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Hear Music in a Landmark!*  

Church of Christ & St. Stephen's

 

Music at Christ & Saint Stephen's Church 

presents

 

Jeremy Filsell, International Concert Pianist & Organist
in duo with
Nigel Potts, Concert Organist

 

This Saturday, February 12th at 5:00PM 

120 West 69th Street bet. Broadway and Columbus 

 

Concert Program:  

 

Fantasia (for Organ) in G minor, Op. 136 ~ York Bowen (JF organist)

Vocalise Op. 34, No. 14 ~ Sergei Rachmaninov (NP organist)

Piano Sonata No. 5 in F minor, Op. 72 ~ York Bowen (JF pianist)

Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18* ~ Sergei Rachmaninov (JF pianist /NP organist, Orchestral reduction arranged for organ by Nigel Potts)

 

Suggested donation: $10

 

 *The oldest sanctuary on the Upper West Side, Christ & Saint Stephen's was designed by William H. Day in 1876. It was designated a NYC Landmark in 1990 as part of the Upper West Side-Central Park West Historic District.

The Battle for Historic Districts:

Brooklyn Heights and Beyond

   FREE for Friends of LANDMARK WEST!

 

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

6:30 - 8:30PM

 

Join the Historic Districts Council and the New York Preservation Archive Project for a celebration of Martin Schneider's new book on the struggle to protect Brooklyn Heights and a panel discussion on the future of historic districts.

 

Forty-six years after Brooklyn Heights was designated as New York City's first historic district, Schneider's new book Battling for Brooklyn Heights and documentary "Brooklyn Is My Neighborhood/The Story of New York's First Historic District" revisit the epic grassroots struggle with a compelling eye-witness account.  Although today we have more than 100 historic districts in the city, preservationists and passionate citizens inevitably face the same hurdles in attempting to protect their neighborhoods: labyrinthine urban politics, growing real estate pressures, and the need for developing low- and middle-income housing. 

 After a short screening of Schneider's documentary our panel of experts will explore today's challenges to historic districts and discuss a plan for their future.  What have we achieved in the past forty-six years?  Is New York City truly in danger of being over-designated?  What must change to ensure the future of our historic districts in a city that must accommodate its inevitable growth?  Scheduled panelists include Otis Pratt Pearsall, instrumental in the designation of Brooklyn Heights; Kate Wood, executive director of Landmark West!; Jeffrey Kroessler, one of the city's most vehement preservation activists; and other key figures in preservation, planning and development.  

 

World Monuments Fund

Empire State Building 

350 Fifth Avenue at 34th Street, Suite 2412

New York, NY 10118 

 

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Because of security checkpoints at the Empire State Building, space is limited and reservations are required; only those that RSVP will be able to attend.  

To RSVP call 212-988-8379 or email mcoody@nypap.org.