ST BARTHOLOMEWS CONSERVANCY INC
485 MADISON AVENUE 7TH FLOOR, NEW YORK, NY 10022 stbconservancy.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S CONSERVANCY, INC., AN INDEPENDENT, 501(C) (3) NONPROFIT CORPORATION, WORKS TO RESTORE AND PRESERVE THE HISTORIC CHARACTER AND ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE LANDMARK ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S SITE (CHURCH, COMMUNITY HOUSE AND GARDENS) IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK. ITS MISSION IS TO RAISE FUNDS NECESSARY TO RESTORE, PRESERVE AND MAINTAIN THE BUILDING EXTERIORS AND GARDENS OF THE ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S SITE AS A GIFT TO THE CITY AND TO THE NATION, AND IN SO DOING, TO BROADEN PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT.

THE CONSERVANCY RAISES FUNDS FOR THE EXTERIOR RESTORATION AND PRESERVATION OF THE ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S SITE.

THE CONSERVANCY'S MISSION IS TO RAISE FUNDS FOR RESTORATION AND PRESERVATION OF THE EXTERIORS AND GARDENS OF ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S CHURCH SITE AND BY SO DOING, TO BROADEN PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE IMPORTANCE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION. IN 2019 THE CONSERVANCY RAISED $334,359 (AFTER RELEASE OF DONOR RESTRICTED FUNDS) TOWARDS ITS MISSION. ADDITIONALLY, THE SECOND INSTALLMENT OF $50,000 WAS RECEIVED FROM A DONOR IN FEBRUARY FOR YEAR TWO OF THE SIX-YEAR GRANT. THESE FUNDS WILL GO TOWARDS RESTORATION OF THE CHURCH'S NORTH FACADE.GRANTS TOTALING $102,403 WERE PAID TO THE CHURCH FOR PHASE II OF THE INSTALLATION OF THE LIGHTING DESIGNED FOR THE RECENTLY RESTORED ICONIC DOME'S SPHERICAL SURFACE, MOUNTING LIGHTING FIXTURES ONSITE RATHER THAN ON ADJACENT BUILDINGS; AVOIDING UNWANTED LIGHT SPILLAGE ONTO ADJACENT BUILDINGS, AND COMPLYING WITH NEW YORK CITY'S DARK SKIES INITIATIVE. (PHASE III IS CONTINUING IN 2020.) WITH FUNDS FROM THE FRENCH HERITAGE SOCIETY, A GRANT OF $15,000 WAS PAID IN 2019 TO COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY FOR ITS GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, PLANNING AND PRESERVATION / HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROGRAM (GSAPP) IN SUPPORT OF THE PURCHASE OF A FARO FOCUS LASER SCANNER FOR THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY. THIS COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PROJECT IS AN ONGOING PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S CONSERVANCY AND GSAPP. DURING THE SPRING OF 2019, GSAPP'S INVESTIGATIVE TECHNIQUES CLASS MADE SEVERAL SITE VISITS TO ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S CHURCH FOR CONTINUED STUDY OF THE CELEBRATED STANFORD WHITE TRIPLE PORTAL. THE PORTAL IS A SIGNIFICANT WORK OF ART AS PART OF THIS NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK AND AN IMPORTANT TREASURE FOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK. PARAMOUNT TO THE SUCCESSFUL RESTORATION OF THE PORTAL IS THE IN-DEPTH INVESTIGATION REQUIRED TO PROPERLY ASSESS THE CONDITIONS AND MAKE APPROPRIATE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ITS TREATMENT.IN 2019 THE FOCUS WAS ON NONDESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION (NDE) TECHNIQUES OF GROUND PENETRATING RADAR (GPR) AND ULTRASOUND PULSE VELOCITY. THESE TECHNIQUES WERE RECOMMENDED BY THE PRIOR GSAPP CLASS THAT RECORDED SURFACE CONDITIONS OF THE FRONT PORTICO MARBLE, TO DETERMINE IF NDE COULD PROVIDE INFORMATION ON ITS SUBSURFACE CONDITIONS. GPR WAS ABLE TO DETECT POSSIBLE REPAIR PINS WITHIN THE COLUMNS, AND ULTRASOUND COULD DISCERN DIFFERENCES BETWEEN DAMAGED AND UNDAMAGED AREAS. THESE TECHNIQUES WILL BE EMPLOYED MORE METHODICALLY ON ALL COLUMNS TO DOCUMENT THE SUBSURFACE ANOMALIES AND HELP DETERMINE A CONSERVATION APPROACH. CLEANING TESTING WAS ALSO UNDERTAKEN ON THE LIMESTONE WITH PARTICULAR ATTENTION GIVEN TO THE GREEN BIOLOGICAL GROWTH ON THE LIMESTONE PLINTHS, ATMOSPHERIC SOILING ON THE STATUES, AND THE GYPSUM CRUST ON THE COLUMN CAPITALS. FURTHER TESTING IS REQUIRED, BUT PROMISING RESULTS ON THE GYPSUM CRUST WERE ATTAINED FROM THE INITIAL STUDY. (THE UPDATED BUILDING DIAGNOSTICS AND CONDITIONS SURVEY CAN BE FOUND ON THE CONSERVANCY'S WEBSITE WWW.STBCONSERVANCY.ORG UNDER THE TABS THE LANDMARK SITE / ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S CHURCH AND COMMUNITY HOUSE.)IN NOVEMBER 2019, ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S CONSERVANCY BOARD PRESIDENT, CAROLE BAILEY FRENCH, WAS HONORED BY THE NEW YORK LANDMARKS CONSERVANCY AS A 2019 LIVING LANDMARK IN RECOGNITION FOR HER DEDICATION TO THE RESTORATION OF THE BELOVED ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S CHURCH AND ALL SHE HAS DONE FOR NEW YORK CITY. AS PRESIDENT, MRS. FRENCH HAD PREVIOUSLY ACCEPTED THE LUCY G. MOSES AWARD ON BEHALF OF THE ORGANIZATION FOR THE OUTSTANDING RESTORATION OF THE SPECTACULAR DOME THAT TOPS THE HISTORIC CHURCH, ONE-THIRD OF THE COST OF WHICH WAS RAISED BY ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S CONSERVANCY.THE CONSERVANCY UNDERTOOK INTENSIVE PLANNING OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR TO PRODUCE A MAJOR GALA CONCERT WITH THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA. THE JFM GROUP, A 35-YEAR OLD EVENT PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT FIRM, WAS HIRED IN OCTOBER 2019 TO WORK WITH THE CONSERVANCY. THE EVENT WILL CENTER ON THE INTERNATIONAL ORGAN REPERTOIRE AND WILL BE HELD AT ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S CHURCH. [ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 2020, IT HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO JUNE 2021 DUE TO COVID-19.]THE EVENT WILL RAISE FUNDS FOR RESTORATION OF THE CHURCH EXTERIOR AND LIKEWISE TO PROTECT THE LARGEST PIPE ORGAN IN NEW YORK CITY WITH 12,422 PIPES. WHILE THE WORLD REMEMBERS LEOPOLD STOKOWSKI AS THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA'S LONGTIME CONDUCTOR, HE BEGAN HIS AMERICAN CAREER AS THE ORGANIST AND CHOIR DIRECTOR AT ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S. PLEASE SEE BELOW.THE PRINCIPAL PURPOSE OF BOTH THE DOME LIGHTING PROJECT AND THE GALA CONCERT IS TO RAISE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE MANY EXTERIOR RESTORATION NEEDS OF THE ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S SITE.

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