Grant Winners are in! Special thanks to the Leon Levy Foundation for its generous support of our NYPAP grant round this year. Details on further rounds will be announced in 2023 and 2024. Also look for a special announcement - in addition to these grant winners - as part of the Archive Project's Shelby White & Leon Levy Archival Assistance Initiative this fall.
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Newsletter
The 36th edition of our newsletter is hot off the presses! Preview initiatives recently completed by the Archive Project, explore nearly 50 years of preservation work on Roosevelt Island, and add a new item to the summer reading lists!
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Saving Papers
A major part of what we do here at the Archive Project centers on collecting and finding homes for key archives of preservation history. For example, in 2019, Executive Director Brad Vogel, Jeffe Fellow Josie Naron, Archive Project founder Anthony Wood, and Diego Robayo of Historic Districts Council sorted through the late Jack Taylor's papers!
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Oral Histories: Richard George
He bought his first bungalow in Far Rockaway in 1982. In 1984, neighbors Betzie Park White, Roger White, and Carole Ann Lewis started Beachside Bungalow Preservation Association to focus on restoration of the bungalows, and George joined the board of the organization in 1985. With grant funding that he was able to secure over the ensuing years, Beachside Bungalow Preservation created educational and training programs for youth, organized house tours with the Queens Historical Society, and engaged in innovative habitat restoration.
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Preservation History Database
Our preservation history database is rife with the stuff that makes up the history of preservation. Detailing key battles, figures, policies, and places in New York City's preservation history, this is an incredible resource for researchers. With new entries constantly being added, this "encyclopedia" of NYC Preservation history is a must visit!
Click Here to Dive Into Our Rich Collection of Entries!

About Us

Our Story and Mission

The New York Preservation Archive Project is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to documenting, preserving, and celebrating the history of historic preservation in New York City.

Recognizing the instructive and inspirational importance of this history to the continued health, success and growth of preservation in our City, the Archive Project hopes to bring these stories to light through public programs, oral histories, and providing public access to information. The Archive Project is devoted to celebrating neglected narratives of New York historic preservation using the archives that hold these stories.

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