To educate the public about preservation issues, the Conservancy presents book signings, illustrated lectures, and technical programs throughout the year. These events are offered either free-of-charge or for a nominal registration fee.

Upcoming Events:

Young Landmarks Event: An Evening With Sam White
February 4, 2009
The Century Club
7 West 43rd Street
6 pm

The Conservancy will be hosting an evening with noted architect Sam White. He is the great-grandson of Stanford White (1853-1906), a designer of numerous homes for the wealthy and public buildings in the Beaux-Arts style, and the author of Stanford White, Architect.

The event will be held on February 4, from 6 to 8 pm, at the Century Club, one of Stanford White’s gems.

For more information on the event or the Young Landmarks group, please contact Amy Sullivan at 212.559.5260.

Past Events:

Richard Morris Hunt: The First American Architect at the École des Beaux-Arts
Monday, April 7, 2008
Church of the Resurrection
115 East 74th Street

This illustrated lecture by David Garrard Lowe explored the fascinating life and work of Richard Morris Hunt, the architect who changed the face of America, the man responsible for everything from the base of the Statue of Liberty, to the Great Hall of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, to the Vanderbilt mansions of Newport, Rhode Island.

Schinasi Mansion Tour
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
The Schinasi Mansion
351 Riverside Drive (at 107th Street)

The Schinasi residence, one of the few surviving free-standing mansions in Manhattan, was built in 1909 by William Tuthill, the architect who designed Carnegie Hall. Designated as a national, state, and city landmark, this exquisite French Renaissance-style jewel retains much of its original detail, featuring hand-carved wordwork, imported marble, rich mosaics, and original mantels.

An Exclusive Tour of The U.S. Courthouse & Post Office in Brooklyn
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
271 Cadman Plaza East

A 2007 Lucy G. Moses Preservation Award winner, this turreted, towered, mansarded, and arcaded limestone fortress is a stately homage to the Richardsonian Romanesque style of architecture. All exterior surfaces were meticulously restored and modern offices and courtrooms were inserted within the shell of the annex building, and the magnificent central atrium was restored to its full glory.

Google's New York City Headquarters
Thursday, August 7, 2008
76 Ninth Avenue between 15th and 16th Streets

The Conservancy hosted a tour in August of Google's New York City headquarters, located at 76 Ninth Avenue, as well as their new space directly across the street in Chelsea Market. The office space at 76 Ninth Avenue was built in 1930, takes up an entire city block, and originally served as a goods warehouse for the Port Authority. With its fabulous adaptive reuse of an industrial building, Google's new office at Chelsea Market is an incredible example of modern technology within an older frame.