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SUMMARY:East in Eden: William Niblo and His Pleasure Garden of Yore
DESCRIPTION:  \n“Image Courtesy of The Collection of Tom Burnett” \nWilliam Niblo\, an Irish immigrant to New York City at the end of the 18th century\, rose from his initial position in the hostelry and tavern business in Lower Manhattan to found an immensely popular “coffee house\,” and then opened an enormous pleasure garden in the London tradition at the northern limits of the populated City in 1828. Initially mostly an outdoor place of leisurely entertainment and recreation of middle class New Yorkers who eschewed the use of few crowded and noisy public parks\, Niblo’s Garden expanded and improved many times over its 66-year existence\, always under the name of its founder. Niblo’s name and good will were known all over the United States\, and his stages were sought after by performers of all ills for opera\, circus acrobatics\, equeststrian displays and grand private celebrations. The story of this devout Episcopalian’s rise in New York through the 19th century with his wife Martha King Niblo at his side forms a remarkable chapter in the story of public\, genteel\, urban entertainment in Victorian times. \n  \nBenjamin Feldman has lived and worked in New York City since 1969. His essays and book reviews about New York City\, American history\, and Yiddish culture have appeared online and in print in CUNY’s Gotham History Blotter\, The New Partisan Review\, Columbia County History and Heritage\, and Ducts literary magazine. \n  \nPlease RSVP here.
URL:https://vicsocny.org/calendar/east-in-eden-william-niblo-and-his-pleasure-garden-of-yore/
LOCATION:38 West 86th Street\, 38 West 86th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10024
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SUMMARY:Excursion to Newark
DESCRIPTION:Newark\, the third oldest city in the United States\, offers many exciting things to see\, and we will be fortunate enough to explore three private Victorian homes there. After a traditional Portuguese lunch in the city’s historic Ironbound section\, we will visit the Ballantine House at The Newark Museum. The 27-room\, late Victorian-style mansion was built in 1885 for Jeannette and John Holme Ballantine of the celebrated Newark beer-brewing family. The original house had eight bedrooms and three bathrooms. A part of the museum since 1937\, today two of its floors are interpreted as a suite called “House  & Home” with eight period rooms\, two hallways and six thematic galleries—all filled with things that might have been found in people’s homes from the 1650s to the present. \n  \n  \nThis tour is limited to 50 participants\nFEES: $125 for Victorian Society New York Members\, $150 for others\nPaid reservations must be received by Thursday\, May 24 \n\n \n\n\n\nPricing\n\n\nMember $125.00 USDNon-Member $150.00 USD\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n  \nParticipants in our educational tours must be in excellent health. They must be able to participate safely in the activities involved and keep pace with the group. Sites we visit may have challenging stairs or steep or rocky hills. If you have any doubt about your ability to participate fully due to health conditions or disabilities\, contact Victorian Society New York at info@vicsocny.org or (212) 886-3742. Victorian Society New York reserves the right to decline to accept or refuse to retain any person as a member of our tours at any time.
URL:https://vicsocny.org/calendar/excursion-to-newark/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180530T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180530T183000
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SUMMARY:51st Annual Business Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the Annual Meeting and Awards. \nAfter the presentation\, members and guests are invited to a reception where they can meet the award recipients. \nEvent is Free for members\nGuest rate $ 25.00 \nPlease RSVP to membership@vicsocny.org
URL:https://vicsocny.org/calendar/51st-annual-business-meeting/
LOCATION:Church of the Incarnation\, 209 Madison Avenue\, New York\, NY
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180519T140000
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SUMMARY:Exploring NoHo: the Neighborhood Where Manhattan's Gilded Age Began
DESCRIPTION:Lafayette Place was the premier address for the leading families of antebellum New York\, when “Society” transitioned from staid brownstone houses on Washington Square to the Gilded Age mansions along Fifth Avenue. Nearby Bond and Great Jones Streets were also favored addresses. Michael Rayhill\, who focused on the area during his graduate studies\, will lead our tour and share information not only about architectural\nhistory and design but also the social and often intertwined history of the privileged families who once resided in the vicinity\, including the Astors\, Delanos\, Gardiners\, Langdons\, Livingstons and Wards—to name a few. The tour will illustrate how the radical changes that took place after the Civil War led to the demise of this  once quiet and genteel neighborhood. We will be allowed into living quarters of a building on Colonnade Row\, completed in 1833. \n  \n  \nThis tour is limited to 25 Participants\nFEES: $25 for Victorian Society New York Members\, $35 for others\nPaid reservations must be received by Monday\, May 14 \n  \n\n \n\n\n\nPricing\n\n\nMember $25.00 USDNon-member $35.00 USD\n\n\n\n\n\n \nParticipants in our educational tours must be in excellent health. They must be able to participate safely in the activities involved and keep pace with the group. Sites we visit may have challenging stairs or steep or rocky hills. If you have any doubt about your ability to participate fully due to health conditions or disabilities\, contact Victorian Society New York at info@vicsocny.org or (212) 886-3742. Victorian Society New York reserves the right to decline to accept or refuse to retain any person as a member of our tours at any time.
URL:https://vicsocny.org/calendar/exploring-noho-the-neighborhood-where-manhattans-gilded-age-began/
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SUMMARY:Mark Twain and Charles Darwin: The Evolution of Literature
DESCRIPTION:Mark Twain (1835-1910) and Charles Darwin (1809-1882) met only once\, but Darwin influenced Twain’s work and view on society\, while Twain was one of Darwin’s favorite novelists. Golden has explored the unexpected connections between two Victorian intellectual titans\, examining the full range of Twain’s writing\, from fiction\, travelogues\, philosophical works\, social commentary and personal correspondence. It shows the enduring relevance of Darwin’s thought and the surprising depth of what\, on the surface\, seems like simple humor. \n  \nJoin us as James Joseph Golden\, director of education at the Mark Twain House and Museum speaks about Twain’s work and Darwin’s influence.
