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SUMMARY:Lecture: Along the Hudson - Walking Manhattan's Western Waterfront
DESCRIPTION:The New York Landmarks Conservancy in partnership with The General Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen of the City of New York cordially invites you to a Landmark Lecture \nAlong the Hudson: Walking Manhattan’s Western Waterfront\nWith Author William J. Hennessey \nTuesday\, April 28th\, 6:00 PM \nLOCATION:\nGeneral Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen of The City of New York\n20 West 44th Street (between 5th and 6th Avenues)\, Manhattan \nThrough eight structured walks from Battery Park to Spuyten Duyvil\, Along the Hudson tells the story of the rise\, decline\, and rebirth of Manhattan’s Hudson waterfront from the 17th century to the present day. In this talk\, based on his book\, William J. Hennessey will trace the ongoing evolution of the Hudson shoreline from a gritty line of working docks into a desirable residential enclave and a chain of inviting parks. \nHe will highlight notable buildings\, both historical and contemporary\, to key transportation infrastructure\, and to seminal historic events and personalities that shaped New York’s dynamic relationship with the river that is its reason for being. \n‘Reading this will enhance anyone’s sojourn along what I think of as Manhattan’s west coast.” — Peg Breen\, President\, The New York Landmarks Conservancy \nWilliam J. Hennessey is an architectural historian and retired art museum director. He is the author of two architectural guidebooks\, Walking Broadway: Thirteen Miles of Architecture and History and Fifth Avenue: From Washington Square to Marcus Garvey Park. \nThis will be an in-person and online lecture on Tuesday\, April 28th\, at 6:00 pm. A book signing and reception will follow the in-person program. Advance registration is required. \nGeneral Admission: $15\nGeneral Society Members\, New York Landmarks Conservancy Members and Senior Citizens: $10\nStudents: $5 \nIn-Person RSVP\n\nOnline RSVP
URL:https://nylandmarks.org/event/lecture-along-the-hudson-walking-manhattans-western-waterfront/
CATEGORIES:Member Talks & Tours,Professional Circle Events
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SUMMARY:Walking Tour - Washington Square Park and Lower Fifth Avenue
DESCRIPTION:Join our exclusive tour exploring the early years of Washington Square Park and Lower Fifth Avenue. \nInto the Wilderness  \nWednesday\, April 23rd\, 11:00AM – 12:30PM \nJoin us for an exclusive tour exploring the birth and early years of Washington Square Park and lower Fifth Avenue\, with a close look at how the development of this area forever altered New York City. Our tour guide is James Scully\, director/co-creator of the award-winning historical audio fiction soap opera Burning Gotham\, set in 1835 New York. \nPlease note this tour begins at The Washington Square Arch and concludes at the Salmagundi Club near the corner of Fifth Avenue and 12th Street. \nTICKETS \n \nTour Overview \nWhile New York is a city continually changing and evolving in almost every aspect\, it’s hard to top the upheaval of Antebellum New York. Between 1825 and 1845 New York City’s population exploded as the streets\, avenues\, land lots\, and structures we’ve come to take for granted were created all at the same time. It has been said that 19th Century New York was “one giant construction site.” Much of this begins at the northern end of Washington Square Park as New Yorkers went into the wilderness to form their own version of Manifest Destiny in the years after the opening of the Erie Canal. \nOur unique experience will include: \n-Brief overview of the early history of the area that is today’s Washington Square Park and lower Fifth Avenue stretching back to the 1600s\, including Native American\, Dutch\, African American\, and even Italian history. \n-A trip to see the oldest living resident in Washington Square Park\, with stories centered around the Marquis de Lafayette\, Washington Square’s use as a Potter’s Field\, and the various epidemics that plagued early 19th Century New York. \n-The story behind John Randel Jr’s Grid Plan of 1811\, the City’s swallowing of Greenwich Village into the 9th Ward\, the birth of Fifth Avenue in 1824\, and what early 19th Century New Yorkers thought of this area. \n-Stories from the birth of New York University\, including financial issues\, riots\, prison labor\, the Gothic Revival structure\, the birth of the telegraph\, the first portrait photograph ever taken in 1839\, and the last remnant of NYU’s original building. \n-The birth of Greek Revival\, Greek-mania\, and Sailor Snug Harbor in the 1830s\, with a trip to The Row and The Mews\, sharing stories behind their residents\, and quotes from New Yorkers of the time that eerily echo sentiments from today. \n-Into the wilderness with the Randalls\, the Rhinelanders\, the Brevoorts\, The First Presbyterian Church in the City of New York\, the vote to build the Croton Aqueduct\, and life on early Fifth Avenue in the 1820s – 1840s with maps and photographs. \n-Concluding at the oldest surviving mansion this far south on Fifth Avenue\, with stories behind its construction and its current use as an artist’s club. \nThe group is limited to the first 25 to RSVP\, so if you are interested\, please let us hear from you soon. \n*Please bring water and comfortable shoes as we’ll be doing a lot of walking. \n**This tour does not go inside any buildings on the route but does conclude at the Salmagundi Club. \nAbout James  \nJames Scully is an outgoing native New Yorker who grew up in a home with four generations of family.  He had close relationships with both his grandparents and great-grandparents.  This exposed him to an invaluable amount of local history and culture\, helping him to become a passionate historian\, writer\, and director. \nHe’s a graduate of Xavier High School in Manhattan\, Pratt Institute in Brooklyn\, and spent over a decade working as an art director and copywriter for media companies such as Condé Nast and Hearst before becoming a writer\, director\, and historian.  His history focus is both New York City history and US radio history. \nJames produces and hosts Breaking Walls\, the docu-podcast on the history of US network radio broadcasting (https://www.thewallbreakers.com/breaking-walls).  He has developed historical audio fiction productions\, like the 2022 official Tribeca audio selection Burning Gotham\, set in 1835 New York City (http://burninggotham.com)\, the Frank Sinatra biopic musical And Then I Sing (https://www.andthenising.com)\, and the western adventure series Frontier Gentleman (https://www.frontiergentleman.com/).
URL:https://nylandmarks.org/event/walking-tour-washington-square-park-and-lower-fifth-avenue/
CATEGORIES:Member Talks & Tours,Professional Circle Events
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SUMMARY:Watch Panel Discussion - Is Preservation Hindering Housing Creation in New York?
DESCRIPTION:The Conservancy was pleased to present an impressive panel at the Morgan Library & Museum on March 25\, 2026. They addressed the question “Are Historic Districts Hampering Housing Production in the City?” Their collective answer was “no.” You can watch their presentations here. \nPanelists: Gale Brewer\, Donovan Rypkema\, Margery Perlmutter\, Alexander Gorlin\, and Maggie Poxon.\nOur panel included leading voices representing economics\, public policy\, architecture\, housing development\, and preservation: \n\nCity Council Member\, Gale Brewer\nEconomist\, Principal & CEO of PlaceEconomics\, Donovan Rypkema\nPrincipal of Alexander Gorlin Architects\, Alexander Gorlin\, FAIA\nPrincipal of URBAN FACTORS\, former Chair of NYC Board of Standards & Appeals\, former Commissioner of NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission\, land use lawyer\, and architect Margery Perlmutter\nAffordable Housing Developer of Fish Plate Development\, Maggie Poxon\nHosted by Conservancy President\, Peg Breen\n\nThe Conservancy believes preservation has an important role to play in saving and creating housing. Find out how and why.
URL:https://nylandmarks.org/event/panel-at-the-morgan-is-preservation-hindering-housing-creation-in-new-york/
LOCATION:The Morgan Library & Museum\, 225 Madison Avenue\, New York\, New York
CATEGORIES:Member Talks & Tours,Professional Circle Events
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SUMMARY:Landmark Lecture with Author\, Anthony Wood on Servant of Beauty
DESCRIPTION:The New York Landmarks Conservancy in partnership with The General Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen of the City of New York cordially invites you to a Landmark Lecture \nConversations with the Author: Servant of Beauty: Landmarks\, Secret Love\, and the Unimagined Life of an Unsung New York Hero. \n \nIn this program\, New York Landmarks Conservancy President Peg Breen and Anthony Wood discuss his biography\, Servant of Beauty\, about Albert Sprague Bard\, a key figure in New York City’s historic preservation movement\, focusing on his public advocacy for landmarks and his impact. \nThey discuss Bard’s decades-long fight against powerful figures like Robert Moses\, which led to the landmark NYC Landmarks Law of 1965\, while also exploring his secret love for a younger man and involvement in a spy scandal. Servant of Beauty reveals Bard as an unsung hero who championed the city’s architectural heritage and scenic beauty\, a story that intertwines civic action with private life and espionage. \nThis program is presented in collaboration with the New York Preservation Archive Project.
