Community Organizations

Founded in 1889, the Educational Alliance is a not-for-profit, community-based organization which operates almost 20 locations throughout Lower Manhattan. Each year, the Alliance provides over 50,000 New Yorkers with a diverse series of programs focused on education, arts, wellness, and social services.

To further its mission and improve the overall functionality of its multi-use facility, the Alliance sought to renovate and expand its historic flagship building on the Lower East Side. Upgrades addressed the early childhood classrooms, teen and senior centers, kitchen and administrative offices. The program also included a new glass-enclosed rooftop addition for event space and a state-of-the-art health and fitness center.

Since its opening nearly a century ago, the Westport Weston Family YMCA has served as a vital social service institution and community resource.  With over 3,300 active memberships, the organization offers a rich and diverse series of youth, adult and senior programs.

The Family YMCA embarked on a plan to relocate from downtown Westport to a new building on their existing 32-acre property at Camp Mahackeno Outdoor Center.  The Phase I 54,000 square foot facility features a state-of-the-art fitness and wellness center, aquatics center with a ten-lane competition pool and warm water family teaching/therapeutic pool, multi-purpose gym, exercise studios, locker rooms, administrative offices, and other supporting amenities.  The Robert A.M. Stern design carefully integrates the building into its surrounding natural site, which includes woodlands, trails and open space areas. To improve access to the facility, the project also involved the reconfiguration of the highway exit ramp and new parking facilities.

Established in 1847 to promote the advancement of art and literature, The Century is a club comprised of over two thousand authors, artists and amateurs of letters and fine arts.  The Century is a quintessentially New York place.  The institution’s landmarked building was originally designed by renowned architects, McKim, Mead & White.

The Century engaged Zubatkin to oversee their major rooftop expansion project, which added a full floor and outdoor terrace area to the building.  The project scope also included various infrastructure improvements and upgrades to the archival support facilities.

The Council on Foreign Relations is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank and publisher.  Founded in 1921, the institution is dedicated to increasing America’s understanding of the world and contributing ideas to U.S. foreign policy.

The Council on Foreign Relations embarked on a major renovation and expansion of its New York headquarters, located in the landmarked Harold Pratt House on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.  The program involved the reorganization of its interconnected campus of five historic buildings to improve the circulation and functional use of space.  The project also featured the creation of a state-of-the-art conferencing facility with video-conferencing capabilities that link the Council on Foreign Relation’s headquarters with collaborators across the globe. The facility hosts over 250 events annually, ranging from panel discussions and lectures to town hall meetings and film screenings.