Creating Central Park, A Panel Discussion April 26, 2008

Lecture begins at 2.30pm and lasts for 1 hour

Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

Creating Central Park
A Panel Discussion
Morrison H. Heckscher, Lawrence A. Fleischman Chairman of the American Wing
Barry Lewis, architectural historian
Charles E. Beveridge, Series Editor of the Frederick Law Olmsted Papers project
Francis R. Kowsky, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Art and Architecture at Buffalo State College and an author

On April 28, 1858, Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux’s Greensward plan was selected as the winner of the public design competition for New York’s Central Park, the first urban landscape park in America. We celebrate the 150th anniversary of this historic event with a conversation among scholars about Olmsted, Vaux, and the park, and take a look at the distinct roles the two men played in realizing their vision.

Saturday, April 26, at 2:30

Related screening:

Saturday, April 26, at 6:00
A Walk Through Central Park with David Hartman
and historian Barry Lewis, produced by WNET Channel Thirteen

This program is supported by The Giorgio S. Sacerdote Fund.

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