July 24th through August 6, 2016, four wonderful volunteers worked at Conference House Park on Staten Island and historical Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn. Their projects included reglazing and restoring windows on the Visitor’s Center at Conference House, as well as headstone balancing and waxing the famous “Angel of Music” sculpture that marks Louis Moreau Gottschalk’s grave at Green-Wood. In addition […]
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A version of this article appeared in print on June 5, 2012, on page A21 of the New York edition with the headline: Remembering a Couple Who Gave Brownstones New Life. From left, Clem Labine, Joseph Sweeney, Susan Stewart, James Marshall and John Casson on the stoop of a brownstone in Park Slope, Brooklyn. […]
Continue reading →Dear Friends, We are profoundly saddened by the death on May 22, 2012 of Everett H. Ortner, noted preservationist and founding chairperson of both the Brownstone Revival Coalition and Preservation Volunteers. For almost fifty years, Everett worked tirelessly to preserve and defend New York’s brownstone neighborhoods. He was our dear friend. After purchasing and restoring […]
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On July 27, 2010 the Preservation Volunteers were featured in a story on NY1! A news crew taped them at the Green-Wood Cemetery as they scrubbed, washed and polished the statue of Minerva, the Goddess of War. Click here to view the NY! story and watch the video clip! They were also featured on the […]
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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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