January 08, 2008

Third Thursdays lectures: architecture, history and free

Downtown Alliance has released its list of free Third Thursday lectures -- which combine a few of New Yorkers' favorite things -- culture, snobby access to off-limits spaces, and competition.

Locations for this year's events include the New York Stock Exchange and World Trade Center 7.

The competition comes in the form of the odd rules about scoring a spot at the monthly event - always held on the third Thursday of the month. But on the 9th of every month is when the RSVPs open, and the spots are generally long gone by the time the third Thursday rolls around.

All lectures start at 7 p.m.

Journalist Pete Hamill will kick off the '08 season January 17 in the Broad Street Ballroom, which was built in 1929 in the Classical Revival style as the headquarters of the Lee-Higginson Bank.

Other lecturers in the series:

February 21 - Kent Barwick, President, Municipal Art Society
Topic: City of Water: Examining the Past and Future of New York's Waterfront
Location: Museum of American Finance

March 20 - Michael Arad, Partner, Handel Architects
Topic: Reflecting Absence: Designing a Memorial at the World Trade Center
Location: 7 World Trade Center, 45th Floor

April 17 - Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel, Chair, Historic Landmarks Preservation Center
Topic: Icons: NYC Landmarks to Remember
Location: New York Stock Exchange, 7th Floor

May 15 - David Rockwell, Architect
Topic: David Rockwell and Rockwell Group: Inspiration, Imagination and Innovation
Location: Federal Hall National Memorial

Earlier: Upcoming 'backstage' tours: NY Times, cheese caves

January 8, 2008 01:13 PM in Architecture, Cheap Stuff, Downtown, History, Sightsology

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