URL:https://vicsocny.org/calendar/mark-twain-and-charles-darwin-the-evolution-of-literature/
LOCATION:Church of the Holy Trinity\, 316 East 88th Street\, New York\, NY\, United States
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SUMMARY:An Oyster Bay Day
DESCRIPTION:On Long Island’s North Shore we will visit Sagamore Hill\, the mansion Theodore Roosevelt built in 1884-85 and used during the summers of his presidency\, 1901-08. Family furnishings remain in the house. Time permitting\, a drive through part of what was Louis Comfort Tiffany’s estate will afford glimpses of remain-ing elements. After lunch we go to Raynham Hall. The oldest part of this house\, built in 1738\, has ties to Revolutionary War spies. A Victorian wing was added in 1852. Our last stop will be at Coe Hall and Planting Fields Arboretum. The 65-room Tudor Revival style mansion was built in the early 20th century for William R. Coe\, an insurance executive\, and his wife\, Mai\, heiress of a Standard Oil fortune. Hundreds of acres of gardens surround the mansion. \nPlease note to also select your lunch menu option when paying for this event. \n  \n  \nThis tour is limited to 34 participants\nFEES: $140 for Victorian Society New York Members\, $165 for others                \nPaid reservations must be received by Thursday\, April 26 \n\n \n\n\n\nPricing\n\n\nMember $140.00 USDNon-Member $165.00 USD\n\n\nMenu Option\n\n\nHorseradish honey salmonMaple pecan chicken breastPasta primavera with shrimpPasta Primavera (vegetarian)\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n  \nParticipants in our educational tours must be in excellent health. They must be able to participate safely in the activities involved and keep pace with the group. Sites we visit may have challenging stairs or steep or rocky hills. If you have any doubt about your ability to participate fully due to health conditions or disabilities\, contact Victorian Society New York at info@vicsocny.org or (212) 886-3742. Victorian Society New York reserves the right to decline to accept or refuse to retain any person as a member of our tours at any time.
URL:https://vicsocny.org/calendar/an-oyster-bay-day/
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SUMMARY:Margot Gayle Benefit Lecture
DESCRIPTION:Terra Cotta – Don’t Take it for Granite\nA Lecture by Susan Tunick to benefit\nThe Margot Gayle Fund for the Preservation of Victorian Heritage \n \nSusan Tunick is an authority on terra cotta\, an artist in the medium and president of Friends of Terra Cotta. She is the author of Terra-Cotta Skyline\, Paris and the Legacy of French Architectural Ceramics and Terra Cotta…Don’t Take It for Granite. She was guest curator for “Uncommon Clay: New Jersey’s Architectural Terra Cotta Industry” at the Middlesex County Museum (2002-03). Her work as an artist working in clay includes murals in PS 222 in Jackson Heights\, Queens and sculptures in the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail Station in Bayonne. \n Reception to Follow \n\n \n\n\n\nAdmission\n\n\nIndividual Admission $50.00 USDDual Admission $100.00 USDAdmission $200.00 USDAdmission $250.00 USDAdmission $500.00 USDAdmission $1\,000.00 USD\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\nThe Margot Gayle Fund for the Preservation of Victorian Heritage\, established in 2008\, enables the Metropolitan Chapter to make monetary grants for projects for preservation or conservation of Victorian material culture in the New York Metropolitan area. \n  \nIf you cannot attend but would like to donate click below \n\n\n\n\nChecks can be made payable to: Metropolitan Chapter VSA \nand mailed to:\nMargot Gayle Fund\nMetropolitan Chapter of Victorian Society in America\nc/o Village Alliance\n8 East 8th Street\nNew York\, NY 10003
URL:https://vicsocny.org/calendar/margo-gayle-benefit-lecture/
LOCATION:Estonian House\, 243 East 34th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180412T180000
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SUMMARY:From Zuni to Boston: Rediscovering Isabel and Larz Anderson's Eclectic Collection
DESCRIPTION:Please Join us for a lecture from Stephen T. Moskey and Isabel L. Taube. \n \nIsabel Weld Perkins (1876–1948) and Larz Anderson (1866–1937) were a wealthy\, well-connected\, cosmopolitan\, and intellectually curious Gilded Age couple who traveled the globe assembling a collection of objects that they displayed in their homes in Brookline\, Massachusetts\, and Washington\, DC. They regarded themselves as citizens of the world and visually reinforced this idea with the arrangements of their collection in their homes. After an introduction to the Andersons’ approach to collecting and displaying objects\, this presentation will explore one case study in depth—their acquisition and arrangement of Native American pots and blankets\, primarily Zuni\, acquired in New Mexico in 1904 with the help of a now-controversial Smithsonian ethnologist\, Matilda Coxe Stevenson (1849–1915). The speakers were responsible for the 2014 rediscovery of the Andersons’ Native American collection\, once presumed to be lost\, in long-term storage at a Boston museum. The presentation is drawn from an ongoing study of the highly eclectic Gilded Age interiors of both Anderson homes and will include many rare period views of interiors and collections. \n  \n  \n  \nIsabel L. Taube\, PhD\, is an art historian who specializes in Gilded Age art and interior decoration and teaches at Rutgers University\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, and the School of Visual Arts\, New York. She has curated exhibitions of historical and contemporary art\, including a multi-venue\, traveling exhibition of Walter Gay’s interior scenes for the Frick Art and Historical Center in Pittsburgh (2012–2013)\, for which she was the lead author for the catalogue\, Impressions of Interiors: Gilded Age Paintings by Walter Gay (2012). She also serves as Executive Editor for the online journal Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide. \nStephen T. Moskey\, PhD\, is a historical researcher in Washington\, DC\, who specializes in American cultural history\, 1865–1940. His publications include The Turkish Ambassador’s Residence and the Cultural History of Washington\, DC (2013) and Larz and Isabel Anderson: Wealth and Celebrity in the Gilded Age (2016).
