In the Beginning: The Creation of the Historic Districts Council

Celebrate Our 40th Birthday with
A fireside chat with some of our founders

The Historic Districts Council was formed in 1971 as a committee at the Municipal Art Society, consisting of representatives from New York City’s designated and proposed historic districts. Join us for cocktails and a stroll down memory lane to look back at how and why the organization was created and how it has evolved.

The event will feature a conversation with some of the influential founders and early leaders of the Historic Districts Council, including Kent Barwick, Bronson Binger, Michael Gruen and Lorna Nowve. The discussion, moderated by HDC Chairman Emeritus Anthony C. Wood, will focus on the beginnings of HDC and the preservation movement of the 1970s.

Tuesday, June 21, 2011, 6-8pm
Cocktail Reception, followed by Discussion

The Players
16 Gramercy Park
between Park and Lexington Avenues
Gramercy Park Historic District, Manhattan

$400 Lead sponsor, $160 Sponsor, $40 Donor, $30 for Friends of HDC, members of NYPAP

Co-sponsored by the New York Preservation Archive Project