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NY’s Forgotten Master Planner: Rediscovering the Legacy of George McAneny
October 20, 2016 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
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George McAneny
Since the publication of Robert Caro’s The Power Broker over 40 years ago, public discussion of the shaping of New York has been dominated by the impact of that book’s subject, Robert Moses. But during much of Moses’s lifetime, the City’s most celebrated planner was a man who is little remembered today: George McAneny (1869-1953).
In this lecture, Charles Starks, research fellow at the New York Preservation Archive Project and teacher of urban studies at Hunter College, will explore McAneny’s distinct legacy, illuminating past and present conflicts over planning and preservation. Afterward Starks will be joined by Manhattan Borough Historian Michael Miscione and Anthony C. Wood, founder and chair of the Archive Project, in a discussion on the lessons that McAneny’s work holds for the City’s changing built environment today.
Free, but reservations are required. To register, please click here. Questions? Contact info@nypap.org or 212-988-8379.