URL:https://vicsocny.org/calendar/larz-and-isabel-anderson-wealth-and-celebrity-in-the-gilded-age/
LOCATION:Church of the Holy Trinity\, 316 East 88th Street\, New York\, NY\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180308T180000
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SUMMARY:Hidden History of LGBT Victorian New York
DESCRIPTION:The NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project\, founded in 2015\, is the first cultural heritage initiative to document historic LGBT spaces in the city’s five boroughs. The panelists will focus on sites from the 1840s to the 1920s. Special attention will be given to the project’s work in amending the National Register of Historic Places nomination of the Alice Austen House in Staten Island. Other sites include Walt Whitman’s Brooklyn residence and the Henry Street Settlement\, co-founded by progressive reformer Lillian Wald\, as well as early bar and social spaces in downtown Manhattan. \nHear Andrew Dolkart\, Ken Lustbader\, Jay Shockley and Amanda Davis speak on the creation of the LGBT Historic Sites Project as well as sites in the Victorian era and their impact on LGBT history.
URL:https://vicsocny.org/calendar/hidden-history-of-lgbt-victorian-new-york/
LOCATION:Church of the Holy Trinity\, 316 East 88th Street\, New York\, NY\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180224T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180224T140000
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SUMMARY:Brunch at the Oscar Wilde Bar
DESCRIPTION:Enjoy an alcoholic beverage and a three-course meal in a private room in the ornately decorated Oscar Wilde Bar. \nDuring our brunch\, Russell Needham will enlighten us on how the establishment that celebrates the legendary English author and wit came to be filled with an unusual collection of antiques. The bar is near Tin Pan Alley\, and George Calderaro will describe the initiative to save this historic streetscape. \n  \n  \nThis tour is limited to 32 participants.\nFees: $65 for Victorian Society New York members\, $75 for others\nPaid reservations must be received by Wednesday\, February 15. \n  \n\nOscar Wilde Brunch \n\n\n\nMember $65.00 USDNon-Member $75.00 USD\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n 
URL:https://vicsocny.org/calendar/brunch-at-the-oscar-wilde-bar/
LOCATION:Oscar Wilde Bar\, 45 W 27th\, New York\, NY\, 10001\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180214T180000
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SUMMARY:Summer School Lecture: The Greatest Victorian Architect: Frank Lloyd Wright and Newport\, Rhode Island
DESCRIPTION:The Victorian Society in America Presents A Summer Schools Evening* \n“The Greatest Victorian Architect: Frank Lloyd Wright and Newport\, Rhode Island” \nA lecture by Richard Guy Wilson\nDirector\, VSA Newport Summer School\nand Commonwealth Professor of\nArchitectural History\, University of Virginia \nFREE\nWednesday\, February 14\n6:00 PM\nJefferson Market Library\n425 Avenue of the Americas\nNew York \n*Learn about the VSA Summer Schools in\nNewport\, London and Chicago before\nthis year’s March 1st application deadline! \nRSVP by Monday\, February 12 to admin@vsasummerschools.org \n  \n 
URL:https://vicsocny.org/calendar/summer-school-lecture-the-greatest-victorian-architect-frank-lloyd-wright-and-newport-rhode-island/
LOCATION:Jefferson Market Library\, 425 Avenue of the Americas\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180208T184500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180208T200000
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SUMMARY:Ladies of The Ticker: Women of Wall Street
DESCRIPTION:This lecture will feature speaker George Robb\, a professor of history at William Paterson University in Wayne\, New Jersey.\n\nLong overlooked in histories of finance\, women played an essential role in areas such as banking and the stock market during the late 19th-and early 20th-centuries.\nYet their presence sparked ongoing controversy.\nProfessor Robb’s pioneering study published in 2017 by the University of Illinois Press sheds light on the financial methods\, accomplishments and careers of three generations of women during this pivotal era.
