Letter From The CHAIR

Spring 2026

Dear Friends.

Wednesday evening May 13th we will gather for a NYLPF FORUM “Architecture’s Cultural Agenda : Tranforming the City” featuring Béatrice Grenier of the Fondation Cartier pour L’art Contemporain and Joshua Ramus of REX.  Each will present their perspectives on this topic followed by a moderated conversation.  The FORUM will be held at the Joseph Urban Theater in base of the Hearst Tower on West 57th Street.

On Friday Feburary 20th, NYLPF in conjuction with LPC unveiled new Historic District Markers commemorating the Central Harlem West 130th-132nd Streets Historic District.  The morning event held at the 1883 individual landmark Friendship Baptist Chruch, featured New York State Senator Cordell Cleare, New York State Assemblymember Jordan Wright and New York Councilmember Yusef Salaam.  The District represents both Harlem’s architectural development and the profound role that Harlem’s Black community played in creating poltical and social change not just in New York City, but with the nation as a whole.  Developed in the late 19thcentury as a suburban community of multi-family row houses in the neo-renaissance style, in the early 20th century Harlem transitioned from a majority white neighborhood into the nation’s largest Black urban community and formed the heart of this influential district of cultural, religios, civic, and political organizations.

On Friday March 13th, Christina Davis, Former NYLPF Board Chair, was recognized by the 73rd District State Assembly Member Alex Bores with the 2026 New York State Assembly’s Women of Distinction Award at the New York Junior League.  Christina’s impactful work City-wide with the NYLPF and her continuous invovlement in the Upper East Side ensuring that the neighborhood evolve, while honoring its historic context, were noted in hearfelt remarks by the Assemblymember.  It was noted that Christina also served as a past President of the Junior League, the home of which is an individual landmark, the Vincent and Helen Astor House, a neo-classical limestone townhouse designed by Mott B. Schmidt in 1927.

We will soon annouce a date for our 2026 “Lunch at a Landmark” in October featuring an international architect as our featured guest and speaker.

Thank you for your interest in the work of the Landmarks Preservation Foundation.

Tom Krizmanic, AIA

Board Chair, NYLPF