The History of Preserving History: Penn Station rally, 50 years later

IRT Powerhouse, McKim Mead White, Media, NY Times, NYPAP, Penn Station

Protesters in front of Pennsylvania Station on Aug. 2, 1962.Photo: Eddie Hausner/The New York TimesThe architects Peter Samton and Diana Goldstein can tell you exactly where they were a half century ago, at 5 p.m. on Aug. 2, 1962: out on Seventh Avenue, tilting at...

Celebrating 200 Years of Life on the Grid

American Museum of Natural History, NYPAP, preservation

Preservation largely documents the history of our built environment and cultural heritage.  But who documents the history of preservation itself?  That’d be the New York Preservation Archive Project (NYPAP)!  For over a decade, NYPAP, under the...