Events
November 2021
Pushing Perspectives: Confronting Biases in Historic Building Materials Research
Click here to register. Join us for our next Pushing Perspectives virtual conversation as we critically consider the preservation professional’s role in the creation of a more inclusive approach to historic materials research and in discussions about what is valued. Our panelists bring a variety of perspectives to this discussion about issues of exclusion in historic materials research and the challenges of doing ethical research. They include: For over twenty years, Hannah Bennett has served in a number of different…
Find out more »October 2021
2021 Fall Workday: Green-Wood Cemetery
Join Preservation Alumni on Saturday, October 23rd, as we partner with Green-Wood Cemetery for our socially-distanced Fall Workday! Founded in 1838 and now a National Historic Landmark, Green-Wood was one of the first rural cemeteries in America. By the early 1860s it had earned an international reputation for its magnificent beauty and became the prestigious place to be buried, attracting 500,000 visitors a year, second only to Niagara Falls as the nation’s greatest tourist attraction. Neela Wickremesinghe, HP Class of…
Find out more »June 2021
2021 Spring Workday: Green-Wood Cemetery
Join Preservation Alumni on Saturday, June 5th, as we partner with Green-Wood Cemetery for our socially-distanced Spring Workday!
Find out more »May 2021
Pushing Perspectives: Exploring Equity within Preservation Trade Careers
Photo Credit: Casey Weisdock, IMI. Click here to register. We are all familiar with the path to preservation through a college degree, but how much do you know about the path for those in preservation that took a different route? This panel discussion will spotlight the experiences and path of training required for a career in the preservation trades. Our panelists include: Neela K. Wickremesinghe ('11 graduate) is the Robert A. and Elizabeth Rohn Jeffe Director of…
Find out more »PA Virtual Series: Spring Bar Crawl
Preservation Alumni invites you to join us, in partnership with art historian and Municipal Art Society tour guide Sylvia Laudien-Meo, for an evening virtual tour to learn more about the wealth of art and preservation history within the bars and hotel lobbies of Manhattan. As we eagerly anticipate the gradual re-openings of these hotel bars, we also see this as an opportunity to have a virtual bar crawl of sorts, and invite you to create some of the same cocktails…
Find out more »December 2020
Pushing Perspectives: Can We Make Preservation Relevant in Advancing Social Justice?
In an effort to address equity and diversity in our community and profession, PA is launching a new lecture series: “Pushing Perspectives." This (currently) virtual series seeks to provide thoughtful conversations on the state of the preservation profession and explore methods that can be incorporated into our practice to address inclusivity and equity. The inaugural event will be a panel discussion titled “Pushing Perspectives: Can We Make Preservation Relevant in Advancing Social Justice?”. Three former Fitch Thesis Grant Prize winners…
Find out more »October 2020
PA Virtual Series: Show-and-Tell Happy Hour
Join us Tuesday, October 13 at 6:00 PM EST for a PA show-and-tell happy hour! This digital event will bring current students, PA members and friends together for a casual evening over drinks. PA will be featuring Building Conservation Associates employees' architectural artifacts collections, with fun stories about where the artifacts are from and how they were collected. There will be plenty of time for questions and for attendees to also show off some special finds from their own collections - so start thinking about what great stuff you have at home!…
Find out more »July 2020
Panel Discussion: Non-Traditional Career Paths in Historic Preservation
Preservation Alumni is hosting a digital event about non-traditional careers in historic preservation.
Find out more »March 2020
Members Only Tour: Trinity Church
*The Trinity Church Member's Only tour has been postponed. We will send out an email as soon as the event is able to be rescheduled. Thank you for your understanding.* Our next Member's Only tour is taking place at the newly restored Trinity Church on March 23, 2020 at 6:15pm. Originally constructed in 1846 by Richard Upjohn, the rejuvenation projectis the first comprehensive campaign in over 75 years. Katherine Malishewsky, Director of Preservation at MBB Architects, will lead the group…
Find out more »January 2020
PA Mentor Mingle
Preservation Alumni is excited to kick off our third year of the mentorship program with a Mentorship Mingle for students and mentors to meet! Participating students and mentors are invited to join us on January 30th at 6:30pm at Beyer Blinder Belle's office, 120 Broadway, 20th Floor. Also known as the Equitable Building, 120 Broadway is a historic New York City sky scraper completed in 1915 by Ernest R. Graham that spurred the New York City zoning code and the…
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