URL:https://vicsocny.org/calendar/ladies-of-the-ticker-women-of-wall-street/
LOCATION:Church of the Holy Trinity\, 316 East 88th Street\, New York\, NY\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171214T180000
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SUMMARY:A New York Christmas - Ho Ho Ho at Gothamtide
DESCRIPTION:A New York Christmas – Ho Ho Ho at Gothamtide \nCelebrate the holiday season with Sibyl McCormack Groff\, author and historian\, who is known locally as “Queen Santa\,” as she demonstrates the importance of New York as the Christmas Capital. She explores places to visit during Gothamtide\, with its hidden treasures and delectable treats. \n  \nThis talk reveals the diversity of the holiday season with anecdotes and stories\, while exploring the holiday traditions of the diverse cultures that created this multi-cultural metropolis\, which she discovered during the research for her newly released book\, A New York Christmas: HoHoHo at Gothamtide! \n  \nA reception will be held before the lecture at 6:00 p.m.\, with the lecture starting promptly at 6:45 p.m.\nLectures are partially sponsored by generous gifts from Christopher Broadwell and Lewis I. Haber
URL:https://vicsocny.org/calendar/a-new-york-christmas-ho-ho-ho-at-gothamtide/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171202T083000
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SUMMARY:Holiday Cheer In Bethlehem\, PA
DESCRIPTION:Bethlehem\, PA street decorated for the holidays. Photo courtesy of www.HistoricBethlehem.org \n  \nHoliday Cheer In Bethlehem\, PA \nBethlehem\, PA\, calls itself Christmas City\, USA and posts decorated trees on nearly every street during the holiday season. At the Moravian Museum of Bethlehem\, housed in a 1741 log structure\, we’ll learn about the early days in the settlement—and have to climb a flight of stairs because there is no elevator. Next we will make quick stops inside the 1744 Single Sisters’ House\, Apothecary and Nain-Schober House (a Native American structure)—all featuring individually decorated trees. \n  \nAfter lunch\, we will visit a decorative arts museum that has a collection of doll houses with Victorian era examples from the U.S.\, Britain and France. Our tour will end at the Christkindlmarkt\, said to be the largest holiday market in the U.S. Even if you don’t want to shop\, you can enjoy ice carvings and browse the stalls to see handcrafted items and imported goods and ornaments. Or you can relax with Pennsylvania Dutch snacks and listen to music provided by various vocal and instrumental groups. \n  \n  \n\n \n\n\n\nHoliday Cheer\n\n\nMember $135.00 USDNon-Member $175.00 USD\n\n\n\n\n \nParticipants in our educational tours must be in excellent health. They must be able to participate safely in the activities involved and keep pace with the group. Sites we visit may have challenging stairs or steep or rocky hills. If you have any doubt about your ability to participate fully due to health conditions or disabilities\, contact Victorian Society New York at info@vicsocny.org or (212) 886-3742. Victorian Society New York reserves the right to decline to accept or refuse to retain any person as a member of our tours at any time.
URL:https://vicsocny.org/calendar/holiday-cheer-in-bethlehem-pa/
LOCATION:Bethlehem\, PA\, Bethlehem\, PA
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SUMMARY:John Lockwood Kipling: Arts and Crafts in the Punjab and London
DESCRIPTION:John Lockwood Kipling: Arts and Crafts in the Punjab and London \nCoinciding with the upcoming Bard Graduate Center’s exhibition\, Susan Weber\, founder and director of the Bard and exhibition co-curator\, examines John Lockwood Kipling’s life as designer\, architectural sculptor\, curator\, educator\, illustrator and journalist. \nThis lecture will illuminate the unrecognized genius of Lockwood Kipling and his involvement with the Lahore Museum\, his journalism over 25 years in India and his influence over his son\, the writer and poet Rudyard Kipling. \n  \n  \nA reception will be held before the lecture at 6:00 p.m.\, with the lecture starting promptly at 6:45 p.m.\nLectures are partially sponsored by generous gifts from Christopher Broadwell and Lewis I. Haber. \n 
URL:https://vicsocny.org/calendar/john-lockwood-kipling-arts-and-crafts-in-the-punjab-and-london/
LOCATION:Church of the Holy Trinity\, 316 East 88th Street\, New York\, NY\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171021T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171021T140000
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SUMMARY:Beyond the Grid: Manhattan's Audubon Park Neighborhood
DESCRIPTION:Audubon Park in February 1899 with six houses recently completed by builder Francis J. Snugg. Photo courtesy of Matthew Spady and Scott Robinson. \nBeyond the Grid: Manhattan’s Audubon Park Neighborhood \nFrom 1841-1864\, the 21 acres north of 155th street were the farmstead of John James Audubon\, who is remembered for his paintings of America’s birds. Audubon Park Alliance Director Matthew Spady will lead a tour of this historic district focusing on such architectural gems as the American Academy of Arts and Letters\, streets of 19th century row houses and Trinity Cemetery. \n  \nThe tour will conclude with a reception in the grand lobby of the Grinnell Apartments. \nThis walking tour is limited to 30 participants.                                      \nFees: $25 for Victorian Society New York members\, $40 for nonmembers\nPaid reservations must be received by Monday\, October 16 \n  \n\n \n\n\n\nAudubon park\n\n\nMember $25.00 USDNon-Member $40.00 USD\n\n\n\n\n\n \nParticipants in our educational tours must be in excellent health. They must be able to participate safely in the activities involved and keep pace with the group. Sites we visit may have challenging stairs or steep or rocky hills. If you have any doubt about your ability to participate fully due to health conditions or disabilities\, contact Victorian Society New York at info@vicsocny.org or (212) 886-3742. Victorian Society New York reserves the right to decline to accept or refuse to retain any person as a member of our tours at any time.