URL:https://nylandmarks.org/event/landmark-lecture-with-author-anthony-wood-on-servant-of-beauty/
LOCATION:General Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen\, 20 West 44th Street\, New York\, NY\, United States
CATEGORIES:Member Talks & Tours
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SUMMARY:Landmark Lecture: A History of Queens
DESCRIPTION:The New York Landmarks Conservancy in partnership with The General Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen of the City of New York cordially invites you to a Landmark Lecture \nA History of Queens: Rural County\, Urban Borough\nwith Architect Laura Heim\nTuesday\, March 10th\, 6:00 PM \nThis will be an in-person and online lecture on Tuesday\, March 10th\, at 6:00 pm. A book signing and reception will follow the in-person program. \nLOCATION\nGeneral Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen of The City of New York\n20 West 44th Street (between 5th and 6th Avenues) Manhattan \nIn-Person RSVP Here \nOnline RSVP Here \nIn celebration of the late Jeffrey A. Kroessler’s book Rural County\, Urban Borough: A History of Queens\, his wife\, the architect Laura Heim will discuss the unique production process and engaging content of this first comprehensive history of the great borough of Queens. A former wetland\, Queens today is a crowded cityscape of dense urban neighborhoods and suburban sprawl. Rural County\, Urban Borough is a history of place\, charting the rapid transformation of the Queens landscape\, identifying what drove the borough’s development\, from public infrastructure\, architecture\, and transportation to technological innovation and urban planning. \nIn this talk\, Ms. Heim will tell the story of Queens\, “the world’s borough\,” and describe its diversity and how it transformed\, in less than one hundred years\, from an agricultural hinterland to a vital urban corridor. She will reveal why Queens is integral to New York City and the wider world and show how\, in its architecture and evolution\, the whole arc of American urban history unfolds. \nJeffrey A. Kroessler (1952–2023) was a professor at the Lloyd Sealy Library of the John Jay College of Criminal Justice\, CUNY. His many books include Sunnyside Gardens: Planning and Preservation in a Historic Garden Suburb\, New York Year by Year: A Chronology of the Great Metropolis\, and Historic Preservation in Queens. \nLaura Heim\, FAIA LEED AP\, is an award-winning architect with a firm in historic Sunnyside Gardens\, Queens. Her firm\, Laura Heim Architect\, has a particular expertise in historic preservation and adaptive reuse/renovation.
URL:https://nylandmarks.org/event/landmark-lecture-a-history-of-queens/
LOCATION:General Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen\, 20 West 44th Street\, New York\, NY\, United States
CATEGORIES:Member Talks & Tours
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SUMMARY:Join our exclusive tour exploring 1830s New York: From the Great Fire to South Street Seaport
DESCRIPTION:Join our exclusive tour exploring 1830s New York: From the Great Fire to South Street Seaport \nMEETING SPOT\nAlexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House at Bowling Green – 1 Bowling Green\nThursday\, December 18th\, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM \nREGISTER HERE \n \nJoin us for an exclusive tour of Lower Manhattan with James Scully\, New York City tour guide and director/co-creator of the Tribeca Film Festival award-winning historical audio fiction soap opera Burning Gotham\, set in 1835 New York. \nPlease note this tour begins on the steps of the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House (1 Bowling Green\, New York\, NY 10004) and concludes on Stone Street. See you there! \nTour Overview \nWhile New York is continually changing and evolving in almost every aspect\, it’s hard to top the upheaval of the 1830’s. Between the worst fire in City history\, which destroyed the entire financial district\, and absolute pandemonium surrounding Moving Day — when all City leases expired simultaneously — it was truly one of New York’s wildest periods. \nIt’s time to hit the streets and uncover the stories and remnants of 1830’s New York like never before! \nOur unique experience will include: \n\nAn overview of New York in the 1830’s and why this period of social\, political\, and geographical upheaval is the most forgotten period in City history — everything from the creation of new streets to abolitionism\, to the vote to build (and funding for the creation of) the Croton Aqueduct.\nA trip to important neighborhood landmarks dating back to the 1830’s\, including Fraunces Tavern\, Bowling Green\, Stone Street\, and South Street Seaport. You’ll also find out which historic architectural relic from Wall Street is tucked in plain sight inside the Metropolitan Museum.\nSome of the big news stories that were the talk of the town\, including why the U.S. was on the verge of war with France\, the lack of clean running water in New York\, and the City’s Penny Papers orchestration of the greatest hoax of the 19th century.\nThe full scoop surrounding the Great Fire (December 16\, 1835)\, the worst fire in New York history\, which destroyed everything in Manhattan’s chief merchant district\, and caused the modern equivalent of $500 million in damage. While an investigation ensued\, no public blame was ever assigned … but what if the City’s greatest “accidental” fire was no accident?\n\nThe group is limited to the first 25 to RSVP\, so if you are interested\, please let us hear from you soon.  \n*Runtime for this tour is roughly 90-120 minutes. \n**Please bring water and comfortable shoes as we’ll be doing a lot of walking. This tour will happen rain or shine\, unless there is torrential rain or a blizzard\, in which case a makeup date will be announced.
URL:https://nylandmarks.org/event/join-our-exclusive-tour-exploring-1830s-new-york-from-the-great-fire-to-south-street-seaport/
CATEGORIES:Member Talks & Tours
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SUMMARY:Join us for a Panel Discussion: The Fight to Save West Park
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a West Park Panel Discussion. \nTuesday\, December 2\, 2025\n6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.\nVia Zoom – hosted by Historic Districts Council \nPanel Speakers include:\nNew York City Council Member Gale A. Brewer\nMichael S. Hiller\, attorney and expert on preservation hardship law\nGeorge Janes\, Principal of George M. Janes & Associates \nThis is a free event; however\, registration is required. \nWest Park Presbyterian Church at 86th Street & Amsterdam Avenue on the Upper West Side\nNew York’s landmark buildings embody our history and identity. They contribute to our economy and quality of life. Though historic districts and landmarks cover only 5% of land across the five boroughs\, they protect and strengthen the neighborhoods that are the heart and soul of this great City. \nAsking to destroy a landmark is and should be a rare occurrence. \nWest Park Presbyterian Church wants to demolish its lovely Romanesque Revival building\, an individual landmark\, so it can be replaced by another market-rate residential tower. The Landmarks Preservation Commission could decide the landmark’s fate next week. \nJoin The New York Landmarks Conservancy and our colleagues\, the Historic Districts Council\, and Landmark West! on December 2 at 6 pm for a virtual discussion of how to save West Park. We do not believe the Church has met the “Hardship” requirements of the Landmarks Law necessary to demolish the building. \nManhattan Community Board 7 held three meetings on the issue recently and voted to deny hardship. The Community Board is only advisory\, however. The Landmarks Preservation Commission is expected to hold a hearing on the hardship application on December 9. \nWe agree that the City needs more housing\, especially affordable housing. But that can and should be achieved without destroying an important and still vital landmark. Our panel will break down what hardship requires and present our reasoning for saving West Park.
URL:https://nylandmarks.org/event/join-us-for-a-panel-discussion-the-fight-to-save-west-park/
CATEGORIES:Member Talks & Tours
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SUMMARY:Walking Tour - Into the Wilderness 
DESCRIPTION:Join our exclusive tour exploring the early years of Washington Square Park and Lower Fifth Avenue. \nInto the Wilderness  \nWednesday\, November 12th\, 11:00AM – 12:30PM \nJoin us for an exclusive tour exploring the birth and early years of Washington Square Park and lower Fifth Avenue\, with a close look at how the development of this area forever altered New York City.  Our tour guide is James Scully\, director/co-creator of the award-winning historical audio fiction soap opera Burning Gotham\, set in 1835 New York. \nPlease note this tour begins at the entrance of the NYU Elmer Holmes Bobst Library at 70 Washington Square South and concludes at the Salmagundi Club near the corner of Fifth Avenue and 12th Street. \nTICKETS \n \nTour Overview \nWhile New York is a city continually changing and evolving in almost every aspect\, it’s hard to top the upheaval of Antebellum New York.  Between 1825 and 1845 New York’s population exploded as the streets\, avenues\, land lots\, and structures we’ve come to take for granted were all created at the same time.  It has been said that 19th Century New York was “one giant construction site.”  Much of this begins at the northern end of Washington Square Park as New Yorkers went into the wilderness to form their own version of Manifest Destiny in the years after the opening of the Erie Canal. \nOur unique experience will include: \n-Brief overview of the early history of the area that is today’s Washington Square Park and lower Fifth Avenue stretching back to the 1600s\, including Native American\, Dutch\, African American\, and even Italian history. \n-A trip to see the oldest living resident in Washington Square Park\, with stories centered around the Marquis de Lafayette\, Washington Square’s use as a Potter’s Field\, and the various epidemics that plagued early 19th Century New York. \n-The story behind John Randel Jr’s Grid Plan of 1811\, the City’s swallowing of Greenwich Village into the 9th Ward\, the birth of Fifth Avenue in 1824\, and what early 19th Century New Yorkers thought of this area. \n-Stories from the birth of New York University\, including financial issues\, riots\, prison labor\, the Gothic Revival structure\, the birth of the telegraph\, the first portrait photograph ever taken in 1839\, and the last remnant of NYU’s original building. \n-The birth of Greek Revival\, Greek-mania\, and Sailor Snug Harbor in the 1830s\, with a trip to The Row and The Mews\, sharing stories behind their residents\, and quotes from New Yorkers of the time that eerily echo sentiments from today. \n-Into the wilderness with the Randalls\, the Rhinelanders\, the Brevoorts\, The First Presbyterian Church in the City of New York\, the vote to build the Croton Aqueduct\, and life on early Fifth Avenue in the 1820s – 1840s with maps and photographs. \n-Concluding at the oldest surviving mansion this far south on Fifth Avenue\, with stories behind its construction and its current use as an artist’s club. \nThe group is limited to the first 25 to RSVP\, so if you are interested\, please let us hear from you soon. \n*Please bring water and comfortable shoes as we’ll be doing a lot of walking. \n**This tour does not go inside any buildings on the route but does conclude at the Salmagundi Club. \nAbout James  \nJames Scully is an outgoing native New Yorker who grew up in a home with four generations of family.  He had close relationships with both his grandparents and great-grandparents.  This exposed him to an invaluable amount of local history and culture\, helping him to become a passionate historian\, writer\, and director. \nHe’s a graduate of Xavier High School in Manhattan\, Pratt Institute in Brooklyn\, and spent over a decade working as an art director and copywriter for media companies such as Condé Nast and Hearst before becoming a writer\, director\, and historian.  His history focus is both New York City history and US radio history. \nJames produces and hosts Breaking Walls\, the docu-podcast on the history of US network radio broadcasting (https://www.thewallbreakers.com/breaking-walls).  He has developed historical audio fiction productions\, like the 2022 official Tribeca audio selection Burning Gotham\, set in 1835 New York City (http://burninggotham.com)\, the Frank Sinatra biopic musical And Then I Sing (https://www.andthenising.com)\, and the western adventure series Frontier Gentleman (https://www.frontiergentleman.com/).
