In the latest round of funding, our Preservation Grant Fund Committee awarded grants to several exciting and important projects: Hillcrest Estate, Town of York, Livingston County $2,000 towards preliminaryarchitectural services
In the last issue of Landmarks, we told readers that we were close to our fundraising goal with neighborhood groups and that the consultant team was hard at work putting
Since we promote the social, cultural, and economic benefits of preservation year-round, we like to think that every month should be spent celebrating old places! Preservation Month is a great
Keeping score? We are—here’s the latest on several preservation issues around the region. SAFE Former Kendall Service Station 2566 Scottsville-Mumford Rd, Hamlet of Mumford, Monroe Co. Originally built in 1931 as a
2019 marks the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots: the event identified for initiating the modern Gay Rights Movement in the United States. Even before the Stonewall Riots, Rochester’s diverse
What do five preservation projects in the village of Perry, a 1960s office building, a beloved diorama, an abbey in the Genesee Valley, and the tower and spire of a
In 2018, the National Trust for Historic Preservation announced their inaugural list of 40 Under 40: People Saving Places, which honored 40 individuals under 40 who they consider to be
James H. Johnson, one of Rochester, New York’s most unique mid-20th-century architects, is famous for his signature Organic Modernist style. Johnson is responsible for designing the “Mushroom House” in Perinton,
Following over a decade of revitalization efforts that transformed the built environment in their historic main street districts, municipal and community leaders in Perry, Mount Morris and Geneseo, New York
Lee Bey is a photographer, writer, lecturer and consultant whose work deals in the documentation and interpretation of the built environment—and the often complex political, social and racial forces that
