NYPAP

Join us on May, 1st for the 2026 McAneny Award Ceremony

Join the National Park Service, Friends of George McAneny and NYPAP at Federal Hall National Memorial for the presentation of the George McAneny Award for Unsung Preservation Leadership. The 2026 George McAneny Award will be presented to Carol Clark.

Friday May 1, 2026
10:45am – 1:30pm

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NYPAP is seeking an Executive Director

The Executive Director will be a multi-faceted, mission-driven leader responsible for day-to-day operations, archival work, financial management, and fundraising strategy intended to sustain and grow NYPAP’s impact.

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Fall 2025 Newsletter

Welcome to the 42nd edition of the New York Preservation Archive Project's newsletter. Dive in to learn about preservation history and our current work.

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Servant of Beauty

Servant of Beauty: Landmarks, Secret Love, and the Unimagined Life of an Unsung New York Hero is the true story of the interplay between the two all-consuming passions of this unheralded civic champion: his love of beauty in the public realm that would forever change New York City, and his love for a younger man that would forever change Bard.

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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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New Oral History: Brad Vogel

Brad Vogel is an attorney, poet, preservationist, non-profit leader, and former Executive Director of the New York Preservation Archive Project.

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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!

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About Us

Our Story and Mission

The New York Preservation Archive Project is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to documenting, preserving, celebrating, and educating about 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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