 Place Matters Empire Roller Rink, Birthplace of Roller Disco, archived by Place Matters In 1988, City Lore established the “Endangered Spaces” project to  advocate for local establishments and landmarks that were disappearing from the New York City landscape. In 1996, City Lore joined a new Task Force on Historical and Cultural Landmarks run by Ned Kaufman at the Municipal Art Society(MAS) and sponsored the conference “History Happened Here” at the Museum of the City of New York in 1998. Two years later, Place Matters was formally established by Ned Kaufman, Steve Zeitlin, and Marci Reaven, with Laura Hansen as the director. Based at City Lore, Place Matters aims to broaden the ways that preservation is understood and practiced by offering alternative ways of identifying, interpreting, celebrating, and ultimately protecting places that matter.
<meaning-changed>  Place Matters Empire Roller Rink, Birthplace of Roller Disco, archived by Place Matters In 1988, City Lore established the “Endangered Spaces” project to  advocate for local establishments and landmarks that were disappearing from the New York City landscape. In 1996, City Lore joined a new Task Force on Historical and Cultural Landmarks run by Ned Kaufman at the Municipal Art Society(MAS) and sponsored the conference “History Happened Here” at the Museum of the City of New York in 1998. Two years later, Place Matters was formally established by Ned Kaufman, Steve Zeitlin, and Marci Reaven, with Laura Hansen as the director. Based at City Lore, Place Matters aims to broaden the ways that preservation is understood and practiced by offering alternative ways of identifying, interpreting, celebrating, and ultimately protecting places that matter.
 Place Matters Empire Roller Rink, Birthplace of Roller Disco, archived by Place Matters In 1988, City Lore established the “Endangered Spaces” project to advocate for local landmarks through the Place Matters program in collaboration with Municipal Arts Society. There have been over 650 nominations from the public, including parks, historic sites, public art, beer gardens, industrial sites, and stores.