Closing Bell: Vote to Preserve NYC Historic Places

Today, Partners in Preservation, a community-based program provding preservation grants for local historic places, announced 40 historic NYC places in the running to have their grant requests fulfilled. American Express and the National Trust for Historic Preservation fund the program, which awards grants to landmarks in different cities every year. $3 million of funding will go towards the four project that receive the most votes from the public. Then a special advisory committee will review the public’s votes along with each site’s monetary needs to determine how the rest of the $3 million will be awarded. Now all you have to do is vote! The options in Brooklyn include the Brooklyn Public Library, the Tug Pegasus & Waterfront Museum Barge, Coney Island B&B Carousell (pictured), and the Brown Memorial Baptist Church. Check out the website for the list of all the worthy restoration projects. Voting lasts until May 21st. The popular vote winners will be announced on May 22 and the final list of grant recipients will be announced shortly after.