BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 13.3//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:This is an in-person program at the Museum's lower Manhattan ga llery. It will also be livestreamed on YouTube.In his new book Designing t he American Century\, Thomas J. Campanella argues that Gilmore D. Clarke a nd Michael Rapuano were the foremost spatial designers at work in the mid- 20th century. Their vast portfolio of public landscapes propelled the lega cy of Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux into the motor age\, touching the lives of millions and changing the face of the nation. With the patro nage of public-works titan Robert Moses\, Clarke and Rapuano transformed N ew York over a span of fifty years\, revitalizing the city&rsquo\;s immens e park system\, but also planning expressways\, public housing\, and urban renewal projects that demolished entire sections of the city. Campanella describes how Clarke and Rapuano helped create many of the city and region &rsquo\;s most iconic landscapes\, including the Central Park Zoo and Cons ervatory Garden\, Riverside Park\, Jones Beach\, the Brooklyn Heights Prom enade\, and the Palisades and Taconic State Parkways.Beyond New York\, Cla rke and Rapuano shaped projects as diverse as Yellowstone&rsquo\;s Mammoth Hot Springs\, the Mount Vernon Memorial Highway\, and the site plans for the Pentagon and CIA headquarters. Campanella recovers the forgotten legac y of the firm whose parks and parkways\, highways and housing estates help ed modernize&mdash\;for better or worse&mdash\;the American metropolis.Reg ister for this FREE program via Ticketstripe to reserve your seat. In-pers on attendance is limited to 50 people\, but you can still watch the progra m \;live on our YouTube channel when it begins at 6pm. \;You do NO T need to register for the YouTube livestream.\n DTEND:20250722T180000Z DTSTAMP:20250731T215405Z DTSTART:20250722T170000Z LOCATION:New York\,United States\,New York\,39 Battery Pl\, New York\, NY 1 0280\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Designing the American Century: The Public Landscapes of Clarke and Rapuano\, 1915-1965 UID:RFCALITEM638895956456107449 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

This is an in-person program at the Museum' s lower Manhattan gallery. It will also be livestreamed on YouTube.
< br />In his new book Designing the American Century\, Thomas J. Campanella argues that Gilmore D. Clarke and Michael Rapuano were the foremost spati al designers at work in the mid-20th century. Their vast portfolio of publ ic landscapes propelled the legacy of Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Va ux into the motor age\, touching the lives of millions and changing the fa ce of the nation. With the patronage of public-works titan Robert Moses\, Clarke and Rapuano transformed New York over a span of fifty years\, revit alizing the city&rsquo\;s immense park system\, but also planning expressw ays\, public housing\, and urban renewal projects that demolished entire s ections of the city. Campanella describes how Clarke and Rapuano helped cr eate many of the city and region&rsquo\;s most iconic landscapes\, includi ng the Central Park Zoo and Conservatory Garden\, Riverside Park\, Jones B each\, the Brooklyn Heights Promenade\, and the Palisades and Taconic Stat e Parkways.

Beyond New York\, Clarke and Rapuano shaped project s as diverse as Yellowstone&rsquo\;s Mammoth Hot Springs\, the Mount Verno n Memorial Highway\, and the site plans for the Pentagon and CIA headquart ers. Campanella recovers the forgotten legacy of the firm whose parks and parkways\, highways and housing estates helped modernize&mdash\;for better or worse&mdash\;the American metropolis.

Register for this FREE pro gram to reserve your seat. In-person attendance is l imited to 50 people\, but you can still watch the program \;live on our YouTube chan nel when it begins at 6pm. \;You do NOT need to register f or the YouTube livestream.

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