Philanthropist Andrew Carnage built the Carnegie Studio Towers to house a comprehensive Artist Community.

Artists & Citizens Unite! Save Carnegie Artist Studios

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Mayor Bloomberg, New York City Council, Department of Cultural Affairs...

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Artists & and Citizens Unite! Save Carnegie Artists Studios for Generations of Artists to Come.

Save your inheritance -The Carnegie Hall Artist Studios- from being dismantled and destroyed! Join us in rescuing this legendary, historic haven for artists and the arts for generations to come! Protect the legal rights of artist tenants currently living and working in the Artist Studios! Help them keep their homes and studio workspaces! There are 170 artist studios that belong to YOU! Preserve your historic cultural legacy!

Icons of American art and culture have lived, worked and studied in the Artist Studios. Marlon Brando, Leonard Bernstein, Marilyn Monroe, Lucille Ball, Isadora Duncan, Jerome Robbins, George Balanchine and Martha Graham are only a few of the legends that have called the Artists Studios an artistic haven or home. John Leguizamo, John Turturro, Mira Sorvino, David Duchovny, Richard Schiff, and hundreds of others call it their artistic home NOW!

Dear Mayor Bloomberg,

We the undersigned bring to your attention a serious issue threatening New York City and its cultural arts community the Carnegie Hall Corporations planned destruction of The Carnegie Hall Artist Studios. We humbly introduce this matter to you as well as the New York City Council, Department of Cultural Affairs, Assemblyman Sheldon Silver, Senator Joe Bruno, and Governor Elliot Spitzer. We are confident you will each be moved to take strong action to protect Andrew Carnegies original vision for the Carnegie Hall Artist Studios, which was to provide living and working spaces to artists of DIVERSE disciplines so they may flourish and gift New York City and the world with their art and educational contributions to the development of future artists.

We, the undersigned, ask you to:

Investigate the Carnegie Hall Corporations (CHC) wrongful, selective and narrow use of the public trust in its management of Carnegie Hall Artist Studios (formed by an act of the New York State Legislature; Chapter 524, April 14, 1960) regarding its failure to meet its obligation in said legislation to maintain the studios for (educational, recreational and incidental residential purposes and activities for which said hall and properties have HERETOFORE BEEN USED)Specifically when the 170 studios were rented to artists defined by said legislation as those in (music, drama and related, and graphic arts) as has been rented to these artists since the towers were built by Andrew Carnegie specifically for artists over 110 years ago!
Instruct the Carnegie Hall Corporation to abide by the regulations and covenants outlined in the 1960 Master Lease, which mandates the studios be advertised and rented only to artists for a period of at least 60 days, after another artist vacates their studio, and to immediately reinstitute the waiting list and artist application process for rentals.
Examine the Carnegie Hall Corporations warehousing of artist studios as it pertains to the above-mentioned and violates mandated use of studios for (educational, recreational and incidental residential purposes and activities.)
Convene public hearings with the City Council of New York to reexamine the public trust given by the people of New York State to Carnegie Hall Corporation for its management of Carnegie Hall and the Carnegie Hall Artist Studios.
Immediately Stop Carnegie Hall Corporation from evicting 42 artists who are current residents in the Carnegie Hall Artist Studios -- some of whom are master teachers and celebrated artists well into their 80s and 90s, and whom themselves educate thousands of New York City residents. We ask the Mayor to insist that the Carnegie Hall Corporation and its board of trustees adhere to the 1960 state legislation out of legal obligation and a sense of morality.

PLease help us save our beloved Artist Studios
Please help us spread the word!
Please send a letter to Mayor Bloomberg urging him to help
Send this petition to EVERYONE YOU KNOW

Artists & and Citizens Unite! Save Carnegie Artists Studios for Generations of Artists to Come.

Dear Mayor Bloomberg,

We, the undersigned, ask you to:

Investigate the Carnegie Hall Corporations (CHC) wrongful, selective and narrow use of the public trust in its management of Carnegie Hall Artist Studios (formed by an act of the New York State Legislature; Chapter 524, April 14, 1960) regarding its failure to meet its obligation in said legislation to maintain the studios for (educational, recreational and incidental residential purposes and activities for which said hall and properties have HERETOFORE BEEN USED)Specifically when the 170 studios were rented to artists defined by said legislation as those in (music, drama and related, and graphic arts) as has been rented to these artists since the towers were built by Andrew Carnegie specifically for artists over 110 years ago!
Instruct the Carnegie Hall Corporation to abide by the regulations and covenants outlined in the 1960 Master Lease, which mandates the studios be advertised and rented only to artists for a period of at least 60 days, after another artist vacates their studio, and to immediately reinstitute the waiting list and artist application process for rentals.
Examine the Carnegie Hall Corporations warehousing of artist studios as it pertains to the above-mentioned and violates mandated use of studios for (educational, recreational and incidental residential purposes and activities.)
Convene public hearings with the City Council of New York to reexamine the public trust given by the people of New York State to Carnegie Hall Corporation for its management of Carnegie Hall and the Carnegie Hall Artist Studios.
Immediately Stop Carnegie Hall Corporation from evicting 42 artists who are current residents in the Carnegie Hall Artist Studios -- some of whom are master teachers and celebrated artists well into their 80s and 90s, and whom themselves educate thousands of New York City residents. We ask the Mayor to insist that the Carnegie Hall Corporation and its board of trustees adhere to the 1960 state legislation out of legal obligation and a sense of morality.