URL:https://nylandmarks.org/event/walking-tour-into-the-wilderness/
LOCATION:NYU Elmer Holmes Bobst Library\, 70 Washington Square South\, New York
CATEGORIES:Member Talks & Tours
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SUMMARY:Lecture - Gilded Age Lighting: Transforming The Frick Collection
DESCRIPTION:The New York Landmarks Conservancy in partnership with The General Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen of the City of New York cordially invites you to a Landmark Lecture \nGilded Age Lighting: Transforming The Frick Collection’s Historic Fixtures for the 21st Century\nWith Barbara Livar\, Senior Project Manager at Aurora Lampworks\, and Jenna Nugent\, Head of Curatorial and Exhibition Projects at The Frick Collection \nTuesday\, October 28th\, 6:00 PM\n\n \nGeneral Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen of The City of New York\n20 West 44th Street (between 5th and 6th Avenues) Manhattan \nBarbara Livar\, Senior Project Manager at Aurora Lampworks\, and Jenna Nugent\, Head of Curatorial and Exhibition Projects at The Frick Collection\, will present on the recent restoration of hundreds of historic light fixtures for the museum. They will discuss the genesis of Aurora’s collaboration with the Frick within the context of the museum’s large-scale renovation project\, the different levels of treatment that were undertaken\, and how some fixtures were carefully adapted to accept mini LED spotlights\, improving the illumination of master artworks without compromising their distinctive Gilded Age character and design. This lecture is presented in Partnership with the New York Landmarks Conservancy. \nThis will be an in-person and online lecture on Tuesday\, October 28th\, 6:00 pm at The General Society of Mechanics. Advance registration is required. \nwww.generalsociety.org \nGeneral Admission: $15\nGeneral Society Members\, New York Landmarks Conservancy Members\, and Senior Citizens: $10\nStudents: $5 \nIN PERSON RSVP HERE \nONLINE RSVP HERE
URL:https://nylandmarks.org/event/lecture-gilded-age-lighting-transforming-the-frick-collection/
CATEGORIES:Member Talks & Tours
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251014T180000
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SUMMARY:Landmark Lecture - The Transformation of the Waldorf Astoria New York
DESCRIPTION:The New York Landmarks Conservancy\, in partnership with The General Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen of the City of New York\, cordially invites you to a Landmark Lecture. \nWaldorf Astoria New York Lobby\nThe Transformation of the Waldorf Astoria New York\nWith Frank Mahan\, AIA\, Principal at Skidmore\, Owings & Merrill\nTuesday\, October 14th\, 6:00 PM \nPlease note: This lecture will take place at The General Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen of the City of New York at 20 West 44th Street. \nOpened in 1931\, the Waldorf Astoria New York redefined American hospitality\, setting a record as the world’s largest hotel and becoming the city’s “unofficial palace.” For decades\, the hotel served as an Art Deco landmark and a centerpiece of New York culture. \nAfter years of modernization efforts altered the original design by Schultze & Weaver\, Skidmore\, Owings & Merrill (SOM) approached the Waldorf Astoria New York to return the hotel to its former grandeur\, while positioning it for its next life. A methodical work of preservation\, a meticulous restoration\, and a comprehensive transformation reimagines the 1\,400-room hotel into a 372-unit luxury residence and 375-key\, five-star hotel. While 96% of the building was completely reimagined\, the remaining 62\,000 square feet—encompassing the landmarked lobbies\, corridors\, ballroom\, and event spaces—was carefully restored to preserve its historic character. The result\, according to architecture critic Justin Davidson\, is “a renovation that combines museum-quality restoration mixed with back-to-bare-steel rehab.” \nIn this lecture\, Frank Mahan\, who leads SOM’s adaptive reuse practice and who was part of the team that led the project for SOM\, will speak about the building\, its place in the history of New York City\, and the firm’s approach. Mr. Mahan serves on the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission\, the nation’s largest and most sophisticated municipal preservation agency\, and has long been involved with the commission through his work on the Waldorf Astoria New York. \nThis will be an in-person and online lecture on Tuesday\, October 14th\, 6:00 pm. The in-person program will be followed by a short reception. \nAdvance registration is required. \nIN PERSON RSVP HERE \nONLINE RSVP HERE \nGeneral Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen of The City of New York\n20 West 44th Street (between 5th and 6th Avenues) Manhattan\nwww.generalsociety.org \nGeneral Admission: $15\nGeneral Society Members\, New York Landmarks Conservancy Members\, and Senior Citizens: $10\nStudents: $5
URL:https://nylandmarks.org/event/landmark-lecture-the-transformation-of-the-waldorf-astoria-new-york/
LOCATION:General Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen\, 20 West 44th Street\, New York\, NY\, United States
CATEGORIES:Member Talks & Tours
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SUMMARY:Members Tour: Into the Wilderness
DESCRIPTION:Join our exclusive tour exploring the early years of Washington Square and Lower 5th Avenue: \nInto the Wilderness  \nThursday\, July 17th\, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM \n  \nJoin us for an exclusive tour exploring the birth and early years of Washington Square Park and lower Fifth Avenue\, with a close look at how the development of this area forever altered New York City. Our tour guide is James Scully\, director/co-creator of the award-winning historical audio fiction soap opera Burning Gotham\, set in 1835 New York. \nPlease note this tour begins at The Washington Square Arch and concludes at the Salmagundi Club near the corner of Fifth Avenue and 12th Street. \n  \n \nTour Overview \nWhile New York is a city continually changing and evolving in almost every aspect\, it’s hard to top the upheaval of Antebellum New York. Between 1825 and 1845 New York City’s population exploded as the streets\, avenues\, land lots\, and structures we’ve come to take for granted were created all at the same time. It has been said that 19th Century New York was “one giant construction site.” Much of this begins at the northern end of Washington Square Park as New Yorkers went into the wilderness to form their own version of Manifest Destiny in the years after the opening of the Erie Canal. \nOur unique experience will include: \n\nA Brief overview of the early history of the area that is today’s Washington Square Park and lower Fifth Avenue stretching back to the 1600s\, including Native American\, Dutch\, African American\, and even Italian history.\nA Trip to see the oldest living resident in Washington Square Park\, with stories centered around the Marquis de Lafayette\, Washington Square’s use as a Potter’s Field\, and the various epidemics that plagued early 19th Century New York.\nThe story behind John Randel Jr’s Grid Plan of 1811\, the City’s swallowing of Greenwich Village into the 9th Ward\, the birth of Fifth Avenue in 1824 and what early 19th Century New Yorkers thought of this area.\nStories from the birth of New York University\, including financial issues\, riots\, prison labor\, the Gothic Revival structure\, the birth of the telegraph\, the first portrait photograph ever taken in 1839\, and the last remnant of NYU’s original building.\nThe birth of Greek Revival\, Greek-mania\, and Sailor Snug Harbor in the 1830s with a trip to The Row and The Mews\, sharing stories behind their residents\, and quotes from New Yorkers of the time that eerily echo sentiments from today.\nInto the wilderness with the Randalls\, the Rhinelanders\, the Brevoorts\, The Church of the Ascension\, The First Presbyterian Church\, the vote to build the Croton Aqueduct\, and life on early Fifth Avenue in the 1820s – 1840s with maps and photographs.\nConcluding at the oldest surviving mansion this far south on Fifth Avenue with stories behind its construction and its current use as an artist’s club.\n\n  \nThe group is limited to the first 25 to RSVP\, so if you are interested\, please let us hear from you soon. \n  \nAbout James \nJames Scully is an outgoing native New Yorker who grew up in a home with four generations of family. He had close relationships with both his grandparents and great-grandparents. This exposed him to an invaluable amount of local history and culture\, helping him to become a passionate historian\, writer\, and director. \nHe’s a graduate of Xavier High School in Manhattan\, Pratt Institute in Brooklyn\, and spent over a decade working as an art director and copywriter for media companies such as Condé Nast and Hearst before becoming a writer\, director\, and historian. His history focus is both New York City history and U.S. radio history. \nJames produces and hosts Breaking Walls\, the docu-podcast on the history of U.S. network radio broadcasting. He also develops audio fiction productions\, like the 2022 official Tribeca audio selection Burning Gotham\, set in 1835 New York City\, and several others. James’ a member of the Salmagundi Club\, has given numerous talks and webinars on various history subjects\, and is a New York City sightseeing/tour guide.