URL:https://vicsocny.org/calendar/beyond-the-grid-manhattans-audubon-park-neighborhood/
LOCATION:Audubon Park
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171012T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171012T200000
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SUMMARY:Henry Holiday and the Windows of The Church of the Holy Trinity
DESCRIPTION:Henry Holiday and the Windows of The Church of the Holy Trinity \nHenry Holiday\, painter\, stained glass designer\, illustrator\, sculptor and a Pre-Raphaelite\, was well known in his native England. Holiday also enjoyed great success in New York\, designing more than 30 windows\, including the 17 in the Church of the Holy Trinity. \n  \nGeorge Bryant\, Holiday scholar\, explains the artist’s success by tracing his career\, his artistic development and his cultivation of a small but loyal set of influential patrons in New York City. \n  \nA reception will be held before the lecture at 6:00 p.m.\, with the lecture starting promptly at 6:45 p.m.\nLectures are partially sponsored by generous gifts from Christopher Broadwell and Lewis I. Haber
URL:https://vicsocny.org/calendar/henry-holiday-and-the-windows-of-the-church-of-the-holy-trinity/
LOCATION:Church of the Holy Trinity\, 316 East 88th Street\, New York\, NY\, United States
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SUMMARY:Olmsted's Trenton Designs
DESCRIPTION:House built in 1911 in Cadwalader Heights. Photo courtesy of Cadwalader Heights Neighborhood Association \n  \nOlmsted’s Trenton Designs\nSaturday\, September 16\, \n10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. \nAfter an early lunch in Trenton\, NJ\, this bus tour will take us to Cadwalader Park designed by Frederick Law Olmsted in 1890-92. His plan for the park left intact Ellerslie\, an 1848 Italianate villa that is now the Trenton City Museum. An exhibit about Olmsted and his work will be on display there. Olmsted also planned the layout of a residential area\, Cadwalader Heights\, that is adjacent to the park. \nIn addition to being able to see the exhibit and explore the park\, tour participants will have the opportunity to enter as many as 10 houses on self-guided walks in Cadwalader Heights. The houses range from cottage to castle in a variety of styles from Colonial Revival to Tudor Revival. \n  \nThis tour is limited to 34 participants.\nFees: $120 for Victorian Society New York members\, $150 for others\nPaid reservations must be received by Wednesday\, September 6 \n  \n\n \n\n\n\nOlmsted Trenton Tour\n\n\nMember $120.00 USDNon-Member $150.00 USD\n\n\n\n \n  \nParticipants in our educational tours must be in excellent health. They must be able to participate safely in the activities involved and keep pace with the group. Sites we visit may have challenging stairs or steep or rocky hills. If you have any doubt about your ability to participate fully due to health conditions or disabilities\, contact Victorian Society New York at info@vicsocny.org or (212) 886-3742. Victorian Society New York reserves the right to decline to accept or refuse to retain any person as a member of our tours at any time.
URL:https://vicsocny.org/calendar/olmsteds-trenton-designs/
LOCATION:Trenton\, New Jersey\, Trenton\, New Jersey
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170914T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170914T200000
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SUMMARY:A Suite for Piano: Alma Tadema and the Marquand Music Room
DESCRIPTION:A Suite for Piano: Alma Tadema and the Marquand Music Room\nA lecture by Dr. Kathleen Morris \n \nIn 1884\, the celebrated Victorian painter Lawrence Alma-Tadema designed the interior of a Greco-Pompeian-style music room for American millionaire Henry Gurdon Marquand’s Madison Avenue mansion. The finished room and its extraordinary suite of furniture and textiles drew extensive attention and commentary on both sides of the Atlantic. The evocative interior was to be short lived\, however\, as its contents were dispersed at public sale following Marquand’s death in 1902. In subsequent years\, the contents of the room were widely scattered. In her role as the decorative arts curator at the Clark Art Institute\, Kathleen Morris spent ten years researching and preparing the exhibition Orchestrating Elegance: Alma-Tadema and Design\, which recently concluded a highly successful presentation at the Clark. She will present an overview of the project\, including tracking down the contents of the room\, conservation projects related to the textiles and inlaid furniture\, and discoveries made while researching and writing the catalogue that accompanied the exhibition. \n  \nKathleen Morris holds a Ph.D. in art history from the University of Virginia. She is the Sylvia and Leonard Marx Director of Collections and Exhibitions and Curator of Decorative Arts at the\nClark Art Institute\, Williamstown MA. \nA reception will be held before the lecture at 6:00 p.m.\, with the lecture starting promptly at 6:45 p.m.\nLectures are partially sponsored by generous gifts from Christopher Broadwell and Lewis I. Haber
URL:https://vicsocny.org/calendar/a-suite-for-piano-alma-tadema-and-the-marquand-music-room/
LOCATION:Church of the Holy Trinity\, 316 East 88th Street\, New York\, NY\, United States
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SUMMARY:Exploring the Media Mix
DESCRIPTION:Provident National Bank\, built 1900 by Albert Dilks \n  \nMedia\, PA was incorporated in 1850 at the same time it was named the county seat of Delaware County. Located 13 miles west of Philadelphia\, Media retains numerous architectural treasures from the Victorian era. Our tour will explore the grounds of the Delaware County courthouse built in 1851-71. On a walking through the State Street Historic District and Legal Row we will stop and tour the Institute of Science building that dates from 1867. We will visit a Victorian home dating from the 1860s and The Media Presbyterian Church completed in 1855. The first church constructed in Media\, it was designed in classic Greek Revival style by John McArthur\, architect of the Philadelphia City Hall. \nDr. Samuel Lemon\, the author of Go Stand upon This Rock (2014)\, will give a talk on the Campbell AME Church (that came directly out of The Mother Bethel Church) and his Quaker/African American history of Media from the Civil War until the early 1920s. Lunch will be at Lotus Farm to Table. Residents proudly call Media “Everybody’s Hometown.” This is much more than a slogan. It describes a real state of mind. \n  \nPAID RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED FOR THIS TOUR \nThis tour is limited to 47 participants.