May 16th 2021

The Save Riverside Newsletter

Save Riverside to Receive A 2021 Historic Districts Council 

Grassroots Preservation Award on May 19th!

Peter Green, Joseph Amodio, and

Matthew Spady 

...will discuss The Upper Riverside Residents Alliance’s campaign to Landmark 857 Riverside Drive. They will provide a history of the endangered two-story wood-frame house at Riverside Drive and West 159th Street, and explain why the house is believed to have been a stop on the Underground Railroad. 

 

    "The Historic Districts Council (HDC) is the advocate for all of New York City’s historic neighborhoods. Our

mission is to ensure the preservation of significant historic neighborhoods, buildings and public spaces in New York City, uphold the integrity of New York City’s Landmarks Law, and further the preservation ethic. Each year HDC’s friends gather at our annual Grassroots Preservation Awards event to celebrate those who have worked tirelessly for their neighborhoods. This year’s Grassroots Award recipients work on the ground, in public service, in communities and online to bring attention and resources to saving the heart and soul of New York City."

Historic Districts Council

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WATCH THE JANE'S WALK "FERRY TO FREEDOM"

NOW ON OUR OWN YouTube CHANNEL!

Join SaveRiverside for

Jane’s Walk NYC 2021

FERRY TO FREEDOM

The Abolitionists of

Washington Heights

with Save Riverside Board Members

Matthew Spady, author and historian,

and Joseph V. Amodio, journalist

Missed it live? You can see the entire virtual tour on Save Riverside's YouTube channel!

Step back in time with local historian Matthew Spady and journalist Joseph Amodio as they bring the Underground Railroad (UGRR) to life, in this virtual Jane’s Walk that will reveal the people, places, and history of a little-known colony of abolitionists who helped develop Washington Heights. “Walk” with them from the Hudson (site of a sugar refinery and ferry run by a documented agent of the UGRR) to uptown’s only abolitionist church to the home at 857 Riverside Drive, the last remnant of this colony still standing—and threatened today with demolition.

ABOUT THE TOUR GUIDES  Local historian Matthew Spady, is the author ofThe Neighborhood Manhattan Forgot and the Families Who Shaped it (Fordham University Press/Empire Editions, 2020), and creator of the virtual walking tour AudubonParkNY.com.LINK  Joseph Amodio is a New York-based Journalist, historian and the author

of the 36 page history of the Harris-Newhouse Home LINK. 

                                                    

Watch the Video

DON'T FORGET! - HERE IS WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP SAVE

857 RSD AND EXPAND THE AUDUBON PARK HISTORIC DISTRICT!

 

  • WRITE to City Hall and the Landmarks Commission. You can print out a model letter here LINK with instructions on where to send it, and more details that you can use to personalize it. Printed letters are many times more effective than emails, it turns out.
  • SHARE our flyer with your friends and networks. The more people who write and show support for saving 857 Riverside Drive, the stronger our case is, and the harder it is for the City to ignore us.
  • SIGN our NEW updated petition to expand the Audubon Park Historic District (which includes 857 RSD). LINK
  • VOLUNTEER - We need people who can sign up to organize their building or their block to support us!
  • DONATE to our cause - we need money to support our outreach, pay for professionals who are assisting us in our fight. Donations are tax deductible and can be made through the Historic Districts Council at this LINK  (Be sure to mention that you are donating for Save Riverside).

 

      Contact us at info@saveriverside.org

Visit our website SaveRiverside.org to learn more and find out what else you can do to help! 

 

Email: info@saveriverside.org

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