PLease help us save our beloved Artist Studios
Please help us spread the word!
Please send a letter to Mayor Bloomberg urging him to help
Send this petition to EVERYONE YOU KNOW

Artists, Patrons of the Arts, and Citizens Unite!

Save your inheritance -- The Carnegie Hall Artist Studios - from being dismantled and destroyed! Join us in rescuing this legendary, historic haven for artists and the arts for generations to come! Protect the legal rights of artist tenants currently living and working in the Artist Studios! Help them keep their homes and studio workspaces! There are 170 artist studios that belong to YOU! Preserve your historic cultural legacy!

Icons of American art and culture have lived, worked and studied in the Artist Studios. Marlon Brando, Leonard Bernstein, Marilyn Monroe, Lucille Ball, Isadora Duncan, Jerome Robbins, George Balanchine and Martha Graham are only a few of the legends that have called the Artists Studios an artistic haven or home. John Leguizamo, John Turturro, Mira Sorvino, David Duchovny, Richard Schiff, and hundreds of others call it their artistic home NOW!

Dear Mayor Bloomberg,

We, the undersigned, ask you to:

Investigate the Carnegie Hall Corporation,(CHC) wrongful, selective and narrow use of the public trust in its management of Carnegie Hall Artist Studios (formed by an act of the New York State Legislature; Chapter 524, April 14, 1960) regarding its failure to meet its obligation in said legislation to maintain the studios for -educational, recreational and incidental residential purposes and activities for which said hall and properties have HERETOFORE BEEN USED-. Specifically when the 170 studios were rented to artists defined by said legislation as those in-music, drama and related, and graphic arts- as has been rented to these artists since the towers were built by Andrew Carnegie specifically for artists over 110 years ago!

Instruct the Carnegie Hall Corporation to abide by the regulations and covenants outlined in the 1960 Master Lease, which mandates the studios be advertised and rented only to artists for a period of at least 60 days, after another artist vacates their studio, and to immediately reinstitute the waiting list and artist application process for rentals.

Examine the Carnegie Hall Corporation%u2019s warehousing of over 100 studios as it pertains to the above-mentioned and violates mandated use of studios for educational, recreational and incidental residential purposes and activities for which said hall and properties have HERETOFORE BEEN USED%u201D.

Convene public hearings with the City Council of New York to reexamine the public trust given by the people of New York State to Carnegie Hall Corporation for its management of Carnegie Hall and the Carnegie Hall Artist Studios.

Immediately Stop Carnegie Hall Corporation from evicting 42 artists who are current residents in the Carnegie Hall Artist Studios -- some of whom are master teachers and celebrated artists well into their 80s and 90s, and whom themselves educate thousands of New York City residents. We ask the Mayor to insist that the Carnegie Hall Corporation and its board of trustees adhere to the 1960 state legislation out of legal obligation and a sense of morality.

to learn more about the Artists who live and work in the Studio towers of Carnegie Hall go to: www.carnegieartiststudios.com

Artists and Citizens who have lent their support to help save the Artist Studios of Carnegie Hall from extinction are:

Robert De Niro

Jo Andres

Steve Buscemi

Jordan Baker

Bobby Cannavale

Kristin Chenoweth

Joel Coen

Scott Cohen

Didi Conn

Brian Cox

Willem Dafoe

Blythe Danner
Tyne Daly

Bill DElia

David Duchovny

Suzanne Esper

William Esper

Tovah Feldshuh

Joseph Feury

Frances Fisher

James Gandolfini

Dan Gordon

Lee Grant

Conleth Hill

Ciaran Hinds

Tony Kushner

Henry Jaglom

Anne Jackson

Louise Lasser

Sean Mahon

Ian McShane

David Morse

Jim Norton

Austin Pendleton

Ron Rifkin

Susan Sarandon

Marian Seldes

Mary Testa

Ana Traina

Aida Turturro

Nicholas Turturro

Eli Wallach

Roberta Wallach

We must act NOW to save this irreplaceable National Treasure of legendary and historic artist studios in NYC for generations to come!

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# 1,898:

8:43 am PDT, Oct 11, Jeff Smith, Massachusetts

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12:41 am PDT, Oct 10, Matthew Spoors, United Kingdom
If these are turned to offices, a real jewel of working history will be lost forever.

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8:20 pm PDT, Oct 6, Name not displayed, New Jersey

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8:20 am PDT, Oct 4, Holly Kallman, New York
The commercialization of public intstitutions is a poor precedent to set. Once the creative class flees NYC, so will the monied class.

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12:52 pm PDT, Aug 29, Constance Armellino, New York

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7:33 pm PDT, Aug 25, Susan Halperin, New York
New York will cease to be a cultural center (and thus a magnet for tourism which is a huge driver of business) if artists are unable to afford to live here. Not to mention that there is more to existence than profits and greed. Either way, if artists are forced out of NYC, we all lose. Please do the right thing for all of us and support the creative artists who have dedicated their lives to bringing so much beauty into the world.