\nFees: $120 for Victorian Society New York members\, $150 for nonmembers\nPaid reservations must be received by Wednesday\, May 24 \nPlease indicate vegetarian\, chicken or fish for lunch option\, when making reservation. \nParticipants in our educational tours must be in excellent health and able to participate safely in the activities involved. If you have any doubt about your ability to participate fully due to health conditions or disabilities\, contact Victorian Society New York at info@vicsocny.org or (212) 886-3742. Victorian Society New York reserves the right to decline to accept or refuse to retain any person as a member of our tours at any time. \nTo become a member and enjoy lower rate for tours\, please go to our website: www vicsocny.org. \nChecks payable to Metropolitan Chapter VSA and should be mailed to:\nTours\, Metropolitan Chapter VSA\n232 East 11th Street\nNew York\, New York 10003 \nOnline Payment can be made here \n  \n\n\n \n\n\nMedia PA Tour\n\n\nNon-Member Pricing $150.00 USDMember Pricing $120.00 USD \n\n\nLunch Options\n\n\nVegetarian Chicken Salmon
URL:https://vicsocny.org/calendar/exploring-the-media-mix/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170522T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170522T203000
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SUMMARY:50th Annual Business Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Untermyer Gardens\, Yonkers NY \n  \nPlease join us for the Annual Meeting and Awards. \nAt Church of the Holy Trinity\n316 East 88th Street\nbetween First and Second Avenues\nNew York City \nAfter the presentation\, members and guests are invited to a\nreception where they can meet the award recipients. \nAwards will be presented for categories including\, Exhibition\, Publication\, Restoration\, Preservation\, Grassroots Efforts as well as our Margot Gayle Fund Grant Awardees.\nNew Board of Directors members and officers will also be inducted at this time. \nTHIS EVENT IS FREE TO MEMBERS. \nRSVP is required.  Please email membership@vicsocny.org with the words “Annual Meeting” in the subject line.\nYou may bring guests at a charge of $25.00 each. \nPlease RSVP by May 15th. \nGuest tickets may be purchased by completing this form and mailing a check or using PayPal below. \nChecks are made payable to Metropolitan Chapter VSA\nForms should be mailed to\nVictorian Society New York\nAnnual Meeting\n232 East 11th Street\nNew York NY 10003 \n\n \n\n\n\nGuest’s Name
URL:https://vicsocny.org/calendar/50th-annual-business-meeting/
LOCATION:Church of the Holy Trinity\, 316 East 88th Street\, New York\, NY\, United States
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SUMMARY:May Lecture - The Syrian Colony of New York in the 19th Century and the "Lost" Lower West Side
DESCRIPTION:  \nImmigrants from what was then called “Greater Syria” came to New York beginning in 1880. They settled on the Lower West Side of Manhattan\, just steps away from the Battery. In 1890\, the community numbered about 2\,000 people—the largest Syrian community in the United States. It was also the economic\, spiritual and intellectual center of the Syrian diaspora. Along Washington Street were men and women speaking Arabic\, Syrian grocery stores and restaurants\, four Christian chapels\, wholesale and retail merchants and small manufacturing concerns. Six Arabic newspapers and a number of books were published in the colony in the 19th century. But until recently\, the Washington Street colony was completely unknown. \n  \nLinda K. Jacobs\, PhD\, will explore the confluence of events\, including World War I\, immigration restrictions that cut the number of Syrian immigrants to almost zero in the 1920s\, and the physical destruction of the neighborhood that all contributed to this gap in New York’s collective memory. This gap is finally now being filled with Dr. Jacobs’ book\, Strangers in the West. \n  \n  \nThe Victorian Society New York sponsors a series of free lectures at The English Speaking Union\, 144 E. 39th St.\, between Lexington and Third Avenues in Manhattan. No reservations are required. Attendees are invited to post-lecture receptions.
URL:https://vicsocny.org/calendar/lincoln-in-new-york/
LOCATION:The English Speaking Union\, 144 E 39th St\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170506T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170506T120000
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SUMMARY:Clubbing at the Century Association
DESCRIPTION:Century Association\, 1935. Photo courtesy of The Museum of the City of New York \n  \nJonathan Harding\, curator of The Century Association\, will lead a tour of one of New York City’s most sophisticated clubhouses. Learn about this quintessentially conversational New York club. Its longtime home on West 43rd Street in Manhattan\, built in 1897\, was designed by Stanford White\, who cheekily modeled it after the 1852 James Lockyer facade of White’s\, a London gentlemen’s club on St. James Street. Founded in 1847 by\, among others\, William Cullen Bryant\, to promote interest in literature and the fine arts\, The Century Association grew out of an earlier organization\, the Sketch Club\, founded in 1829. The original intention was to limit the number of members to 100\, but by the time the Association moved into its 43rd Street home it had about 800. Today the Association’s members include over 2\,000 authors\, artists and amateurs in letters and fine arts. In 2008\, the Metropolitan Chapter of the Victorian Society in America celebrated Margot Gayle’s 100th birthday on the premises. \n  \n**TOUR IS SOLD OUT** \nPAID RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED FOR TOUR\nThis tour is limited to 25 participants.\nFees: $25 for Victorian Society New York members\, $35 for nonmembers\nPaid reservations must be received by Friday April\, 28th. \nFurther information will be provided with reservation confirmations.\nNo refunds will be made for cancellations. \nParticipants in our educational tours must be in excellent health and able to participate safely in the activities involved. If you have any doubt about your ability to participate fully due to health conditions or disabilities\, contact Victorian Society New York at info@vicsocny.org or (212) 886-3742. Victorian Society New York reserves the right to decline to accept or refuse to retain any person as a member of our tours at any time. \nTo become a member and enjoy lower rate for tours\, please go to our website: www vicsocny.org. \nChecks payable to Metropolitan Chapter VSA and should be mailed to:\nTours\, Metropolitan Chapter of Victorian Society in America\nc/o Village Alliance\n8 East 8th Street\nNew York\, NY 10003
URL:https://vicsocny.org/calendar/clubbing-at-the-century-association/
