Andrew Berman - Summer Staff Picks

Here's The Thing with Alec Baldwin

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🗓️ 22 August 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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It’s time for the final episode in our Summer Staff Picks series, highlighting favorite conversations from the Here’s The Thing archives. This week, we revisit Alec Baldwin’s conversation with Andrew Berman. He has been called one of the most powerful people in New York real estate, but not because he's a deep-pocketed developer. Berman is the Executive Director of Village Preservation, where he advocates for the protection and conservation of historically important buildings and sites in Greenwich Village, the East Village and NoHo, including the cultural touchstone The Stonewall Inn. Alec first spoke with Berman in 2015 regarding his background and what led him to this field, how the changing zoning laws affect his work, and his wish for the city’s future. Berman joined Alec again earlier this summer for an update on his work since last they spoke, including the recent wins that Village Preservation has achieved, the ways the city has changed since covid and the challenges involved in solving the city’s affordable housing crisis.

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0:00.0	Yo, it's Baratunde, and I'm back with a fourth season of my podcast, How To Citizen.
0:06.4	We're focused now on how to create a dope culture of democracy.
0:10.7	To help, we got people like Coach Steve Kerr.
0:13.6	Connection between people is really powerful for sure.
0:17.3	And sci-fi writer and activist Adrian Marie Brown.
0:20.6	Eventually, you recognize that what we're trying to shift is culture.
0:24.3	I promise, it's the freshest take on civics you've ever heard.
0:28.4	Join us.
0:30.7	Listen to How To Citizen with Baratunde on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcast,
0:35.6	or wherever you get your podcast.
0:42.5	This is Alec Baldwin, and you're listening to Here's the Thing from iHeartRadio.
0:48.7	Over the last few weeks, you've heard from some of our staff as they showcase their favorite episodes from our archives.
0:56.4	Now it's time to hear mine.
0:58.9	Since conservation and the enduring character of New York are topics close to my heart,
1:05.1	I wanted to share with you an episode with someone fighting the good fight, Andrew Burman.
1:10.7	Burman is the executive director of Village Preservation,
1:14.2	a non-profit that works to document, celebrate, and preserve historical and significant buildings in downtown New York.
1:23.0	Named one of the 100 most powerful people in real estate by the New York Observer,
1:28.7	Burman is a lifelong New Yorker whose work led the charge against development plans by NYU
1:35.3	and Donald Trump and secured landmark protection for over 1,000 buildings.
1:42.1	We'll have an update with Andrew Burman later in this episode.
1:46.4	We began my 2015 conversation with Andrew Burman discussing the one that got away,
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