About this Webinar:

The annual Grassroots Preservation Awards presented by the Historic Districts Council honors advocated of preservation from all over New York City and this year, Untapped New York is a recipient! Untapped New York Insiders can help us celebrate by attending the virtual award ceremony for free. At the event, HDC Executive Director Simeon Bankoff will introduce Untapped New York Insider Justin Rivers, who will discuss the various preservation efforts Untapped New York has been a part of including the S.S. Columbia Project, Partners in Preservation with Amex , the TWA Flight Terminal/Hotel with Port Authority, the Coalition to Save Penn Station Powerhouse and the abandoned Ellis Island hospital complex.

The Walentyna & Aleksander Janta-Polczynski House Coalition will also be honored at the ceremony. The Coalition is comprised of several groups that came together for the common goal of Landmarking the Walentyna & Aleksander Janta-Polczynski house and highlighting the brave and honorable work of Walentyna & Aleksander Janta-Polczynski. . The groups will discuss how Walentyna was pivotal in revealing Nazi atrocities to the world and how Walentyna and Aleksander’s home in Elmhurst, Queens became a safe haven for Polish émigré elite in the United States.