On 10 January 2009 a workshop entitled "The Future of Preservation in New York City: Issues, Ideas, Opportunities, Action" culminated the year-long Preservation Vision: NYC project that comprised an online survey, key theme roundtable discussions, national conference presentations, and a weekend retreat. Workshop participants were asked to think about the future - 20 to 30 years from now - where do we want to go, what will it take to get us there, how does preservation position itself in this every changing city.
The workshop report can be downloaded here.
A few images from this remarkable meeting, conducted by facilitator Susan Coleman with reliance on Open Space Technology, can be found by clicking the thumbnail below.
The members of the coordinating committee are most grateful to all the dedicated participants who braved foul weather to join us at the Park Avenue Armory and share their insights.
Preservation Vision: NYC has two primary goals: first, to create a space for those interested in preservation to give serious thought to the shape, activities and goals of the future, and second, to develop an “idea bank” positioning preservation to achieve high impacts by 2030 and in the years in between.
The project will conclude with a final project report to be issued electronically in February. It will highlight the best ideas put forward across all events and exchanges, along with strategies offered by participants for how to achieve them. The results of the project will be the intellectual property of no group or organization; they will be available to anyone who wishes to carry an idea or issue forward.
Generous workshop grantors include the Charles Evans Hughes Memorial Foundation and the New York State Council on the Arts for their generous grant funding. The Park Avenue Armory graciously hosted the workshop in one of the most remarkable buildings in the city. In-kind contributions for this workshop were kindly provided by Meyer/Gifford Architects, William Dailey Building and Zoning, and Sound Associates.
