Preservation Volunteer’s Cocktail Party

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2009 Preservation Volunteers and Staff at Evererett Ortner’s Home This summer, Vandenberg sponsored a group of 15 volunteers to come to New York City and join Preservation Volunteers in its 8th year of operations. Founded in 1999 by preservationists Everett Ortner and Dexter Guerrieri, Preservation Volunteers is a non-profit organization that provides volunteers around the […]

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The Couple Who Saved Park Slope

“The Couple Who Saved Park Slope “By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLISPublished: Sunday, April 25, 2004, New York Times Correction AppendedEVELYN AND EVERETT ORTNER are the original gentrifiers, a word whose pejorative connotations seem unfair when applied to people who have dedicated the last 40 years to the welfare of Park Slope the way others invest a lifetime […]

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