URL:https://nylandmarks.org/event/__trashed/
LOCATION:Washington Square Park
CATEGORIES:Member Talks & Tours
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SUMMARY:Lecture - Rambusch: The First 100 Years\, 1898–1998
DESCRIPTION:Labor\, Literature and Landmark Lecture Series – Spring 2025 \nRambusch: The First 100 Years\, 1898–1998\nThe Story of An Extraordinary Company Specializing in the Decorative Arts and Interior Architecture \nWith Viggo Rambusch\, CEO Emeritus of the Rambusch Company and Edwin Rambusch\, Co-Owner\, President & CEO of the Rambusch Company \nPresented in Partnership with The General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of the City of New York \nTuesday\, May 6th at 6.00 P.M. \nAn In-Person and Online Program\nIn-person Registration\n \nOnline Registration \nThe in-person program will be followed by a book- signing and a reception \n \nThis talk is based on the fascinating new book\, Rambusch: The First 100 Years\, 1898–1998\, written by Catha Jackson Grace. During this program\, Viggo Rambusch\, CEO Emeritus\, will describe the history of the family company with his son Edwin Rambusch\, Co-Owner of Rambusch. The book chronicles the growth of an independent\, workshop-based\, family business\, specializing in the decorative arts and interior architecture\, now being run by a fourth generation. \nFounded in 1898 by Danish immigrant Frode\, Christian Rambusch\, the firm began with decorative painting and murals. Viggo and Edwin Rambusch will detail the company’s evolution from decorative arts to a full-service firm specializing in interior architecture through lighting\, liturgical furnishings\, stained glass\, mosaic and restoration. They will also provide a focus on some of the artisans responsible for making the acclaimed objects and interiors that define Rambusch interiors. \nThe two speakers will discuss highlights of Rambusch Company’s extensive work outlined in the book\, including projects like the 1939 World’s Fair\, specialized wartime efforts\, churches\, theatres\, public spaces\, and significant landmarks such as Trinity Church Wall Street\, the Statue of Liberty Torch\, the Empire State Building\, and the NY Stock Exchange. They will also briefly outline some current and future projects. \nFew American firms have flourished as this company has in the United States. Now in the twenty-first century\, the firm inspires similar collaborative efforts between architects\, designers\, artisans and craft studios to work together for the decorative arts to regain their place in the finishing of the nation’s buildings. \nCelebrating its 127th year in business\, the Rambusch Company continues to maintain its reputation for excellence with notable projects throughout its history. \nGeneral Admission: $15; General Society Members\, New York Landmarks Conservancy Members and Senior Citizens: $10; Students: $5 \nAdvance Registration required. \nThe General Society Library\, 20 West 44th Street\nwww. generalsociety.org
URL:https://nylandmarks.org/event/lecture-rambusch-the-first-100-years-1898-1998/
LOCATION:General Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen\, 20 West 44th Street\, New York\, NY\, United States
CATEGORIES:Member Talks & Tours
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250324T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250324T193000
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SUMMARY:Watch the Preservation Mayoral Candidates Forum
DESCRIPTION:Six mayoral candidates participated in a 90-minute preservation forum\, offering insights into their backgrounds\, priorities\, and positions to over 800 attendees. \nCandidates fielded questions on preservation\, neighborhood character\, and balancing new construction with adaptive reuse. \nWe appreciate the candidates\, sponsors\, and attendees for demonstrating that New Yorkers care deeply about preservation. \nThe Landmarks Conservancy and major colleague groups\, plus dozens of civic\, cultural\, and neighborhood organizations\, sponsored the event. Conservancy President Peg Breen moderated the forum. Village Preservation Executive Director Andrew Berman hosted the Zoom and provided the introduction. \nWatch the video and learn more about the candidates’ positions on important preservation issues. \nDate: Monday\, March 24 \n \nWATCH HERE\n \nCandidates who attended\nFormer Assembly Member\, Michael Blake\nAuthor\, Corinne Fisher\nCity Comptroller\, Brad Lander\nState Senator\, Jessica Ramos\nFormer City Comptroller\, Scott Stringer\nFormer Federal Prosecutor\, Jim Walden \nAll declared candidates who have raised funds were invited to attend. \n  \nSponsors:\nThe New York Landmarks Conservancy\nVillage Preservation\nThe Preservation League of NY\nThe Municipal Art Society of New York\nHistoric Districts Council\nCity Club of New York\nSave Harlem Now!\nFriends of the Upper East Side\nLandmark West!\nCarnegie Hill Neighbors \nCo-Sponsors:\nWest End Preservation Society\nMorningside Heights Historic District Committee\nCrown Heights North Association\nEast Village Community Coalition\nEast Bronx History Forum\nLandmark East Harlem\nSave Chelsea\nAscendant Neighborhood Development Corporation\nSave Gansevoort\nLower East Side Preservation Initiative\nCIVITAS\nSave America’s Clocks\nWomen of Woodlawn\nLittle Caribbean NYC\nVictorian Society New York\nProspect Heights Neighborhood Development Council\nCongress for New Urbanism\nBrooklyn Heights Association\nA. Philip Randolph Neighborhood Development Corporation\nBowery Alliance of Neighbors
URL:https://nylandmarks.org/event/join-our-mayoral-candidate-forum/
CATEGORIES:Member Talks & Tours,Professional Circle Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250307T120000
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SUMMARY:Members Tour: Burning Gotham
DESCRIPTION:Join our exclusive tour exploring 1830’s New York:\nFrom the Great Fire to South Street Seaport\nFriday\, March 7th\, 12:00 – 2:00 PM \nJoin us for an exclusive tour of Lower Manhattan with James Scully\, New York City tour guide and director/co-creator of the Tribeca Film Festival award-winning historical audio fiction soap opera Burning Gotham\, set in 1835 New York. \nPlease note this tour begins on the steps of the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House (1 Bowling Green\, New York\, NY 10004) and concludes on Stone Street\, with a chance to grab a bite to eat or a drink after. See you there! \n \nTour Overview \nWhile New York is continually changing and evolving in almost every aspect\, it’s hard to top the upheaval of the 1830’s. Between the worst fire in City history\, which destroyed the entire financial district\, and absolute pandemonium surrounding Moving Day — when all City leases expired simultaneously — it was truly one of New York’s wildest periods. \nIt’s time to hit the streets and uncover the stories and remnants of 1830’s New York like never before! \nOur unique experience will include: \n\nAn overview of New York in the 1830’s and why this period of social\, political\, and geographical upheaval is the most forgotten period in City history — everything from the creation of new streets to abolitionism\, to the vote to build (and funding for the creation of) the Croton Aqueduct.\n\n\nA trip to important neighborhood landmarks dating back to the 1830’s\, including Fraunces Tavern\, Bowling Green\, Stone Street\, and South Street Seaport. You’ll also find out which historic architectural relic from Wall Street is tucked in plain sight inside the Metropolitan Museum.\n\n\nSome of the big news stories that were the talk of the town\, including why the U.S. was on the verge of war with France\, the lack of clean running water in New York\, and the City’s Penny Papers orchestration of the greatest hoax of the 19th century.\n\n\nThe full scoop surrounding the Great Fire (December 16\, 1835)\, the worst fire in New York history\, which destroyed everything in Manhattan’s chief merchant district\, and caused the modern equivalent of $500 million in damage. While an investigation ensued\, no public blame was ever assigned … but what if the City’s greatest “accidental” fire was no accident?\n\nThe group is limited to the first 25 to RSVP\, so if you are interested\, please let us hear from you soon. \nREGISTER HERE \n*Runtime for this tour is roughly 90-120 minutes. \n**Please bring water and comfortable shoes as we’ll be doing a lot of walking. This tour will happen rain or shine\, unless there is torrential rain or a blizzard\, in which case a makeup date will be announced. \nAbout James \nJames Scully is an outgoing native New Yorker who grew up in a home with four generations of family. He had close relationships with both his grandparents and great-grandparents. This exposed him to an invaluable amount of local history and culture\, helping him to become a passionate historian\, writer\, and director. \nHe’s a graduate of Xavier High School in Manhattan\, Pratt Institute in Brooklyn\, and spent over a decade working as an art director and copywriter for media companies such as Condé Nast and Hearst before becoming a writer\, director\, and historian. His history focus is both New York City history and U.S. radio history. \nJames produces and hosts Breaking Walls\, the docu-podcast on the history of U.S. network radio broadcasting. He also develops audio fiction productions\, like the 2022 official Tribeca audio selection Burning Gotham\, set in 1835 New York City\, and several others. James’ a member of the Salmagundi Club\, has given numerous talks and webinars on various history subjects\, and is a New York City sightseeing/tour guide.
