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Lucy G. Moses Preservation Award
Presented by the New York Landmarks Conservancy, this award honors outstanding preservation efforts in New York City.
Institutional Restoration Award
Awarded by the Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Districts, this accolade recognizes significant contributions to the preservation of institutional buildings in the Upper East Side.
The Van Cortlandt House Museum, located in the Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx, is pleased to announce that Margaret Holmes is its new Director. Ms. Holmes was most recently a Museum Educator at Bartow Pell Mansion in the Bronx, New York. She received her MA in Public History from Empire State University and is an expert in historical research, interpretation, and inclusive practices.
She will be supported by Nick Dembowski, the VCHM’s Site Historian, John Carini, the Museum Manager, and Morena Pineada, the Weekend Manager. Please visit the Museum’s website to learn more about Ms. Holmes and the exciting programming at the Museum this summer.
For more information, please contact Lee Potter at leepotter@nscdny.org
This week we meet Joseph Miranda, our project superintendent from Skyline Restoration, and Clint Allen, our Properties Manger, gives us a progress update.
This week we take a look at some of the specialty products being used to restore the shine to our HQ!
This week on Hardhat Highlights we talk to Jablonski Building Conservation about historic paint and mortar analysis.
This week on Hardhat Highlights we talk about Li/Saltzman, our wonderful architecture and restoration firm, and we check in on the project timeline.
This week we visit Mattie Roberts at Dames in the Garden as she talks with some of our members about what makes our Headquarters so special!
This week on Hardhat Highlights we switch things up by visiting Nick Dembowski, Director at the Van Cortlandt House Museum, and getting the low down on their upcoming capitol project. There sure are a lot of capital improvements going on right now for us New York Dames!
