12/12/2024
We are very proud to announce the nominees for the 2025 GANYC Apple Awards! More details about the ceremony coming soon.
Outstanding Achievement in Support of NYC Culture:
-Nicholas Heller () for lifting the profile of the local New York experience and continuing support of NYC businesses
-Poster House
-The Public Theatre
-The Cathedral of St. John the Divine
Outstanding Achievement in Support of NYC Preservation:
-NYC Trans Oral History Project
-Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Memorial
-Abolitionist Heritage Center, founded by Friends of Abolitionist Place
-LPC Commissioner Michael Devonshire
Outstanding Achievement in Support of NYC Tourism:
-Times Square Alliance for their continued work
-Macy’s for their giant welcoming events such as the fireworks, Thanksgiving Day Parade, and Santaland
-Asad Dandia for his work with NYC Narratives, teaching kids in schools how to start tour business, bringing tour to underprivileged groups and new groups, and telling untold Arab history
-Rockefeller Center for their many free public events and programming, from Olympics viewing parties to the Rockefeller Tree
Outstanding NYC Website:
-Secret NYC (https://secretnyc.co/)
-TheLocavore.com
-NYCforfree.com
-Atlas Obscura
Outstanding Achievement in NYC Social Media:
-Shiloh in the City ()
-John Friia ()
-Maureen Steinert ()
-Thomas Silk ()
-Brian Lee and Jae Kicho ()
Outstanding Achievement in NYC Photography:
-Lawrence Henderson, African Burial Ground (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10161446310919855&set=pb.661009854.-2207520000)
-James and Karla Murray, Great Bars of New York City (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/761768/great-bars-of-new-york-city-by-james-and-karla-murray-dan-q-dao/)
-James Maher, Glass City: https://jamesmaherphotography.com/urbanism/what-is-glass-city/
-Stanley O'Connor/Isle of New York Tours, Astor Place Barbershop (https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10230154171390481&set=pb.1599489206.-2207520000&type=3)
Outstanding Achievement in NYC Radio Program or Podcast (Audio/Spoken Word):
-Untapped New York (multiple hosts)
-99% Invisible's Power Broker interview series (Roman Mars, host)
-Most Marvelous NYC (Megan Marod and Jonathan Turer)
-Empire City: The Untold Origin Story of the NYPD (Chenjerai Kumanyika, host)
Outstanding Achievement in Book Writing (Non-Fiction):
-All the Beauty in the World The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me, by Patrick Bringley
-The New York Game: Baseball and the Rise of a New City, by Kevin Baker
-Paradise Bronx: The Life And Times Of New York's Greatest Borough, by Ian Frazier
-The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized Crime Boss, by Margalit Fox
-Language City: The Fight to Preserve Endangered Mother Tongues in New York, by Ross Perlin
Outstanding Achievement in Essay/Article/Series Writing:
-Erica Brosnan/NY1 for their ongoing coverage of congestion pricing
-Tim Lisante/Chalkbeat: “I oversaw education at Rikers. Here’s how we can better support court-involved youth.” (https://www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2024/09/27/at-rikers-and-beyond-court-involved-youth-need-supports-education-not-confinement/)
-Kim Velsey/Curbed: “What Superfund?” (https://12ft.io/https://www.curbed.com/article/gowanus-toxic-vapors-pollution-superfund-luxury-real-estate.html)
-Eric Lach/New Yorker: “The Luxury Office Development That Became a Horrific Migrant Shelter” (https://12ft.io/https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-local-correspondents/the-luxury-office-development-that-became-a-horrific-migrant-shelter)
Outstanding Achievement in NYC Food:
-Barbetta Restaurant
-Pete’s Tavern (celebrating 160 years)
-Neir’s Tavern (celebrating 195 years)
-Lee Lee’s Bakery
Outstanding NYC Museum Exhibitions:
-The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism, Metropolitan Museum of Art
-JIMMY! God's Black Revolutionary Mouth, Schomburg Center
-This Is New York: 100 Years of the City in Art and Pop Culture, Museum of the City of New York
-Edges of Ailey, Whitney Museum
