Andrew Scott Dolkart is the James Marston Fitch Associate Professor of Historic Preservation at the Columbia University

Columbia University

Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...

 Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation

Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation

The Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at Columbia University in New York City, also known simply as GSAPP, is regarded as one of the most important and prestigious architecture schools in the world...

 (GSAPP) and Director of the school's Historic Preservation Program. Professor Dolkart is an authority on the preservation

Historic preservation

Historic preservation is an endeavor that seeks to preserve, conserve and protect buildings, objects, landscapes or other artifacts of historical significance...

 of historically significant architecture and an expert in the architecture and development of New York City

New York City

New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

. He was recently described as someone who is "without peer among New York's architectural researchers" by architectural critic Francis Morrone

Francis Morrone

Francis Morrone is an American architectural historian noted for his work on the built history of New York City.Morrone's essays on architecture have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, City Journal, American Arts Quarterly, the New Criterion and the New York Times. He was a columnist for the New...

 and he has written extensively on this topic. Before joining the faculty at Columbia he held a position at the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission

New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission

The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission is the New York City agency charged with administering the city's Landmarks Preservation Law. The Commission was created in April 1965 by Mayor Robert F. Wagner following the destruction of Pennsylvania Station the previous year to make way for...

 and worked as a consultant. Dolkart is a popular lecturer and walking tour guide.

Dolkart holds a BA from Colgate University

Colgate University

Colgate University is a private liberal arts college in Hamilton, New York, USA. The school was founded in 1819 as a Baptist seminary and later became non-denominational. It is named for the Colgate family who greatly contributed to the university's endowment in the 19th century.Colgate has 52...

 (1973) and an MS in Historic Preservation from Columbia University

Columbia University

Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...

 (1977).

Historic Preservation

In an interview with the Columbia Spectator Dolkart recalled that he first became interested in Historic Preservation in his first year of doctoral studies in Art History. Dolkart has had a continuous presence in the preservation field in New York since he graduated from the Historic Preservation program at Columbia in 1977. He has authored many of the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission's reports and served as an editor for the first three editions of the Guide to New York City Landmarks.
In 2008 he was named Director of the program in Historic Preservation at Columbia University, a position previously held by James Marston Fitch

James Marston Fitch

James Marston Fitch was an architect and a Preservationist, one of the founders of the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at Columbia University in 1964. He was a member of the faculty there from 1954 to 1977, and received an honorary Litt.D. in 1980...

 (1964–1977), Robert A.M. Stern, and Paul Spencer Byard

Paul Byard

Paul Byard was a lawyer and an architect. He was born in New York into an educationally successful family. His father was a lawyer and his mother was a teacher of English at Columbia University...

 (1998–2008). In 2009 he was awarded tenure, becoming the second tenured Director in the history of the Historic Preservation program.

Prizes and Awards

• New York City Book Awards, Architectural History Award for "The Row House Reborn," 2010.
• Victorian Society in America, Metropolitan Chapter, Architectural History Award for "The Row House Reborn," 2010.
• New York City Book Awards, Cultural History Award for "Biography of a Tenement House in New York City," 2007.
• Metropolitan Chapter of the Victorian Society in America. Special Citation for "Biography of a Tenement House in New York City," 2007.
• Historic District Council, Grass Roots Preservation Award. Awarded for advocacy in the preservation of the Thomson Meter Company Building, Brooklyn. 2004.
• Lower Hudson Conference of Historical Agencies and Museums. Award for Excellence in archival-based scholarship, 2002, for "Central Synagogue in Its Changing Neighborhood."
• Victorian Society in America New York Chapter. Award for contributions to the preservation of New York’s Victorian built environment, 1999.
• Winner, Association of American Publishers's 1998 Award for Excellence in Professional/Scholarly Publishing, Best Book in Architecture and Urban Planning for "Morningside Heights: A History of its Architecture and Development."

Selected publications

• The Row House Reborn: Architecture and Neighborhoods in New York City, 1908-1929 (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009).
• Biography of a Tenement House in New York City: An Architectural History of 97 Orchard Street (University of Virginian Press, 2006).
• Morningside Heights: A History of Its Architecture and Development (Columbia University Press, 1998).
• Guide to New York City Landmarks (1992; expanded and updated, John Wiley, 1998, 2003)

Full List of Publications

• The Row House Reborn: Architecture and Neighborhoods in New York City, 1908-1929 (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009).
• Biography of a Tenement House in New York City: An Architectural History of 97 Orchard Street (University of Virginian Press, 2006).
• "Millionaires Elysiums: The Luxury Apartment Hotels of Schultze & Weaver," Journal of Decorative and Propaganda Arts (forthcoming spring 2005).
• The Carnegie Mansion and the Cooper-Hewitt Museum: The History of a House (Scala/Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, 2002).
• Central Synagogue In Its Changing Neighborhood (Central Synagogue, 2002).
• Touring Lower Manhattan: Three Walks in New York’s Historic Downtown (New York Landmarks Conservancy
  New York Landmarks Conservancy
  The New York Landmarks Conservancy is a non-profit organization "dedicated to preserving, revitalizing, and reusing New York’s architecturally significant buildings." It provides technical assistance, project management services, grants, and loans, to owners of historic properties in New York State...
  
  , 2000).
• Morningside Heights: A History of Its Architecture and Development (Columbia University Press, 1998).
• Guide to New York City Landmarks (1992; expanded and updated, John Wiley, 1998, 2003)
• Touring Historic Harlem: Four Walks in Northern Manhattan (New York Landmarks Conservancy, 1997).
• Gramercy: Its Architectural Surroundings (Gramercy Neighborhood Associates, 1996).
• The Dictionary of Art (London: Macmillan, 1996); major entry on the development of New York City and entries on seven architects.
• New Architecture in Brooklyn, 1985-1995 (Rotunda Gallery, 1995).
• Touring the Upper East Side: Walks in Five Historic Districts (New York Landmarks Conservancy
  New York Landmarks Conservancy
  The New York Landmarks Conservancy is a non-profit organization "dedicated to preserving, revitalizing, and reusing New York’s architecturally significant buildings." It provides technical assistance, project management services, grants, and loans, to owners of historic properties in New York State...
  
  , 1995).
• George & Edward Blum: Texture and Design in New York Apartment Buildings, with Susan Tunick (Friends of Terra Cotta, 1993).
• "Homes for People: Non-Profit Cooperatives in New York, 1916-1929," SITES (May 1989); reprinted Cooperative Housing Journal (1993).
• Forging a Metropolis: Walking Tours of Lower Manhattan Architecture (Whitney Museum of American Art, 1990).
• This is Brooklyn: A Guide to Brooklyn's Historic Districts and Landmarks (Fund for the Borough of Brooklyn, 1990).
• The Texture of Tribeca (Tribeca Community Association, 1989).
• Downtown Brooklyn Walking Tours (Fund for the Borough of Brooklyn, 1989).
• Living the Dream: City and Suburban's York Avenue Estate (Coalition to Save City and Suburban Homes, 1988).
• "Hudson View Gardens: A Home in the City," SITES (May 1988).
• Lower Manhattan Architectural Survey (Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, 1987).