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10:23 pm PDT, Aug 18, Jessica Joyce, Canada

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8:46 am PDT, Jul 29, Jerome Landesman, California

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7:50 pm PDT, Jul 24, Bryce Voets-sterling, Canada

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8:53 am PDT, Jul 21, Laurence Béland, Canada
we'll lose past and future.

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4:05 pm PDT, Jul 16, KRISTIN PRINCE, North Carolina
It remains as a place for artists to unleash their creativity, as a fellow artist, Carnegie Hall Artist Studios is an absolute must for the arts community and all others who appreciate the arts.

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2:13 pm PDT, Jul 9, Evie Sands, California

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2:12 pm PDT, Jul 9, Cinnamon Muhlbauer, Washington

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1:20 pm PDT, Jul 9, Mare Meyer, California
As a former Manhattan resident that was forced out financially from living in NYC after all the land grabs and gentrification of NYC in the years after 9-11-2001, I know how important it is for artists to have a place that is affordable to create. Unless you want to do away with artists living and working in Manhattan, I think you should keep these buildings in the manner for which they were created. These are artist studios. Tell the greedy corporate bastards to move on another building and leave the artists alone.

# 1,884:

12:58 pm PDT, Jul 9, Philip Shelley, New York
I no longer want to live in a city where money is the only measure of value. New York City has already lost so much of its cultural spirit. We need to rebuild that legacy, not gut what little of it is left.

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12:51 pm PDT, Jul 9, Clare Glidden, California
This program MUST continue. The thousands of students that learned and were inspired in the Carnegie Artist Studios, and the work of the teachers within its walls is a testimony to what help and encouragement and protection can do. Carnegie's inspired program has been a huge success for decades. What justification is there to destroy it? Greed is what I see may bring about its end.

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11:57 am PDT, Jul 9, Matt Devine, Texas

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12:37 am PDT, Jun 8, Name not displayed, Finland
Save the Arts and artists!

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6:05 pm PDT, May 24, Bob Jude Ferrante, Vermont

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5:31 pm PDT, May 24, Greg Romero, Pennsylvania
Artists are VITAL to the health and imagination of any city. To nurture works of art, we must offer the gift of time and space to create. The Carnegie studios, for this reason, MUST be preserved and continued to be used by artists.

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6:09 pm PDT, Apr 23, Name not displayed, New York

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10:04 am PDT, Apr 21, Selina Schecroun, Virginia

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7:22 am PDT, Apr 18, Jon Corlett, Florida

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5:41 pm PDT, Apr 4, Sabrina Ogando, Florida

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3:40 pm PDT, Apr 2, Shelby Merritt, Florida

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9:16 am PDT, Mar 27, Judy Morris, Massachusetts

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6:17 am PDT, Mar 25, Ruby Lawrence, New York

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9:50 pm PDT, Mar 17, Brother Bernardine, Australia

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2:51 pm PDT, Mar 16, Charles McCarry, New York

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4:11 pm PDT, Mar 14, Trish gray Kupferwasser, New York

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6:43 am PDT, Mar 14, Dee W, New York

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6:41 am PDT, Mar 14, Ronnie K, New York

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8:54 pm PST, Mar 7, SUZANNE Lay, Pennsylvania

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10:14 am PST, Mar 4, D Fryda, New York

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12:06 pm PST, Feb 23, Melanie Archer, California

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2:09 pm PST, Jan 25, Jackie Elaine Cadiente, California

# 1,862:

5:15 am PST, Jan 11, Daniela Stifter, Austria
Such a wonderful institution should remain in the heart of New York!

# 1,861:

6:11 am PST, Jan 4, Dieter Greilich, Germany
Don't let shame come over NewYork by destroying this "Refugium" for contemprary artists!

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12:30 pm PST, Jan 3, Christina Giovenco, Florida
While I do understand the importance of creating a location to encourage and develop the musical arts in these spaces. I think it can be achieved through a process that will allow the current residents to stay until the end of their lives. I feel it would impact these elderly people in ways we can not even imagine to move them at this stage in their life. We must engage our hearts in this matter and stop thinking of fattening our wallets.

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3:09 am PST, Jan 3, Daphna Zekaria, New York

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2:07 am PST, Jan 3, Kimberly Meek, California
This is living history, we are fortunate that people are uniting. Thank you Editta Sherman for your diligence and bravery, and for everyone else making efforts to fight.

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12:10 am PST, Jan 3, Jillian Yewell, Canada

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9:20 am PST, Jan 2, Jennifer Gardner, Florida

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8:32 am PST, Jan 2, Jennifer Dawkins, North Carolina

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3:01 pm PST, Dec 30, Bettie Komar, Illinois

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1:54 pm PST, Dec 30, Zachary Davis, New York

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9:15 am PST, Dec 30, Michelle Komar, Wisconsin

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8:17 am PST, Dec 30, Ben Komar, Illinois

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