Tour of Bethesda Terrace and Minton Tiles & Pre-Automobile New York
TOUR OF BETHESDA TERRACE AND MINTON TILES
Monday, May 21
6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Join FRIENDS for a very special evening tour of the recently restored Bethesda Terrace Arcade and Minton tile ceiling. The treasured tile ceiling was designed by Jacob Wrey Mould in the mid-1860s and manufactured by the Minton Company of Stoke-on-Trent, England. Until this March, the majority of the nearly 16,000 ornately colored Minton encaustic ceramic tiles have been in storage for more than two decades. Jim Reed of the Central Park Conservancy will provide a site tour and discuss the Conservancy’s twenty year effort to restore this architectural gem within Central Park.
Please meet at the Bethesda Terrace Fountain in Central Park. Click here for a map
http://www.centralparknyc.org/media/file/centralparkmap.pdf
CONTESTED STREETS
Thursday, June 7
6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Allen-Stevenson School
132 East 78th Street
FRIENDS is pleased to present a viewing of Contested Streets, a 55-minute documentary film that explores the rich diversity of New York City street life before the introduction of automobiles and shows how New York can follow the example of other modern cities that have reclaimed their streets as vibrant public spaces. Contested Streets features new footage of reclaimed streets in London, Paris and Copenhagen and interviews with New York savvy notables such as Ken Jackson, Mike Wallace, Bob Kiley, Majora Carter, Kathryn Wylde, Enrique Peñalosa, Paul Steely White and many more.
After the film, Transportation Alternatives’ Executive Director, Paul Steely White, will give a brief talk and take questions from the audience. For additional information about the film, please see www.contestedstreets.com and www.transalt.org
THESE EVENTS ARE FREE FOR OUR MEMBERS.
To RSVP or inquire about membership, contact us at 212.535.2526 or [email protected]
Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Districts
20 East 69th Street, #4B, New York, NY 10021
www.friends-ues.org