This page contains a summary of the ideas for the future of historic preservation found to be of importance to the participants of the Preservation Vision: NYC project. It is intended as advance reading for the Preservation Vision: NYC workshop to take place on January 10, 2009, at the Park Avenue Armory, New York City.
Since January 2008, the Preservation Vision: NYC project has been soliciting input and gathering feedback from the historic preservation community regarding the future of preservation in the next 25 years in New York City. By the end of this project, nearly 500 people will have contributed.
You can download a full summary of all Preservation Vision: NYC results
and findings from the online survey, thematic roundtables, and weekend
retreat here.
Project participants consistently identified 8 issues of key importance:
affordable housing
land use
environmental sustainability
research
incentives
messaging & branding
funding
alliances & coalitions
This report is only partial summary of discussions hosted and feedback received by the Preservation Vision: NYC project. Every attempt was made to convey the breadth and content of these exchanges between participants, but brevity demanded that many useful contributions were simplified, combined, or left out altogether. In no case are the assertions and assessments summarized here a reflection of the organizers' opinions or best knowledge; they belong only to the participants and contribute to an open process of deliberation. A final report will provide a more comprehensive and nuanced reflection of these deliberations along with a synthesis of project participants’ visions for the future.
Preservation Vision: Planning for the Future of Preservation in New York City will conclude with the January 10th workshop and a final project report. The report will include a prioritized list of ideas - the “idea bank” - with details regarding the urgency of the issue, value of the idea and, wherever possible, action steps to begin to move the idea forward over the next two decades.
We expect these issues and new ones to be discussed at the January 10th workshop. The project organizers are grateful to all participants for their energy, generosity, and insights.