LOCATION:7 West 43rd Street\, 7 West 43rd Street\, New York \, NY\, 10036\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170429T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170429T180000
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SUMMARY:Mark Twain's Hartford Connecticut
DESCRIPTION:Mark Twain’s Hartford House\, 1994. Courtesy of the Mark Twain House \nFounded in 1635\, Hartford\, CT is one of the oldest cities in the country. Following the Civil War it was the richest city in the country\, and author Mark Twain built a magnificent mansion there for his family and lived there from 1874-91. Built in the American High Gothic style\, it was described as “part steamboat\, part medieval forest and part cuckoo clock.” It is where he wrote many of his most famous novels\, including The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Restored and opened as a house museum in 1974\, it has been named one of the Ten Best Historic Homes in the world by National Geographic. \n  \nJoin the Victorian Society New York for a tour of this wonderful home where we will have a private tour of the mansion including recent restoration work of the Mahogany Guest Bedroom Suite. We will be treated to a lecture on Mark Twain by Dr. James Golden\, the house’s director of education during lunch at the mansion. In the afternoon we will tour the 1854 Italianate Ishram Terry House for a glimpse into the genteel lifestyle of the late 19th century. \n  \n  \nPAID RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED FOR ALL OF THE TOURS.\nThis tour is limited to 47 participants.\nFees: $150 for Victorian Society New York members\, $175 for nonmembers\nPaid reservations must be received by Thursday\, April 20 \nMeeting places will be provided with reservation confirmations.\nNo refunds will be made for cancellations.\nParticipants in our educational tours must be in excellent health and able to participate safely in the activities involved. If you have any doubt about your ability to participate fully due to health conditions or disabilities\, contact Victorian Society New York at info@vicsocny.org or (212) 886-3742. Victorian Society New York reserves the right to decline to accept or refuse to retain any person as a member of our tours at any time. \nTo become a member and enjoy lower rate for tours\, please go to our website: www vicsocny.org. \nChecks payable to Metropolitan Chapter VSA and should be mailed to:\nTours\, Metropolitan Chapter of Victorian Society in America\nc/o Village Alliance\n8 East 8th Street\nNew York\, NY 10003 \nOnline Payment can be made here \n\n \n\n\n\nHartford Ct Tour\n\n\nNon-Member Pricing $175.00 USDMember Pricing $150.00 USD\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n 
URL:https://vicsocny.org/calendar/mark-twains-hartford-connecticut/
LOCATION:Hartford Connecticut\, Hartford \, CT\, 06105\, United States
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170420T200000
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SUMMARY:April Lecture – Race for Distinction: Ocean Liners of the Edwardian Age
DESCRIPTION:German Ocean Liner KRONPRINZESSIN C \nOriginally schedule speaker Matthew Dennison’s lecture on Beatrix Potter has been cancelled. \n  \nThe Industrial Age spawned growth\, engineering wonders and a spirited race for size and distinction in many areas.  As the sun set on the 19th century and then began to shine even more brightly in the early years of the 20th century\, an era of greater structural wonders began.  Bill Miller\, the author of over 100 books on passenger liners and cruise ships as well as a frequent guest speaker about today’s liners\, will take us back to the end of the Victorian age when Britain and British passenger ships ruled the seas.  Almost suddenly\, in 1897\, Imperial Germany emerges—with the biggest\, fastest and most luxurious liners yet to cross the North Atlantic.  It was the age of “the only way to cross.”  Miller will take us into the Edwardian Age and to that fateful summer of 1914 that cast Europe into war.  Great liners like the Mauretania\, Imperator and the immortal Titanic will appear—the ships themselves\, their race for distinction\, their passengers and of course their luxurious\, upper-deck suites and salons. \n  \n Come aboard:  The whistle is sounding—a great liner is leaving New York for a week long passage to Europe! \nThe Victorian Society New York sponsors a series of free lectures at The English Speaking Union\, 144 E. 39th St.\, between Lexington and Third Avenues in Manhattan. No reservations are required. Attendees are invited to post-lecture receptions.
URL:https://vicsocny.org/calendar/over-the-hills-and-far-away-the-life-of-beatrix-potter/
LOCATION:The English Speaking Union\, 144 E 39th St\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170322T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170322T123000
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SUMMARY:Behind the Scenes: Central Park Arsenal Tour
DESCRIPTION:Join Jonathan Kuhn\, Director of Art and Antiquities at the New York City Parks Department\, for a tour of The Arsenal (1847-1851)including a trip to the roof! The Arsenal\, now the Parks Department headquarters\, the Central Park building has a rich history of past uses\, including a stint as the American Museum of Natural History. The Arsenal was designed by Martin E. Thompson (1786–1877)\, architect of The Second Branch Bank of the United States (1824)\, formerly on Wall Street (now the centerpiece of the American Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art) and The Kellogg Club (1838) in Morristown\, NJ. The personalized tour by Mr. Kuhn will point out significant alterations to the building by Parks Commissioner Robert Moses\, including the WPA-era murals (1935) by Allen Saalburg followed by a curated tour of the Arsenal’s current exhibit\,  Zane York: Nature Morte (March 9–April 27\, 2017).  The tour will conclude with sweeping views of Central Park and Fifth Avenue as participants stand on the roof of the Arsenal. \n  \n  \nPaid Reservations must be received by Wednesday March 15th.\n$25 for members\, $30 nonmembers\nChecks payable to Metropolitan Chapter VSA and mailed to\nMetropolitan Chapter VSA-Tours\n232 East 11th Street\nNew York NY 10003 \nOnline here \n\n \n\n\n\nPricing\n\n\nNon-Member Pricing $30.00 USDMember Pricing $25.00 USD\n\n\n\n\n\n \nParticipants in our educational tours must be in excellent health and able to participate safely in the activities involved. If you have any doubt about your ability to participate fully due to health conditions or disabilities\, contact Victorian Society New York at info@vicsocny.org or (212) 886-3742.  Victorian Society New York reserves the right to decline to accept or refuse to retain any person as a member of our tours at any time.
