2015 chairman`s award - The New York Landmarks Conservancy

2015 CHAIRMAN’S AWARD
2015 CHAIRMAN’S AWARD
Dr. Michael Horodniceanu — MTA Capital Construction
Robert A.M. Stern
June 18, 2015
2015 Chairman’s Award
HONORARY CHAIRS
Fred Bland
Craig Covil
Page Cowley
Frank J. Sciame, Jr.
Elizabeth F. Stribling
HONORARY CO-CHAIRS
Dick Anderson
Jay Badame
John Beyer
Hon. Gale Brewer
Joan Davidson
Clark P. Halstead
Alexa Hampton
Robert A. Levine
Hon. Carolyn Maloney
Stephen J. Meringoff
Hon. Jerrold Nadler
Nancy and Otis Pearsall
George Ranalli
Milo Riverso
Hon. Charles E. Schumer
Robert Selsam
Stuart Siegel
Chris Ward
Carl Weisbrod
Sam White
LANDMARK PATRONS
Robert A.M. Stern Architects, LLP
LANDMARK SPONSORS
Cauldwell Wingate Company, LLC
Hoguet Newman Regal & Kenney
International Masonry Institute
Stephen J. Meringoff
New York City Transit Authority
Frank J. Sciame, Jr.
Silverstein Properties, Inc.
Skanska USA Civil Northeast
Elizabeth F. Stribling
STV Group, Inc.
LEADERS
AKRF, Inc.
Amita and Arun Bhatia
Blast-Master Sandblasting & Painting
Boston Properties
Althea Duersten
Engel & Völkers
Carole Bailey French and
John French, III
HAKS
Kirk Henckels
IA-Interior Alterations, Inc.
Indiana Limestone Company
Kasirer Consulting, LLC
Kathryn Scott Design Studio
Mariana and George Kaufman
The Kibel Companies, LLC
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel, LLP
Arthur L. Loeb
Mary B. Dierickx Historic
Preservation Consulting
F. Carlisle Towery
World Monuments Fund
PATRONS
Apple Bank for Savings
Kathryn M. Berry
Capalino + Company
Susan R. Cullman and John J. Kirby
Michael K. De Chiara
Donaldson Organization
Halmar International, LLC
Alexa S. Hampton
Peggy Hassett and Jack Kehoe
Larson and Paul Architects
Lise Moran
Virginia R. Parker
Peter Pennoyer Architects, PC
Marjorie and Jeffrey Rosen
Marla Sabo
Ernest M. von Simson
Barbara and Donald Tober
Tully Construction Company
Tutor Perini Corporation
Elizabeth and Samuel White
WSP
Zubatkin Owner Representation
SPONSORS
A. Esteban & Company, Inc.
A. Ottavino Corporation
Building Studio Architects, LLP
Catherine Cahill and
William Bernhard
Joan and Martin Camins
Canido Basonas Construction Corp.
Bernadette Castro
CetraRuddy, Inc.
Cozen O’Connor
Electra / Ian Danic
Ronne Fisher
Jennifer Franklin
Cheryl L. Grandfield and
Richard W. Dodd
Clark P. Halstead
Alexa Hampton
Michael A. Jaffe
Kevin Wolfe Architect, PC
Nancy and Otis Pearsall
Pratt Institute
Charles F. Preusse
George Ranalli
Thomas F. Schutte
J. Russell Triedman
Sandra and Stanford Warshawsky
Lori Zabar
Honoring
The New York Landmarks Conservancy inaugurated the Chairman’s Award in 1988 to recognize exceptional
individuals, organizations, and businesses that have demonstrated their dedication to protecting New York’s
rich architectural heritage.
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the New York City Landmarks Law, the Landmarks Conservancy will
present its 2015 Chairman’s Award to:
Dr. Michael Horodniceanu - MTA Capital Construction
MTA Capital Construction (MTACC) serves as
the MTA’s project management arm for megaprojects, which require an exceptional degree
of coordination within and outside the MTA. Dr.
Michael Horodniceanu was appointed President of
MTACC in 2008.
Located at the corner of Broadway and John Street,
the historic Corbin Building has been restored and
incorporated into the new Fulton Transit Center.
