Annual Awards 2020
For the past 36 years, FRIENDS’ members gathered to celebrate outstanding achievement in preservation, architecture, and advocacy. This year, however, we were forced to cancel our 37th Awards Ceremony that was scheduled for April 1st. Over the past few months we have highlighted each awardee in different posts on our
969 Park Avenue
A Renaissance Revival style apartment building designed by Pickering & Walker and built in 1911-1912. Application is to establish a Master Plan governing the future installation of windows.
5‐7 East 62nd Street
A Modern style synagogue building designed by Percival Goodman and built in 1956.
61 East 77th Street
A neo-Federal style school building with Beaux-Art style features designed by Harde and Hasselman built in 1916. Application is to reconstruct the stoop and construct a barrier-free access ramp.
135 East 71st Street
An apartment building built in 1959. Application is to modify the building's base, replace storefront infill, establish a Master Plan for the installation of signage, and modify a Master Plan for the replacement of windows.
East Side Extra: In Town/Out of Town
Who is the Bridge and Tunnel crowd? In more quotidian times, that moniker might call to mind tourists from New Jersey. Currently, the crowd in question might be New Yorkers themselves: Over the past several months, many New Yorkers have sped across these spans on their way out of the
Annual Awards 2020: Bringing the Outside In
Perhaps more than any time in recent memory, the profound disruption of urban life caused by the pandemic has reinforced the value of open space in our dense communities. With nowhere else to go, open spaces of all kinds have been a salve for the mind and for the soul,
The Brownstone Bible is Back!
Preservationist and co-author Patrick Ciccone joined FRIENDS virtually on September 24th to discuss the process and development of the newest edition of Bricks and Brownstone.
East Side Extra: The UES on Film
Film is known for its transportive powers, which might be why so many of us have turned to movies during our time at home. For most of the pandemic, the city itself felt as silent as a film set, but on screen you can see New York as you know
163 East 67th Street
A Moorish Revival style synagogue designed by Schneider and Herter and built in1889-1890. Application is to install LED signage.