URL:https://nylandmarks.org/event/members-tour-burning-gotham/
CATEGORIES:Member Talks & Tours
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SUMMARY:Behind-the-Scenes at The General Society
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an exclusive tour of: \nThe General Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen of the City of New York\n20 West 44th Street (between 5th and 6th Avenues)\nWednesday\, February 19th\, 5:30 – 6:30 PM \n \nJoin our exclusive tour of The General Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen of the City of New York\, with Executive Director Victoria Dengel. \nTour Overview \nThe General Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen was founded in 1785 by the City’s skilled craftsmen. Today\, this 240-year-old organization continues to serve New Yorkers through its cultural and educational programs\, including its tuition-free Mechanics Institute\, The General Society Library\, and its nearly two-century-old Lecture Series. \nThe tour of this landmark building includes the magnificent skylit Library— the second oldest library in the City— and the unique John M. Mossman Lock Collection\, which has more than 370 locks\, keys\, and tools dating from 2000 B.C. to the early 20th-century. \nThe building houses a number of other groups\, including the Institute for Classical Architecture & Art\, which has agreed to keep open the Cast Hall with its magnificent collection of sculptural objects. \nThe Society’s building at 20 West 44th Street has been its home since 1899. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places\, the building façade was designated a New York City Landmark in 1988. The General Society has diligently worked to preserve its building as a lasting testament to the work of the skilled craftsmen who built it. \nTo learn more about The General Society\, visit generalsociety.org. \nThe group is limited to the first 20 to RSVP\, so if you are interested\, please let us hear from you soon. \nREGISTER HERE \n  \n 
URL:https://nylandmarks.org/event/behind-the-scenes-at-the-general-society/
LOCATION:General Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen\, 20 West 44th Street\, New York\, NY\, United States
CATEGORIES:Member Talks & Tours
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241022T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241022T203000
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SUMMARY:The Scots Who Built New York
DESCRIPTION:Artisan Lecture Series – Fall 2024 \nThe Scots Who Built New York\nWith John Kinnear\, Historian Preservation Architect \nTuesday\, October 22nd at 6 P.M. \nPresented by The General Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen\, with The American-Scottish Foundation \n \nLocation:\nGeneral Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen of The City of New York\n20 West 44th Street (between 5th and 6th Avenues) Manhattan \nHistorian preservation architect John Kinnear will examine the considerable impact of Scottish-American architects\, artisans\, and engineers on the development of New York – from the 1700s till today. \nScots of all creative endeavors have been part of the making of New York and America. One of the many artisans\, engineers\, and architects of direct Scottish descent that Mr. Kinnear will focus on is John McComb Jr.\, an architect who designed numerous New York buildings\, including Gracie Mansion\, New York City Hall\, and Hamilton Grange. \nMr. Kinnear will also discuss the engineer David Bates Douglass\, who was first chief engineer of the Croton Aqueduct and contributed to the rural design of Green-Wood Cemetery. \nHe will also feature several artisans including the acclaimed furniture maker\, Duncan Phyfe\, considered one of the most influential craftsmen of the 19th Century\, whose work is still revered today. (Both John McComb Jr. and Duncan Phyfe were active nineteenth-century General Society Members; Mr. McComb was Society President in 1818.) \nMr. Kinnear will also introduce Scots whose intellect and talents would today be called ‘influencers’ because their powers of intellect and artistic talent lent to new directions for society. \nThe Scots Who Built New York is a legacy project of the American Scottish Foundation chronicling the impact of Scots and American Scots on the development of New York\, launched in 2016 as part of the Landmarks50 celebrations. \nJohn Kinnear practices architecture primarily in New York City\, Connecticut\, and Dutchess County\, with projects throughout the United States and Great Britain. Recent projects include the restoration of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century homes. He is President of the American Friends of the Georgian Group and Chairman of the Architectural Advisory Committee and Village District Consultants in Ridgefield\, Connecticut. \n 
URL:https://nylandmarks.org/event/the-scots-who-built-new-york-boroughs-with-historian-and-architect/
LOCATION:General Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen\, 20 West 44th Street\, New York\, NY\, United States
CATEGORIES:Member Talks & Tours
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SUMMARY:New Building in Old Cities: Writings by Gustavo Giovannoni on Architectural and Urban Conservation
DESCRIPTION:General Society Landmark Lectures \nLOCATION: The General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen building – 20 WEST 44TH STREET \nNew Building in Old Cities: Writings by Gustavo Giovannoni on Architectural and Urban Conservation\nWith Professor Steven W. Semes\, Professor of Architecture\, University of Notre Dame \n \nProfessor Steven Semes will discuss the impact of Gustavo Giovannoni (1873-1947) who was a central figure in the fields of architecture\, urbanism\, and historic preservation in the first half of the 20th century in his native Italy and throughout Europe. His theory and practice have had a profound\, if often unacknowledged\, influence in these fields up to the present day. Central to his thinking was a sense of continuity between historic architecture and contemporary design\, the mission of restoration to make our historic monuments whole\, and a deep sense of respect for the character and meaning of historic buildings\, cities\, and landscapes. \nGiovannoni’s focus on the urban scale led him to view the whole city as a monument\, including both important public buildings and the ordinary urban fabric that forms their setting. Proponents of historic preservation\, new traditional design\, New Urbanism\, sustainability\, and environmentalism will find in Giovannoni an invaluable precursor and resource. The talk is based on a new book\, New Building in Old Cities by Professor Semes that offers a comprehensive portrait of the architect for the first time in English. \nSteven W. Semes is a Professor of Architecture and Director of the Michael Christopher Duda Center for Preservation\, Resilience\, and Sustainability at the University of Notre Dame. He was Academic Director of the Notre Dame Rome Studies Program 2008-2011. He is the author of The Future of the Past: A Conservation Ethic for Architecture\, Urbanism\, and Historic Preservation (2009) and The Architecture of the Classical Interior (2004)\, as well as many articles. His new book is New Building in Old Cities: Writings by Gustavo Giovannoni on Architectural and Urban Conservation\, with co-editors Francesco Siravo and Jeff Cody (2024). Prior to joining the Notre Dame faculty in 2005\, he practiced architecture for three decades in Washington\, DC\, San Francisco\, and New York.
URL:https://nylandmarks.org/event/october-general-society-landmark-lectures/
LOCATION:General Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen\, 20 West 44th Street\, New York\, NY\, United States
CATEGORIES:Member Talks & Tours
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SUMMARY:Fifth Avenue: Architecture and Society - A History of America's Street of Dreams
DESCRIPTION:New York’s Fifth Avenue\, America’s ‘Street of Dreams’ is one of the most remarkable thoroughfares in the world. Shown on the Commissioners’ map of 1807 emerging from a country road\, then in the proposed grid plan of 1811 as one of the major boulevards\, Fifth Avenue by the end of the century was synonymous with a lavish fashionable life\, grand mansions\, and services catering to the wealthy. \n \nProfessor Mosette Broderick\, drawing from her recently published book\, Fifth Avenue Architecture and Society: History of America’s Street of Dreams will illustrate how Fifth Avenue grew\, flourished\, and failed. Her talk will feature some of the 200 archive photographs that help tell the history of Fifth Avenue’s 19th- and early 20th-century architecture and society. \nShe will describe the story of how above Washington Square\, in the 1840s and 50s\, mainly speculative brownstone houses marched steadily northwards. The social fabric of the City\, after the Civil War\, shunned the more aggressive arrivistes such as Alva Vanderbilt and Marietta Stevens who employed European-influenced architects and decorators to build and furnish grand mansions\, in contrast to their brownstone neighbors. Professor Mosette tracks the street’s shifting fortunes as fashion\, hotels\, and apartment towers bring a new skyline to the elite environs. \nAnd then\, it was all gone. Swept away in the shadow of tall buildings\, the New York house on Fifth Avenue was no longer the ultimate symbol of identity. All that exquisite and substantial work quickly fell before the wrecker’s ball. \nMosette Broderick\, Clinical Professor in the Department of Art History\, New York University\, is also the Director of the MA Programme in Historical and Sustainable Architecture in London. Professor Broderick’s many lectures and publications include Triumvirate: McKim Mead &White: Art\, Architecture\, Scandal and Class in America’s Golden Age.
