Congratulations to Islip residents and three cheers to our friends at the Oakdale Historical Society whose advocacy energized broad community support for this important designation!
Tag: Advocacy
Preservation in Progress:
American Venice Bridges, Copiague
Date: Saturday, October 6, 2018
Time: 2:00-4:00 PM
Babylon’s Town Historian, Mary Cascone, discusses Copiague’s iconic American Venice bridges. Following the talk, we’ll visit the nearby reconstruction project underway.
UPDATE (July 2018): Saint Paul’s School, Garden City
The Village of Garden City presents an insensitive plan for destructive changes at one of Long Island’s most remarkable publicly owned historic resources.
UPDATE: St. Paul’s School, Garden City
Garden City Village schedules first public presentation of plans for a new recreation-based municipal facility at St. Paul’s School (1879).
2018 Preservation Awards
Zachary N. Studenroth: Howard Sherwood Award; Higher Ground Inter-Cultural & Heritage Associates, Inc.: Organizational Excellence; Old First Presbyterian Church of Huntington: Project Excellence; The Huntington Historical Society: Project Excellence; The Historical Society of Greater Port Jefferson: Project Excellence; John Jermain Memorial Library: Project Excellence
UPDATE: Oyster Bay Railroad Station
Have you seen the exciting restoration project underway at the historic Oyster Bay Railroad Station? The station has improved dramatically since 2013 when it was listed as one of Preservation Long Island’s Endangered Historic Places. Congratulations to the Oyster Bay Railroad Museum for their great work and stewardship!