Events & News
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NYPAP News
Stories from Cities Across the Nation: Charleston, North Carolina
September 25, 2020
Introducing the Archive Project’s New Series PRESERVATION ORIGINS:Stories from Cities Across the Nation This new series looks at the story…
Preservation, Pestilence, and Uncertain Times
August 17, 2020
By Anthony C. Wood, Archive Project Founder & Chair In times of great upheaval, solace can come from those things…
Notes from the Board
August 17, 2020
Michael Ryan Michael Ryan | Courtesy of Michael Ryan Although I began my professional life fresh with a Ph.D. in…
2019 Bard Breakfast Honors Otis Pratt Pearsall
August 17, 2020
Speaker Priscilla Hancock Cooper Highlights Preservation of Civil Rights Sites Otis Pratt Pearsall receives the Archive Project’s 2019 Preservation Award…
NYPAP Events
August 17, 2020
Programs, Tours, and Conferences Columns Club Tour In February, the Archive Project’s Columns Club toured the Grand Masonic Lodge in…
Our 2020 Jeffe Fellow
August 17, 2020
Ireland Native and City Island Resident Sarah Eccles Sarah Eccles, 2020 Jeffe Fellow, at her home in City Island |…
Archive Project Gets “Zooming” During Pandemic
August 17, 2020
Multiple Virtual O erings Launched, Hundreds Participate “Let me unmute you.” is strange phrase, once reserved for obscure settings, has…
NYPAP News
August 17, 2020
Archive Project Founder Honored. The Archive Project’s founder and chair, Anthony C. Wood, has been selected to receive the Preservation…
With Brush and Pen Building a Case for Preservation Through Art
August 17, 2020
By Pamela Wong While smartphones make it easy for anyone to photograph remarkable scenes in New York City, many artists—past…
New NYPAP Database Entry on Brooklyn’s “Tree Lady” Unveiled
August 17, 2020
By Peter Sohmer, Reisinger Scholar Hattie Carthan attends a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Magnolia Tree Earth Center in 1979 in…