Black in Historic Preservation highlights the contributions of Black people to Historic preservation, in the present and the past. It also provides a resource to the history and historic preservation fields, and allied careers through the Job Board and most recently, with the inaugural Black in Historic Preservation Grant Fund.

In this period of my career in 2015 and beyond, I observed first hand how we, architects, historians, and historic preservationists can craft a narrative in support of or against the landmark nomination of a building or site with the data we observe about it.

Is it the ethical duty of architects, historians, historic preservationists, journalists, communications teams, teachers to (un)redact the facts of historical narratives to tell a fuller history…

What goes bump in the night and will come back to haunt you if it is not protected? Perhaps, your favorite landmarked building? More on that later, stay tuned … But first, the highlights of the second NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission meeting of 2021 on Jan. 12, 2021!