White Plains, NY - Throughout Westchester, a rampant trend toward tearing down historic houses is dramatically altering the character of neighborhoods, particularly as they are replaced with substantially larger ones. How can we preserve the character of our communities?

The conference will be held Thursday Nov. 20, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Rye Free Reading Room, 1061 Boston Post Road. The conference is free and open to the public, but registration is requested. To  register, call the Westchester County Historical Society, 592-4323 or e-mail This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it .

The keynote speaker will be Adrian Scott Fine, director of the Northeast Field Office of the National Trust for Historic Preservation and co-author of Protecting America's Historic Neighborhoods: Taming the Teardown Trend. Julian Adams of the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation will also speak. As community liaison, he assists municipalities across the state with preservation issues. Tom Andersen, acting executive director of the Westchester Land Trust, will speak on the use of conservation easements to protect parcels from development.

The teardown issue affects everyone concerned about community character. Westchester residents, elected officials, architects, planners, preservationists, historic homeowners, members of preservation, land use, and planning and zoning boards and local historians should find the conference of particular interest.  Three state  Continuing Education credits will be offered for Planning and Zoning Board members.

The conference is sponsored by the Westchester County Department of Planning, Westchester County Historic Preservation Advisory Committee, Westchester County Historical Society, Westchester Municipal Planning Federation, and the Rye Landmarks Advisory Committee.

Comments (0)

Name

Email

Comment

Write the displayed characters

Add Comment