The building (circa 1888-89), was designed by the
prominent 19th-century architect Francis Hatch
Kimball in a richly ornamented Romanesque
revival style. It incorporated the latest structural
technology of its day including weight bearing iron
beams and Guastavino tile vaults. The construction
technology employed at the Corbin would quickly
evolve into the fully-realized steel skeleton of the
early skyscrapers. As such, the Corbin can well be
described as a proto-skyscraper. At only nine stories
in height, it was nevertheless one of the tallest
commercial buildings in Manhattan when it opened
for business in 1889. Its namesake, Austin Corbin,
was the president of the Long Island Rail Road.
MTACC has adapted a 19th-century architectural
gem into a 21st-century transit hub.
Fulton Center and historic Corbin Building, at John Street and
Broadway in Lower Manhattan - photo: MTA/ Patrick Cashin
Honoring
Robert A.M. Stern
Robert A.M. Stern is a practicing architect, teacher,
and writer. He is a Fellow of the American Institute of
Architects, and received the AIA New York Chapter’s
Medal of Honor in 1984 and the Chapter’s President’s
Award in 2001. Mr. Stern is the 2011 Driehaus Prize
laureate and in 2008, received the tenth Vincent Scully
Prize from the National Building Museum. In 2007, he
received both the Athena Award from the Congress
for the New Urbanism and the Board of Director’s
Honor from the Institute of Classical Architecture and
Classical America. As Founder and Senior Partner of
Robert A.M. Stern Architects, he personally directs
the design of each of the firms’ projects.
Mr. Stern is the J.M. Hoppin Professor of Architecture
and Dean of the Yale School of Architecture. He was
previously Professor of Architecture and Director of
the Historic Preservation Program at the Graduate
School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation at
Columbia University. Mr. Stern served from 1984 to
1988 as the first director of Columbia’s Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture. He
is the author of several books and 17 books have been published about his work.
Mr. Stern’s work has been exhibited at numerous galleries and universities and is in the permanent collections
of the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Deutsches Architekturmuseum, Centre
Pompidou, the Denver Art Museum, and the Art Institute of Chicago.
In 1976, 1980, and 1996, he was among the architects selected to represent the United States at the Venice
Biennale, and he served as Chair of the International Jury in 2012.
In 1986, Mr. Stern hosted “Pride of Place: Building the American Dream,” an eight-part, eight-hour documentary
television series aired on PBS.
Mr. Stern is a graduate of Columbia University (B.A., 1960) and Yale University (M. Architecture, 1965).
Chairman’s Award Honorees: 1988 – 2014
2014
2003
Beyer Blinder Belle, Cauldwell Wingate, Davis Brody
Bond , EverGreene Architectural Arts, GSA, Integrated
Conservation Resources, Lend Lease, WSP, and U.S. Court
of Appeals Judge Dennis Jacobs
Charles Gargano - Chairman, Empire State Development Corp.
2013
2001
John Belle, Norton Garfinkle, John J. Kerr, Jr., Stephen S.
Lash, Donald Oresman, Frank J. Sciame, Jr., Stuart Siegel
2012
2002
Aby Rosen - President, RFR Holding LLC - Lever House
Cartier - Simon J. Critchell, Chairman and Alain Viot,
President and CEO
2000
Milo Riverso - STV and Jay Badame - Tishman Construction
Carl Weisbrod - President, Alliance for Downtown New York
2011
1999
Chris Ward - The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey
The Joyce Mertz-Gilmore Foundation and the LuEsther T.
Mertz Charitable Trust
2010
Robert Selsam - Boston Properties
1998
Arthur L. Carter - Founder and Publisher, The New York Observer
2009
Tony Goldman - Chairman and CEO of Goldman Properties
2008
Robert Levine - Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and
President, RAL Companies & Affiliates
2007
Hearst Corporation - Victor F. Ganzi, President & Chief
Executive Officer, Frank A. Bennack, Jr., Vice Chairman of
the Board, Gilbert C. Maurer, Trustee & Director
1997
Frank J. Sciame, Jr. - President and Founder, F.J. Sciame
Construction Co., Inc.
1996
Joe Chirico - Owner, Gage & Tollner, The Honorable
Howard Golden - President of the Borough of Brooklyn,
Joseph S. Morgano - Executive Vice President,
Independence Savings Bank
1995
2006
Donald Oresman - Former Chairman, Landmarks Conservancy
James D’Agostino - President and Chief Operations
Officer, Lehrer McGovern Bovis
2005
1992
2004
1988
Norman Frankfurt and Norbert W. Sander, M.D.
