EVENTS

F.Y.I.  Historic Facades has been around for a long time....

Historic Preservation as a tool for Community Building. 

The economic and social benefits to preserving Yonkers’ historic building stock. 

Saturday, December 11, 2004      10:00 am to Noon

Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site, Warburton & Dock Street, Yonkers

Come share your ideas and learn more about:

• Historic preservation as an effective economic development strategy
• Financial resources & benefits available for historic preservation.
• Strategies for renewing private homes & neighborhoods throughout Yonkers
• Creation of a Downtown Yonkers Historic District
• Protecting the Boyce-Thompson Institute on North Broadway
• Preserving sacred sites & other not-for-profit places

Speakers

 include:

• Phillip Seven Esser, Associated Cultural Resource Consultants
• Rob Yasinsac, Hudson Valley Ruins
• Debra Cohen, Esq.
• Paul Graziano, Associated Cultural Resource Consultants
• Sean Zalka, National Architectural Trust
• Charles S.  Lesnick, Esq., Smith Buss & Jacobs, LLP
• Martin Fisher, Historic Facades, LLC
• Simeon Bankoff, Executive Director of the Historic Districts Council

For more information and to RSVP please contact Charles S. Lesnick at 914-476-0600, ext 120 or clesnick@sbjlaw.com.   For directions to the Philipse Manor Hall click on www.philipsemanorfriends.org/vis.htm.  Special thanks to the Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site for the use of this extraordinary cultural resource.  For links to each speaker go to www.historicfacades.org.