HDC's 17th Annual Preservation Conference
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Seventeenth Annual Preservation Conference!
Meet more than 30 community organizations this Friday and learn about their current preservation campaigns
LOOKING FORWARD, LOOKING BACK: FORTY YEARS OF PRESERVING NYC NEIGHBORHOODS
Friday, March 4: Opening Night Reception
HDC’s Opening Night Reception provides the best opportunity in New York to meet and greet preservation advocates from across the city and learn about the latest neighborhood campaigns.
This year’s groups include West End Preservation Society, Friends of Maple Grove Cemetery, Lower East Side History Project, PortSide New York, Brooklyn’s Other Museum of Brooklyn and so many more. This year we will also be highlighting the Six to Celebrate, a group of significant yet unprotected neighborhoods which HDC is partnering with in 2011. Please join us and meet your fellow community preservationists!
Friday, March 4, 6:00pm, at General Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen, 20 West 44th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues, Manhattan. Tickets for this event are $35/person, $30 for Friends of HDC, seniors and students. Reservations required. Please call (212) 614-9107 or visit our website.
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And Join Us for These Related Programs:
March 5: “Looking Forward, Looking Back: Forty Years of Preserving New York City Neighborhoods” Conference
Saturday, March 5, 8:30am-3:00pm, at St. Francis College, 180 Remsen Street between Court and Clinton Streets, Brooklyn. Full day admission is $45/person, $35/person for Friends of HDC and seniors. Fee includes continental breakfast, box lunch, and afternoon snack. Entrance fee will be waved for students with valid ID. For reservations, please call (212) 614-9107 or visit our website.
March 6: Walking Tours
The final day of HDC’s Preservation Conference features walking tours of neighborhoods throughout New York City:
v Highbridge, The Bronx with William Casari
v Ridgewood, Queens with Paul Kerzner
v Snug Harbor, Staten Island with Barnett Shepherd
v Sniffen Court & Turtle Bay Gardens, Manhattan with Matthew Postal
v Wallabout, Brooklyn with Andrew Scott Dolkart
Sunday, March 6. Space is limited, so reserve early. Meeting times and locations will be provided upon registration. To register via PayPal, please visit our website or call (212) 614-9107.