Meet Me by the Fountain: Author Talk with Alexandra Lange
In Meet Me by the Fountain: An Inside History of the Mall, author Alexandra Lange chronicles postwar architects' and merchants' invention of the mall, revealing how the design of these marketplaces played an integral role in their cultural ascent. In Lange's perceptive account, the mall becomes newly strange and rich with contradiction: Malls are environments of both freedom and exclusion--of consumerism, but also of community. Meet Me by the Fountain is a highly entertaining and evocative promenade through the mall's story of rise, fall, and ongoing reinvention, for readers of any generation.
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Historic Real Estate: Market Morality and the Politics of Preservation in the Early United States
In her book Historic Real Estate: Market Morality and the Politics of Preservation in the Early United States, Dr. Whitney Martinko takes a look at how historic preservation played out following the Revolutionary War. She discusses the ways in which people debated whether and what to save of their built environment, and how preservation balanced (or tried to) the relationship between the public good and private profit.
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Olmsted & Yosemite: Civil War, Abolition, and the National Park Idea
In this webinar, Rolf Diamant and Ethan Carr discuss their new book Olmsted & Yosemite: Civil War, Abolition, and the National Park Idea.
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Where Activism and Preservation Meet: Author Talk with Catherine Fleming Bruce
In this Preservation Book Club event, author Catherine Fleming Bruce discusses her award-winning book The Sustainers: Being, Building and Doing Good through Activism in the Sacred Spaces of Civil Rights, Human Rights and Social Movements. Catherine touches on her inspiration for the book, the importance of writing for a general audience, and her own grassroots preservation campaigns to save places related to civil rights — restoring the physical buildings and preserving the stories of the people who made history there.
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A Queer New York: Author Talk with Jen Jack Gieseking
A Queer New York: Geographies of Lesbians, Dykes, and Queers, 1983-2008 is the first lesbian and queer historical geography of New York City. In this Preservation Book Club webinar, we invited author Jen Jack Gieseking to talk about their research exploring how lesbians and queers have survived in the face of twenty-first century gentrification and urban development.
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A Wild Idea: The Story of the Adirondack Park Agency
Especially in an era of rapid climate change, the conservation efforts in the Adirondacks can provide a blueprint for other areas in New York State and beyond. In this author talk, Brad Edmondson dives into the APA’s tumultuous origin story and then is joined in conversation by the League’s Erin Tobin to expand on how the creation of a government agency in the 1970s continues to have ramifications today.
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The Story of a House: Storytime with Miki Conn
Miki Conn reads her book The Story of House, followed by a kid's activity inspired by the story led by the Historic Albany Foundation.
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It's a Helluva Town: Roberta Brandes Gratz in Conversation with Anthony Wood & Amy Freitag
Roberta Brandes Gratz is a noted urbanist and journalist, as well as a longtime Preservation League Trustee. Her newest book, It’s a Helluva Town: Joan K. Davidson, the J. M. Kaplan Fund, and the Fight for a Better New York, explores the profound impact of Joan K. Davidson and her work through her family fund.
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Diana S. Waite Author Talk: The Architecture of Downtown Troy
On Thursday, February 11, we welcomed Diana S. Waite to share some highlights about her book The Architecture of Downtown Troy: An Illustrated History.
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Historian Gretchen Sorin Presents Driving While Black
On Thursday, January 14, Dr. Gretchen Sorin shared a presentation detailing her research about African American mobility and the impact automobiles had in the fight for civil rights. Her book Driving While Black: African American Travel and the Road to Civil Rights was our December Preservation Book Club pick.
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Preservation Book Club
We’re starting a book club and we’d love it if you joined us.
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