Category: Updates

The Landmark Society of Western New York today announced its 2019 Five to Revive – a list that identifies opportunities for targeted, strategic revitalization. The announcement was made at The

  Last summer, The Preservation League of New York State awarded the Village of Avon a coveted Preserve New York grant to fund a historic resource survey, meant to help

Applications are now available for our next round of funding. Launched in September 2012, The Landmark Society’s Preservation Grant Fund program offers funds for preliminary design and planning studies to help

The City of Rochester is conducting a study to explore water treatment and cover alternatives to bring the Highland Park Reservoir into compliance with a federal regulation known as Long

In the last issue of Landmarks, we told readers that we were close to our fundraising goal with neighborhood groups and that the consultant team was hard at work putting

Since we promote the social, cultural, and economic benefits of preservation year-round, we like to think that every month should be spent celebrating old places! Preservation Month is a great

2019 marks the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots: the event identified for initiating the modern Gay Rights Movement in the United States. Even before the Stonewall Riots, Rochester’s diverse

In 2018, the National Trust for Historic Preservation announced their inaugural list of 40 Under 40: People Saving Places, which honored 40 individuals under 40 who they consider to be

James H. Johnson, one of Rochester, New York’s most unique mid-20th-century architects, is famous for his signature Organic Modernist style. Johnson is responsible for designing the “Mushroom House” in Perinton,

Following over a decade of revitalization efforts that transformed the built environment in their historic main street districts, municipal and community leaders in Perry, Mount Morris and Geneseo, New York