URL:https://nylandmarks.org/event/fifth-avenue-architecture-and-society-a-history-of-americas-street-of-dreams/
LOCATION:General Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen\, 20 West 44th Street\, New York\, NY\, United States
CATEGORIES:Member Talks & Tours
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240521T183000
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SUMMARY:Landmark Lecture: Remaking Penn Station for Riders and the 22nd Century
DESCRIPTION:The New York Landmarks Conservancy in partnership with The General Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen of the City of New York cordially invites you to a Landmark Lecture \nRemaking Penn Station for Riders and the 22nd Century\nA panel discussion with Samuel A. Turvey and Karim Ahmed\, ReThink NYC; Christine Berhet\, Manhattan Community Board 4’s Transportation Committee; and Dr. Robert Paaswell\, Emeritus Director\, City College’s University Transportation Research Center\, Region II. \nModerated by Peg Breen\, President of The New York Landmarks Conservancy \nThis will be an in-person and online lecture on Tuesday\, May 21st\, 6:30 pm \nGeneral Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen of The City of New York\n20 West 44th Street (between 5th and 6th Avenues) \nIN-PERSON RSVP HERE \nONLINE RSVP HERE \nPeg Breen will moderate a panel discussion on ReThinkNYC’s proposal to convert commuter rail at Penn Station – now used by its main tenants – MTA\, LIRR\, and NJ Transit – as a terminal facility\, to the modern standard in commuter railroading – through-running. \nThrough-running would link New Jersey\, Long Island\, and Westchester seamlessly through Penn Station while originating and terminating in rail hubs on either side of the Hudson and East Rivers. As such it would address the main weakness of regional mass transit in Greater New York – its spotty connectivity. \nThrough-running has been embraced successfully by Chicago\, Philadelphia\, Toronto as well as London\, Paris\, and a host of major world capitals. (Los Angeles is planning to follow suit.) The operating model is superior to the proposal of Amtrak and the MTA for building additional terminal tracks below 31st Street: in addition to bolstering economic growth and equity across the region through enhanced connectivity\, it looks to cost substantially less than the alternative proposal and eliminates the need to demolish any of the buildings in Penn Station’s immediate vicinity. \n \nReThinkNYC is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to applying innovative thinking to the future of New York City and its greater region. It focuses integrally on transportation infrastructure\, land use\, governance\, and socio-economic issues. For more information on RethinkNYC\, please click here.
URL:https://nylandmarks.org/event/landmark-lecture-remaking-penn-station-for-riders-and-the-22nd-century/
CATEGORIES:Member Talks & Tours
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SUMMARY:Landmark Lecture: Voices of the Stones
DESCRIPTION:The New York Landmarks Conservancy in partnership with The General Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen of the City of New York cordially invites you to a Landmark Lecture \nVoices of the Stones\nWith Robert F. Rodriguez\, Photojournalist \n \nThis will be an in-person and online lecture on Tuesday\, April 16th\, at 6:00 pm \nGeneral Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen of The City of New York\n20 West 44th Street (between 5th and 6th Avenues)\, Manhattan \nIN-PERSON RSVP HERE \nONLINE RSVP HERE \nForty years ago\, the Cathedral of St John the Divine undertook a major project to build its long overdue towers. Despite that effort\, they were never completed – thus the church nickname\, St John the Unfinished. What most people do not know is that the partially finished south tower is host to an extraordinary array of stone sculptures – not readily visible from street level or otherwise open to the public. \nRobert F. Rodriguez was artist/photographer-in-residence at the church as these artworks were being created\, and responsible for recording them for posterity. \nIn his talk\, Voices of the Stones Mr. Rodriguez will present a unique\, behind-the-scenes introduction to those sculptures and the people behind them\, He will provide a close-up look at the wondrous\, intricate and often humorous carvings\, and traces them back to the dedicated men and women stone carvers who worked on them\, and reveal some “secret” messages they carved into their limestone creations. \nPhotojournalist Robert F. Rodriguez spent more than 10 years documenting all facets of the construction work involved in building the towers at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. He was also a photo editor at Gannett Newspapers for 38 years and The Daily Mail for ten\, as well as photographer for Heaven on the Hudson: Mansions\, Monuments\, and Marvels of Riverside Park and the upcoming Fabulous Fountains of New York.
URL:https://nylandmarks.org/event/landmark-lecture-voices-of-the-stones/
LOCATION:General Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen\, 20 West 44th Street\, New York\, NY\, United States
CATEGORIES:Member Talks & Tours
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SUMMARY:The Restoration of Stanford White's Dining Room in Box Hill
DESCRIPTION:The New York Landmarks Conservancy in partnership with The General Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen of the City of New York cordially invites you to a Landmark Lecture \nTHE RESTORATION OF STANFORD WHITE’S DINING ROOM IN BOX HILL:\nThe Perils of a Better Idea \nWith Samuel G. White\, Founding Partner\, PBDW Architects \nIntroduction\nPeg Breen\, President\, New York Landmarks Conservancy \nThis will be an in-person and online lecture on Tuesday\, April 9th\, 6:00 pm \nGeneral Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen of The City of New York – 20 West 44th Street (between 5th and 6th Avenues)\, Manhattan \nIN-PERSON TICKETS \nONLINE RSVP HERE \n \nBetween 1889 and 1903 Stanford White expanded a small\, mid-nineteenth century farmhouse into a formidable country seat that was a gathering place for his clients\, his friends\, and his relatives. Today the house continues to be occupied by his descendants\, representing the fifth\, sixth\, and seventh generation of his family to enjoy Box Hill. \nThroughout a nearly continuous campaign of home improvements White was supported by the architectural\, engineering\, and organizational discipline of the staff at McKim\, Mead & White. But in a few instances\, he changed direction in mid-construction\, invariably for a better effect\, but not always without consequences. One hundred and twenty years after his death his descendants have had to undertake significant capital repairs\, which in some cases involved interiors of historic significance. \nThe restoration of Stanford White’s Dining Room at Box Hill illustrates a problem arising from one of those “better ideas” as well as the challenge of replacing nineteenth century decorative finishes that\, while critical to White’s interiors\, are no longer available. \nIn this illustrated talk\, Stanford White’s great-grandson\, architect Samuel G. White will describe some of these challenges and “the perils of a better idea.” \nSamuel G. White is a Founding Partner of Platt Byard Dovell White Architects (PBDW) in New York. Mr. White has practiced architecture since 1974. His diverse portfolio of award-winning educational\, institutional\, and residential projects focuses on designs that introduce new interventions to historic settings in ways that both reinforce and reinterpret their contexts. He is a National Academician and a trustee or advisor to a number of preservation and arts organizations. He was an adjunct assistant professor of Fine Arts at New York University from 2000 to 2012 and most recently in 2023. He is the author or co-author of The Houses of McKim\, Mead & White; McKim\, Mead & White: The Masterworks; Stanford White: Architect; Stanford White in Detail\, and Nice House. Mr. White lectures regularly to museum and preservation groups and is a longtime Advisory Board member of the Landmarks Conservancy.
URL:https://nylandmarks.org/event/7905/
LOCATION:General Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen\, 20 West 44th Street\, New York\, NY\, United States
CATEGORIES:Member Talks & Tours
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240326T180000
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SUMMARY:Landmark Lecture: The Reconstruction of the Notre Dame Spire with Alexis Boutrolle
DESCRIPTION:The New York Landmarks Conservancy In partnership with The General Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen of the City of New York cordially invites you to a Landmark Lecture \nThe Reconstruction of the Notre Dame Spire\nwith Alexis Boutrolle\, U.S. Director of Operations\, Asselin\, and an Introduction by Peter Pennoyer of Peter Pennoyer Architects \nThis will be an in-person and online lecture on Tuesday\, March 26th\, 6:00 pm\n(Please note this program can only be viewed either live in-person or live online\, there will not be a video recording available after the event) \nGeneral Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen of The City of New York\n20 West 44th Street (between 5th and 6th Avenues)\, Manhattan \nIN- PERSON RSVP HERE \nONLINE RSVP HERE \nAsselin is one of the preeminent companies in historical monuments wood restoration in France. They were selected as one of the four timber framing companies to work on the spire and the transept of the reconstruction of the Notre Dame spire following the ravaging fire in 2019. \nAlexis Boutrolle joined Asselin in 2006\, as sales director for France collaborating and coordinating with all the departments of the company and then the export department with a major focus on the U.S. market. \nPeter Pennoyer is the founding partner of Peter Pennoyer Architects\, a New York–based architecture and design firm. A Fellow of the American Institute of Architects\, he is the co-author\, with Anne Walker\, of five books on early 20th-century American architects and the author of A House in the Country\, written with his wife\, interior designer Katie Ridder.
