In 1894 Riverdalian William E. Dodge met with his neighbors at the Riverdale Library to brainstorm ways to stop the destruction of the...

The Riverdale Nature Preservancy is available as a resource to elected officials as well as residents. In 2021, the NYC City Council...

The Preservancy's mission includes an effort to educate the local community on issues of preservation and ecology in our local area. 2015...

LG Electronics seeks to build a new headquarters building in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. As designed, the new building is expected to...

Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) 2006 Putting the Park Back in Parkway A Proposal for Greenway and Landscape Recommendations...

The overpass project – a case study of community action When the NYC DOT planned to fortify the parkway’s ornamental bridges according to...

In 2017, Preservancy and SHPO will work to advance the application to list the Henry Hudson Parkway in the National Register of Historic...

A comprehensive plan for the parkway – The Scenic Byway effort The Scenic Byway initiative was spearheaded by the Riverdale Nature...

Parkways and Conservation: The Legacy of Riverdalians in preserving both sides of the Hudson is an account of how George C. Perkins and...

Please note: Research continues on this topic. Updates since the writing of this post, preserved for our archives, are available below...

In January 2015, the Preservancy asked the Community Board, "what is the value of a SNAD if a property can be stripped of its glorious ...

Battery to Battery The Hudson River Valley Greenway will stretch from Battery Park City in NYC to Battery Park in Troy, NY. In the Bronx,...

A 2010 proposal to develop three new houses in Fieldston, on the periphery of Indian Pond, was the most significant new addition to the ...

In December 2014, SAR submitted application N150210ZAX to the City Planning Commission for authorizations under the SNAD for changes to ...

This year our community has achieved a vital success - we have won major changes to a proposal that defied our zoning and community...

How will ZQA and MIH affect our community? In approving ZQA, the City Council made it possible to build long-term care facilities in New...

Introduction The NYC Dept. of Parks and Recreation (DPR), in January 1999, recommended a pedestrian and bicycle path through Riverdale...

Introduction The Empire Connection was an effort in the early 2000s by a private developer, Conjunction LLC, to connect the upstate and...

Topics: Movement to restore the park in Henry Hudson Parkway, Riverdale's Roots, Annual Meeting Held in October, Henry Hudson Parkway...

Topics: Naturalist Corner- Composting, Greenway Updates, Zoning for Preservation, Riverdale's Roots, Chapel Farm, Riverdale Metro-North...