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SUMMARY:Lightning Beneath the Sea: The Thrilling Race to Wire the World
DESCRIPTION:In this program\, based on his book\, Lightning Beneath the Sea\, author James M. Tabor will tell the thrilling story of the 19th century’s Apollo moonshot: an Atlantic-spanning telegraph cable that changed the world. In 1854\, the American entrepreneur Cyrus Field set out to lay a 2\,000-mile telegraph cable across the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. Nothing like it had ever been attempted. Field knew nothing about telegraphy\, electricity\, ships\, or oceans. But he believed that wiring the world for near-instantaneous communication would bring about peace on Earth. As Mr. Tabor will describe in enthralling detail\, how in 1866\, after enduring over a decade of catastrophic failures and staggering losses\, Field would finally lay his great cable\, ushering in the global information age. \nThis event is co-sponsored with the General Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen. Tabor’s book will be available for purchase at the in-person event. \nWednesday\, June 10\n6:00–7:00 p.m.\nThe General Society Library\n20 West 44th Street\, New York City \nPurchase tickets (in-person). \nPurchase tickets (streaming). \nJames M. Tabor is the author of six books\, including the award-winning Forever on the Mountain and best-selling Blind Descent. A creator of the History Channel’s Journey to the Center of the World\, he has written for Time\, Smithsonian\, The Wall Street Journal\, The Washington Post\, and others. He lives in Waitsfield\, Vermont.
URL:https://vicsocny.org/calendar/lightning-beneath-the-sea-the-thrilling-race-to-wire-the-world/
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SUMMARY:Victorian Society New York Annual Meeting & Awards Ceremony 2026
DESCRIPTION:Join the Victorian Society New York at the 60th Anniversary Annual Meeting & Awards Ceremony! All members and their guests are invited to join us at our Annual Meeting & Awards Ceremony\, where we will vote in new board members\, showcase this year’s award winners\, and hear our reports for 2025–26. \nWe will meet at the House of the Redeemer\, an Italian palazzo-style mansion\, formerly a private house built for Edith Shepard Fabbri\, a great-granddaughter of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt\, and now an Episcopalian oasis on the Upper East Side. The Annual Meeting will take place in the sumptuous rooms on the first floor with a cocktail reception to be held al fresco in the courtyard. \nMembers are invited free of charge while non-members will receive a complimentary membership with admission. Become a member today and join us at this special celebration! \nThursday\, June 11\, 2026\n7:00–9:00 p.m.\nHouse of the Redeemer\n7 East 95th Street\, New York \nReserve tickets. \nWe gratefully acknowledge our Sponsors: Building Conservation Associates\, Higgins Quasebarth & Partners\, Richard Hampton Jenrette Foundation\, Li · Saltzman Architects\, and Zaskorski & Associates. \nTop photo: Exterior of the House of the Redeemer\, designed by Grosvenor Atterbury\, an American architect and town planner trained at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Courtesy House of the Redeemer. \n \nLobby\, House of the Redeemer. Courtesy House of the Redeemer. \n \nLobby\, House of the Redeemer. Courtesy House of the Redeemer. \n \nRefectory\, House of the Redeemer. Courtesy House of the Redeemer. \n \nReception\, House of the Redeemer. Courtesy House of the Redeemer.
URL:https://vicsocny.org/calendar/victorian-society-new-york-annual-meeting-awards-ceremony-2026/
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SUMMARY:New York’s Fabulous Fountains: A Walking Tour
DESCRIPTION:Join the Victorian Society and author Stephanie Azzarone to explore New York’s iconic fountains in person. Azzarone has just published her widely acclaimed “Fabulous Fountains of New York” and will give an in depth and fascinating walking tour. \n\n\n\n\nNew York’s fountains are more than just decorative features—they are historical landmarks\, cultural icons\, and dynamic works of art that shape the city’s landscape. They were designed to honor men and women of accomplishment\, memorialize events\, and at one time\, keep citizens from drinking too much alcohol. New York’s fountains are classical and ornate or modern and streamlined. They celebrate firemen\, authors\, social workers\, and more. This tour will take a close look at some of Manhattan’s most distinctive Midtown fountains—new and old\, famous and little known—and share the stories of why they came to be\, the people behind them\, and what makes those fountains special. \nStops will include: \n\n“Truth” and “Beauty\,” long hidden behind “Patience” and “Fortitude”\nThe first major monument in New York City to honor a woman\nThe fabulous “Christmas Balls” fountain\nThe jewel within Midtown’s “vest pocket parks”\nA 14K gold-leafed fountain once known as “Leapin’ Louie”\nThe statue whose bare bottom outraged a Gilded Age Vanderbilt\n\nThe tour will start at the Fountain in Bryant Park. \nSaturday\, June 27\n1:00–3:00 p.m.\nBryant Park Fountain \nPurchase tickets.
URL:https://vicsocny.org/calendar/new-yorks-fabulous-fountains-a-walking-tour/
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