Co-founders, Armory Foundation
Paul Crotty - Group President, Verizon Communications
Richard D. Parsons - Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer, The Dime Savings Bank of New York
Barron Hilton - Chairman and CEO, Hilton Hotels Corp.
Celebrating Over 40 Years of Preserving & Protecting New York
The New York Landmarks Conservancy is one of the country’s oldest and
most respected preservation organizations. We are the only group in
New York that provides financial and technical assistance to the owners
of historic properties – the unique mix of homes, businesses, cultural,
religious and social institutions – that distinguishes the City’s glorious
past … and that will shape its future.
We have disbursed grants and low-interest loans of more than $40
million which in turn have mobilized a staggering $1 billion in 1,550
renovation and restoration projects throughout New York, revitalizing
neighborhoods, stimulating the economy and supporting local jobs.
Our Technical Services staff works to meet the growing demand for
preservation expertise and is the “go-to” resource for advice, referrals,
workshops and publications on everything from the new energy code to
sustainability and green design.
Combining advocacy and action, we often lead major campaigns on
important preservation issues and promote sound laws and policies at
the federal, state and local levels. We were part of the statewide coalition that successfully lobbied the legislature to expand commercial and
homeowner historic preservation tax credits. Recently, we have taken a
leadership role in fighting to protect landmark quality buildings around
Grand Central.
Post-Sandy Grants - Police Museum, 100 Old Slip.
While most of our work is with individual homeowners and other nonprofits, our achievements have included such high profile projects as the
Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House, Fraunces Tavern block, Federal
Archive Building, Astor Row, the establishment of the Lower Manhattan
Preservation Fund following the terrorist attacks of September 11th and
emergency grants and technical help to more than two dozen nonprofit
organizations damaged by Hurricane Sandy.
New York’s remarkable history is vividly reflected in its iconic buildings and diverse neighborhoods. Our effort to save the very best of this
great City is a financial catalyst, creates jobs, promotes tourism and
enhances the quality of life for New Yorkers and visitors alike.
To learn more about the Landmarks Conservancy and our mission to
protect New York’s rich architectural legacy, visit nylandmarks.org or
call 212.995.5260.
Speaking out for preservation; Midtown East upzoning.
The New York Landmarks Conservancy
Board of Directors
Advisory Council
Lloyd P. Zuckerberg
Chair
John S. W. Spofford
Vice Chair
J. Russell Triedman
Treasurer
Ronne Fisher
Secretary
Peg Breen
President
Oscar K. Anderson, III
Laurie Beckelman
John Belle, FAIA, RIBA
William L. Bernhard
Kathryn McGraw Berry, AIA
The Rev. Canon George W. Brandt, Jr.
Farran Tozer Brown
Bernadette Castro
Daniel F. Crowley, III
Susan Cullman
Walter L. Deane
Peter Duchin
Stuart P. Feld
Jennifer Franklin, Esq.
Norton Garfinkle
Richard Garvey, Esq.
Robert C. Graham, Jr.
Clark P. Halstead
Margaret Brennan Hassett
Michael A. Jaffe
Susan Henshaw Jones
The Rev. John A. Kamas
Bruce Knecht
Parker Ladd
Stephen S. Lash
Malcolm MacKay
Christine Miller Martin
Craig M. Notte, Esq.
Allison Simmons Prouty, Esq.
Robert C. Quinlan
George Ranalli
Arnold Scaasi
Frances Scaife
Lawrence Sicular
Stuart N. Siegel
Jeanne Sloane
Liz Smith
Samuel G. White, FAIA
Justin Abelow
Michael Braner
James Sharp Brodsky
Joan O. Camins
Pamela Rubin Carter, Esq.
John P. Casaly, Esq.
August J. Ceradini, Jr.
Gus Christensen
Anne Coffin
John P. Darby
Michael K. De Chiara, Esq.
Althea Duersten
Ronne Fisher
Alexa Hampton
Holly Hotchner
Stephen Meringoff
Lise Moran
Erik R. Oken
Virginia R. Parker, CFA
The Rev. Dr. Thomas F. Pike
Jonathan Plotkin
Charles F. Preusse
Marc P. Schappell
Frank J. Sciame, Jr.
Ernest M. von Simson
Elizabeth F. Stribling
Donald G. Tober
Srini Venkateswaran
Sandra Faith Warshawsky
One Whitehall Street
New York, NY 10004
212.995.5260
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