Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Districts, founded in 1982, is an independent, not-for-profit membership organization dedicated to preserving the architectural legacy, livability, and sense of place of the Upper East Side.
The Upper East Side of Manhattan, anchored by six historic districts is one of New York City’s best preserved, most stable, most diverse, and most livable neighborhoods. It is also one of the most vulnerable, because its good qualities are exactly what real estate investors and speculators are looking for. They want to put their money where prospective tenants and homeowners want to put theirs. To strike the right balancebetween preservation and renewal is a difficult, full-time job. Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Districts has been doing that job for twenty-five years and we need your help to continue preserving and protecting this world-famous neighborhood.
FRIENDS regularly monitors, attends and testifies before the Community Board, Landmarks Preservation Commission, City Planning Commission, Art Commission and City Council, acting as community advocate to encourage appropriate development on the Upper East Side. FRIENDS also keeps busy educating the public. For our young friends, we teach second and fourth graders a three-part course on learning to appreciate the built environment. For adults, we hold symposia, sponsor walking tours, and annually give awards to individuals for community service and owners of properties and their architects for outstanding preservation projects.
Board of Directors
Anne L. Millard, President
Rita C. Chu, Vice President
David I. Karabell, Vice President
Annie Macrae, Vice President
Gretchen Siebel, Vice President
O. Kelley Anderson, Treasurer
Franny Eberhart, Secretary
Kent L. Barwick
Christina R. Davis
Andrew S. Dolkart
Lionel Goldfrank III
Erin Gray
Huyler C. Held
Thomas Jayne
E. William Judson
Rev. John A. Kamas
Christian K. Keesee
David L. Levinson
Mimi Levitt
Hermes Mallea
Joyce Matz
Alice McGown
Frederic S. Papert
Judith Price
Robert C. Quinlan
Genie Rice
Alexandra Schlesinger
Patricia B. Selch
Andrew P. Steffan
Daniel B. Strickler, Jr.
Patricia F. Sullivan
Margot Wellington
Tara Kelly, Executive Director