URL:https://vicsocny.org/calendar/behind-the-scenes-central-park-arsenal-tour/
LOCATION:Central Park Arsenal\, 830 Fifth Avenue \, New York \, NY\, 10065\, United States
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SUMMARY:Margot Gayle Fundraiser
DESCRIPTION:The Victorian Society New York invites you to a program to benefit the Margot Gayle Fund for the Preservation of Victorian Heritage. \nMonday\, March 20\, 2017\, 6:30 p.m. \nSt. Peter’s Episcopal Church\n346 West 20th Street New York City \nWe will be presenting: \n– Our Vanishing Legacy\, a documentary with commentary from Director Gordon Hyatt \n– St. Peter’s Church Chelsea\, a look at its restoration by The Rev. Stephen Harding \n– Wyckoff-Sneidicker Family Cemetery Restoration\, research reports by Brooke Fernandez and Samantha Zavala \n– Reception to follow \nThe Margot Gayle Fund for the Preservation of Victorian Heritage was established in 2003 and enables the Metropolitan Chapter to make monetary grants for projects for preservation or conservation of Victorian material culture in the New York Metropolitan area. \nIf you would like to attend\, please make a donation to the “Metropolitan Chapter VSA; Attention Margo Gayle Fund” at one of the following levels: \n\n$50\n$100\n$150\n$200\n$250\n$500\n\nAdmission and donations can be made online here: \n\n\n\n\nAdmission and donations can also be mailed to: \nMetropolitan Chapter VSA\n232 East 11th Street\nNew York\, NY 10003
URL:https://vicsocny.org/calendar/margot-gayle-fundraiser/
LOCATION:St. Peter’s Episcopal Church\, 346 W 20th St\, New York\, 10011\, United States
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SUMMARY:Little Syria: A Tour of Downtown Manhattan's Lost Neighborhood
DESCRIPTION:Little Syria on Manhattan’s Lower West Side was the first major Arab Settlement in the United States. In conjunction with an Arab American Museum exhibition at The Metropolitan College of New York\, Joe Svehlak will guide us through what remains of one of New York’s oldest melting pot immigrant communities\, home to his own Moravian ancestors. To be seen are the former St. George’s Syrian Melkite Church\, Down-town Community House and a few federal townhouses and tenements that remain. The tour will end at the “Little Syria “exhibit. \nJoe Svehlak\, is a native New Yorker\, urban historian and preservationist. As a teenage messenger in the 1950s\, Joe walked the streets of a different Lower Manhattan. Joe is a preservation advocate for all parts of New York City and remains active with many downtown Manhattan groups including “Friends of the Lower West Side.” Joe is a licensed NYC tour guide with his own custom tour business. \nPaid reservations are required for all tours. \nThis walking tour is limited to 30 participants. $20 for members\, $30 for non-members.\nPaid reservations must be received by Wednesday\, March 15.\nMeeting places will be provided with reservation confirmations. \nNo refunds will be made for cancellations. \nChecks payable to Metropolitan Chapter VSA and should be mailed to:\nTours\, Metropolitan Chapter of Victorian Society in America\nc/o Village Alliance\n8 East 8th Street\nNew York\, NY 10003 \nOnline Payment can be made here \n\nLittle Syria Tour \n\n\n\nNon-Member Pricing $30.00 USDMember Pricing $25.00 USD\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\nParticipants in our educational tours must be in excellent health and able to participate safely in the activities involved. If you have any doubt about your ability to participate fully due to health conditions or disabilities\, contact Victorian Society New York at info@vicsocny.org or (212) 886-3742. Victorian Society New York reserves the right to decline to accept or refuse to retain any person as a member of our tours at any time.
URL:https://vicsocny.org/calendar/little-syria-a-tour-of-downtown-manhattans-lost-neighborhood/
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SUMMARY:Remembering Victorian Women
DESCRIPTION:Cover of Ms. Murdoch’s Book \nFrom imaginings of the “Angel in the House” to falsely attributed accounts of the Queen’s advice to “lie back and think of England\,” popular representations of Victorian women tend to fall into overly simplified gender distinctions. Current society perceives Victorian women as corseted and caged in crinolines\, protected from the worlds of politics\, business and war within their domestic sphere. By exploring the lives of three Victorian women—Elizabeth Barrett Browning\, Hannah Cullwick and Mary Seacole—Lydia Murdoch\, professor of history at Vassar College and author of Daily Life of Victorian Women (Greenwood\, 2013)\, will unravel the myths and contradictions of Victorian femininity.\ \nThe Victorian Society New York sponsors a series of free lectures at The English Speaking Union\, 144 E. 39th St.\, between Lexington and Third Avenues in Manhattan. No reservations are required. Attendees are invited to post-lecture receptions.
URL:https://vicsocny.org/calendar/remembering-victorian-women-during-womens-history-month/
LOCATION:The English Speaking Union\, 144 E 39th St\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
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SUMMARY:Rescheduled for Feb 23rd! - The {Disputed} Glories of the High Victorian Garden
DESCRIPTION:Munstead Wood\, Gertrud Jekyl Garden\, photo by Kathleen Bennett. \nPLEASE NOTE: This event has been rescheduled from its original date.  It will take place on February 23rd. \nNew horticultural imports\, exciting technological innovations\, controversies over color theory\, patterns and lay-out all characterize this period. Owners and their head gardeners looked to former historical styles (especially Italian) while incorporating current Victorian pursuits and fashions. Majda Salvesen\, garden history author and adjunct lecturer in the NYU Department of Art and Architecture History and Urban Studies\, will examine these new variants and their influence on 21st-century garden design. \nThe Victorian Society New York sponsors a series of free lectures at The English Speaking Union\, 144 E. 39th St.\, between Lexington and Third Avenues in Manhattan. No reservations are required. Attendees are invited to post-lecture receptions.
URL:https://vicsocny.org/calendar/the-disputed-glories-of-the-high-victorian-garden/
LOCATION:The English Speaking Union\, 144 E 39th St\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
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