URL:https://nylandmarks.org/event/landmark-lecture-the-reconstruction-of-the-notre-dame-spire-with-alexis-boutrolle/
LOCATION:General Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen\, 20 West 44th Street\, New York\, NY\, United States
CATEGORIES:Member Talks & Tours
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240312T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240312T193000
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SUMMARY:Landmark Lecture: An Inside Look at New Projects - Peter Pennoyer
DESCRIPTION:The New York Landmarks Conservancy In partnership with The General Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen of the City of New York cordially invites you to a Landmark Lecture \nFrom City to Country: An Inside Look at New Projects\nWith Peter Pennoyer Architects’ Founding Partner Peter Pennoyer \nThis will be an in-person and online lecture on Tuesday\, March 12th\, 6:00 pm \nLOCATION\nGeneral Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen of The City of New York\n20 West 44th Street (between 5th and 6th Avenues) Manhattan.\nThe In-Person Program will be followed by a book signing. \nIN-PERSON RSVP HERE \n\n\nONLINE RSVP HERE \nFor the past 30 years\, Peter Pennoyer Architects has upheld the gold standard of traditional residential architecture. Their diverse portfolio of projects\, which includes spectacular single-family houses across the country\, museum exhibitions\, high-rise buildings\, and even the clock at the heart of Moynihan Train Hall at New York Penn Station\, represents their refined vision and creative process. \n\n\nThe firm’s new book\, Peter Pennoyer Architects: City | Country—the first collection of work to be released in over a decade— explores 19 of their most recent and exciting projects. Please Join Peter Pennoyer for an exclusive look\, as he opens the doors to stylish city residences—from a historic townhouse in Greenwich Village to a triplex on the Ladies’ Mile of Fifth Avenue\, and a riverfront Art Deco apartment—as well as spectacular country and coastal properties\, including an Arts & Crafts house in Ohio’s Chagrin River Valley\, a 17th-century Colonial restoration project on Long Island\, and a Shingle-style summer house on an island in Maine. \nAs he shares photos and talks about the process of designing distinctive architecture\, Mr. Pennoyer will offer insight into how he and his firm take a client’s vision and transform it into houses and buildings that are informed by tradition and history with a contemporary perspective and designed\, above all\, to endure. \nPeter Pennoyer is the founding partner of Peter Pennoyer Architects\, a New York–based architecture and design firm. A Fellow of the American Institute of Architects\, he is the co-author\, with Anne Walker\, of five books on early 20th-century American architects and the author of A House in the Country\, written with his wife\, interior designer Katie Ridder. Recent projects include a house for the Jeff Koons family\, an Art Deco–style apartment building on Madison Avenue\, and Rowdy Meadow\, an award-winning Czech Cubism–style house in Ohio. \nPeter Pennoyer Architects: City | Country will be available for purchase in-person at the talk and online.
URL:https://nylandmarks.org/event/landmark-lecture-an-inside-look-at-new-projects-peter-pennoyer/
LOCATION:General Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen\, 20 West 44th Street\, New York\, NY\, United States
CATEGORIES:Member Talks & Tours
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SUMMARY:Landmark Lecture - The Art and Artistry of a Historic Company (Rambusch)
DESCRIPTION:The New York Landmarks Conservancy In partnership with The General Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen of the City of New York cordially invites you to a Landmark Lecture \nThe Art and Artistry of a Historic Company – A Dialogue \nEdwin Rambusch\, Co-Owner\, President & CEO of The Rambusch Company and David Hart\, FAIA\, Former Architect of the Utah State Capitol \n \nThis will be an in-person and online lecture on Tuesday\, December 12th\, 6:00 pm \nIn-Person Tickets \nOnline Tickets \nGeneral Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen of The City of New York\n20 West 44th Street (between 5th and 6th Avenues) \nThe In-Person Program will be followed by a special reception. \nGeneral Admission: $15\nSeniors\, General Society and New York Landmarks Conservancy Members: $10\nStudents: $5\nAdvance registration is required. \nThe Rambusch Decorating Company\, a family-owned fourth-generation firm working in the tri-state area and nationally is celebrating 125 years in business. The full-service company is composed of designers and artisans practicing decorative arts. For more than a century\, they have applied their craft to enhance the experience of interior architecture through lighting\, liturgical furnishings\, stained glass\, mosaics\, and restoration. \nRecent Rambusch projects in the New York City area include: Trinity Church Wall Street\, the Statue of Liberty Torch in the new Liberty Island Museum\, the Empire State Building\, 120 Broadway\, the Firefighters Memorial at Ground Zero\, Marble Collegiate\, the Fred French Building\, the Chrysler Building\, and the New York Stock Exchange\, to name a few. This talk will coincide with a retrospective exhibition of their work at the National Arts Club (November 27th to January 5th). \nThe Rambusch Decorating Company opened its doors in New York City in December 1898 when Frode Rambusch\, a Danish immigrant\, started his interior painting business\, primarily focusing on church interiors. As the twentieth century led to the increased availability of electric light\, Rambusch recognized its potential to enhance his decorative work and started to design and manufacture his own lighting fixtures. This dual enterprise continues to this day. For more information on Rambusch\, please click here. \n 
URL:https://nylandmarks.org/event/landmark-lecture-the-art-and-artistry-of-a-historic-company/
LOCATION:General Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen\, 20 West 44th Street\, New York\, NY\, United States
CATEGORIES:Member Talks & Tours
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SUMMARY:Landmark Lecture - Brooklyn Arcadia: Art\, History and Nature at Majestic Green-Wood
DESCRIPTION:Labor\, Literature and Landmarks Lecture Series\nFall 2023 \nBrooklyn Arcadia: Art\, History and Nature at Majestic Green-Wood.\nWith Photographer Andrew Garn and Writer Allison C. Meier \nMonday\, October 30th\, 6:00 pm \nPresented in Partnership with The General Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen of the City of New York (Founded 1785) \n \nIn this talk\, renowned photographer Andrew Garn\, will discuss his new book\, Brooklyn Arcadia: Art\, History and Nature at Majestic Green-Wood. Mr Garn will be joined by Allison C. Meier\, one of the nine essayists included in the book. Through stunning images\, this New York City treasure will be revealed as a garden in the city\, a repository for memory\, and a place for repose\, inspiration\, and delight. \nFounded in 1838 and now a National Historic Landmark\, Green-Wood was one of the first rural cemeteries in America. By the early 1860s\, it attracted 500\,000 visitors a year\, second only to Niagara Falls as the nation’s greatest tourist attraction. Green-Wood’s popularity helped inspire the creation of public parks\, including New York City’s Central and Prospect Parks. It has 478 spectacular acres of hills\, valleys\, glacial ponds\, and paths\, throughout which exists one of the largest outdoor collections of nineteenth- and twentieth-century statuary and mausoleums. Its 570\,000 permanent residents include Leonard Bernstein\, Boss Tweed\, Jean-Michel Basquiat\, and Louis Comfort Tiffany. It continues to be one of New York City’s great wonders. \nBrooklyn Arcadia takes a deep dive\, with 15 chapters on all facets of Green-Wood\, including over 400 new photographs by Mr. Garn\, historic images\, blueprints and informative essays\, the book is an insightful survey of Green-Wood’s storied past and riveting present. \nAt once a celebration and an invitation\, Brooklyn Arcadia ranges from a consideration of the natural landscape in which it is set to a close look at its architecture\, statuary\, symbols\, typography\, birds and fauna\, trees\, and typography. \nA native New Yorker\, Andrew Garn is a fine art and editorial photographer\, and writer whose work has been widely exhibited and has appeared in the pages of the New York Times Magazine\, New York\, National Geographic\, Audubon Magazine\, Fortune\, Forbes\, Interview\, Vogue\, Der Spiegel\, French Photo\, Elle Décor\, and Bloomberg LP. He has completed twelve previous books\, including New York Art Deco: Birds\, Beasts & Blooms (Rizzoli)\, The New York Pigeon (powerHouse)\, The Houseboat Book (Rizzoli)\, Bethlehem Steel (Princeton Architectural Press)\, Exit to Tomorrow (Universe)\, and Subway Style (New York Transit Museum). \nAllison C. Meier is a Brooklyn-based writer and cemetery tour guide. She is the author of Grave (2023\, Bloomsbury) and has bylines on death and culture in the New York Times\, CityLab\, Curbed\, National Geographic\, Wellcome Collection\, Lapham’s Quarterly\, and Smithsonian. Previously\, she was a staff writer at Hyperallergic and the senior editor at Atlas Obscura. \nBrooklyn Arcadia will be available for purchase on the night and online through www.rizzoliusa.com \nPurchase here.
URL:https://nylandmarks.org/event/landmark-lecture-brooklyn-arcadia-art-history-and-nature-at-majestic-green-wood/
LOCATION:General Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen\, 20 West 44th Street\, New York\, NY\, United States
CATEGORIES:Member Talks & Tours
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SUMMARY:Morton Feldman Event Live!
