New York’s historical industrial buildings are one of the city’s greatest resources. Manufacturing spaces and factories with their open floor plans and sturdy construction are highly adaptable to varied uses. This program will focus on industrial retention and adaptive reuse as a means of preserving industrial buildings, illustrated with imaginative projects from near and far. Among the projects is the Austin, Nichols & Co. warehouse, currently undergoing a tax-certified rehabilitation. Introduction: Ward Dennis, associate, Higgins Quasebarth & Partners; Moderator: Mary Habstritt, president, Society for Industrial Archaeology; Panel: Norma Barbacci, program director for Latin America, Spain and Portugal, World Monuments Fund; Andrew Kimball, president and chief operating officer, Brooklyn Navy Yard; Lisa Kersavage, director of advocacy and policy, Municipal Art Society; and Robert Powers, president, Powers & Co., Inc., preservation consultant for Austin Nichols Warehouse.