Landmark Lecture with Author, Anthony Wood on Servant of Beauty
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About the Event
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
Conversations with the Author: Servant of Beauty: Landmarks, Secret Love, and the Unimagined Life of an Unsung New York Hero.
In this program, New York Landmarks Conservancy President Peg Breen and Anthony Wood will 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.
They will 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.
This will be an in-person and online lecture on Tuesday, March 24th, at 6:00 pm
This program is presented in collaboration with the New York Preservation Archive Project.
Location:
General Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen of The City of New York
20 West 44th Street (between 5th and 6th Avenues), Manhattan