DESCRIPTION:Morton Feldman Returns to Eighth Street \nNew York Studio School celebrates the groundbreaking and hugely influential composer Morton Feldman\, who was Dean of NYSS from 1969 to 1971. \nNew York Studio School of Drawing\, Painting\, and Sculpture\n8 West 8th Street New York\nSeptember 19th – 6:30pm\nTICKETS \nAcclaimed violinist Miranda Cuckson and pianist Conor Hanick will perform a concert of works by Feldman\, whose musical creativity was intertwined to a remarkable degree with the visual arts and his personal relationships with contemporary artists. His quiet\, intimate\, and radiant compositions engage radically with our sensory experiences of time\, sound\, and space. \n \nProgram\nExtensions 1 (1951)\, for violin and piano \nProjection 1 (1950)\, for cello (performed on violin) \nVertical Thoughts 2 (1963)\, for violin and piano \nPiano Piece (to Philip Guston) (1963)\, for piano \nSpring of Chosroes (1977)\, for violin and piano \nNew York Studio School is grateful to Yamaha for its generous donation of a piano for this program. \nThis program was conceived by NYSS as a tribute to the New York Landmarks Conservancy during their 50th Anniversary celebrations. \nThe School wishes to make this event as accessible as possible. Please make a donation to NYSS as you are able (suggested donation $20 per person). Capacity is limited to 75 people. \nTICKETS \n 
URL:https://nylandmarks.org/event/morton-feldman-event-live/
CATEGORIES:Celebrate 50 at 50,Member Talks & Tours
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SUMMARY:Member Tour: Skyscraper Museum\, SKYMARKS - LANDMARKS
DESCRIPTION:The New York Landmarks Conservancy is very pleased to offer its members a curated tour of the Skyscraper Museum’s latest exhibition\, SKYMARKS | LANDMARKS. Carol Willis\, Skyscraper Museum founder and director\, will lead the tour. \nJuly 12\, 5:00 – 6:00 PM\nSkyscraper Museum\n39 Battery Place\, Manhattan \n \nThe meaning of “sky mark\,” a phrase invented for this show\, seems self-explanatory\, sounding a lot like “skyline.” But what is a “landmark?” Conventionally\, it’s a notable or historic building\, but in New York City since 1965\, Landmark refers to buildings or districts that have been officially designated for protection and regulation by the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC). \nSKY MARKS | LANDMARKS looks at all the structures in New York designated as individual Landmarks that are “skyscrapers.” We count about 84. Just as the LPC definition of characteristics that qualify a building to be a Landmark is fairly vague – architectural\, historical\, or cultural significance – our definition of skyscraper is somewhat subjective. “Significantly taller than a cube” is a baseline\, but a minimum number of stories is not. The earliest high-rises of the 1880s to 1900s that were ten to twenty stories were clearly skyscrapers in their day and so are included. Today the 102-story Empire State Building is the city’s tallest individual Landmark. \nContext matters. The poetic name for tall buildings – skyscrapers – resides in their relationship to the space around them. Skyscrapers and New York are synonymous. The evolving skyline is evidence that neither the energy of the city nor its image can be frozen. But our Landmarks should be protected and treasured. \nContact Matthew Marani at matthewmarani@nylandmarks.org or 212-995-5260\, with any questions.
URL:https://nylandmarks.org/event/member-tour-skyscraper-museum-skymarks-landmarks/
CATEGORIES:Member Talks & Tours
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SUMMARY:Landmark Lecture: The History of the Montauk Club\, An Architectural Treasure
DESCRIPTION:The New York Landmarks Conservancy In partnership with The General Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen of the City of New York cordially invites you to a Landmark Lecture \nThe History of the Montauk Club: An Architectural Treasure\nWith Mary Brennan\, President\, and Dylan Yeats\, Vice President \n \nThis will be an in-person and online lecture on Tuesday\, June 13th 6:00 pm \nGeneral Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen of The City of New York\n20 West 44th Street (between 5th and 6th Avenues)\nManhattan \n \nThe Montauk Club was founded in 1889 in Brooklyn\, in the tradition of private clubs at the height of the Gilded Age. Its magnificent Club House was designed by famed New York architect Francis H. Kimball\, inspired by a palace on Venice’s Grand Canal. The Club House was completed in 1891 and its Venetian Gothic architecture\, carved mahogany woodwork\, terracotta façade\, and beautiful stained glass windows remain its signature features. Today\, the Club is a vibrant part of its Park Slope\, Brooklyn neighborhood\, offering a variety of events year round. In this talk\, President of the Montauk Club\, Mary Brennan\, and Vice President Dylan Yeats will discuss its fascinating history. \nOver the Club’s 134-year-old history it has not only been celebrated and visited by eight American Presidents including John F. Kennedy\, but it has also encountered a number of challenges. Ms. Brennan and Mr. Yeats will discuss the many milestones (positive and negative) in the Club’s distinguished history\, the Club’s current programs and explain how it has managed to survive as Brooklyn’s last operating private club. They will also provide the background to The Montauk Club building receiving the Lucy G. Moses Excellence in Historic Preservation Award from The New York Landmarks Conservancy and the Municipal Art Society’s MASterworks Award for Best Restoration. \nThe Brownstoner described The Montauk Club: “The result is a building uniquely late 19th century American\, emphasized by the Native American theme in the ornamentation. Where else would one find a Venetian palazzo with Gothic tracery\, Victorian stained glass\, and columns with Native American faces as capitals? It’s all wonderfully unique and beautiful.” \n 
URL:https://nylandmarks.org/event/landmark-lecture-the-history-of-the-montauk-club-an-architectural-treasure/
CATEGORIES:Celebrate 50 at 50,Member Talks & Tours
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SUMMARY:Landmark Lecture: Great New  York Fire
DESCRIPTION:The New York Landmarks Conservancy In partnership with The General Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen of the City of New York cordially invites you to a Landmark Lecture \nGreat New York Fire of 1776: Lost Tale of the American Revolution\nWith Professor Benjamin L. Carp\, Brooklyn College and the CUNY Graduate Center \nThis will be an in-person and online lecture on Tuesday\, May 23rd 6:00 pm \nGeneral Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen of The City of New York\n20 West 44th Street (between 5th and 6th Avenues)\nManhattan \n \nWho set the mysterious fire that burned down much of New York shortly after the British took the city during the Revolutionary War? \nNew York City\, the strategic center of the Revolutionary War\, was the most important place in North America in 1776. That summer\, an unruly rebel army under George Washington repeatedly threatened to burn it rather than let the British take it. Shortly after the Crown’s forces took the City\, much of it mysteriously burned to the ground. \nThis is the first book to fully explore The Great Fire of 1776 and why its origins remained a mystery even after the British investigated it in 1776 and 1783. Uncovering stories of espionage\, terror\, and radicalism\, Benjamin L. Carp paints a vivid picture of the chaos\, passions\, and unresolved tragedies that define a historical moment we usually associate with “life\, liberty\, and the pursuit of happiness.” \nBenjamin L. Carp is professor of history at Brooklyn College and the CUNY Graduate Center. He is the author of Defiance of the Patriots: The Boston Tea Party and the Making of America and Rebels Rising: Cities and the American Revolution. He lives in New York City
URL:https://nylandmarks.org/event/landmark-lecture-great-new-york-fire/
LOCATION:General Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen\, 20 West 44th Street\, New York\, NY\, United States
CATEGORIES:Celebrate 50 at 50,Member Talks & Tours
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230516T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230516T190000
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SUMMARY:Landmark Lecture: Preserving New York City's Rich Cultural Heritage
DESCRIPTION:The New York Landmarks Conservancy in partnership with The General Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen of the City of New York cordially invites you to a Landmark Lecture: \nPreserving New York City’s Rich Cultural Heritage\nWith Kate Lemos McHale\, Director of Research New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission \nThis will be an in-person and online lecture on Tuesday\, May 16th\, 6:00 pm \nIn-person RSVP \nOnline RSVP \nGeneral Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen of The City of New York\n20 West 44th Street (between 5th and 6th Avenues)\, Manhattan \nGeneral Admission: $15\nSeniors\, General Society and New York Landmarks Conservancy Members: $10\nStudents: $5\n\nAdvance registration is required. \n\n\n \nNew York City’s diversity is its greatest strength\, essential to its significance as a thriving cultural\, intellectual\, artistic\, and economic center. Designated landmarks and historic districts protect and preserve the City’s significant architecture and buildings that embody and connect us to important history and culture. This illustrated lecture with Kate Lemos McHale\, Director of Research at the Landmarks Commission will look at the City’s history through a selection of landmarks and historic districts that reflect the contributions and achievements of significant people and groups\, recognize significant places associated with Native American\, African American\, Latino\, LGBTQ+\, women’s\, and immigrant history\, acknowledge the challenging history of prejudice and discrimination\, and help us understand and appreciate the richness and diversity of our City’s heritage. \nKate Lemos McHale manages the Landmarks Commission’s Research Department and the agency’s evaluation and designation of landmarks and historic districts. She has guided designations across the City that recognize sites of important architectural\, cultural\, and historical significance\, and has overseen the creation of several interactive story maps highlighting landmarks that represent the City’s diverse history.
URL:https://nylandmarks.org/event/landmark-lecture-preserving-new-york-citys-rich-cultural-heritage/
LOCATION:General Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen\, 20 West 44th Street\, New York\, NY\, United States
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