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Thursday, January 11, 2007

Upcoming 'downtown third thursdays' series

Posted by Peter Comitini

third thursdaydowntown manhattanHere's something for those of us who live and work downtown, plus everyone else interested in New York City. Starting on January 18th a new series of these outstanding lectures by authors, architects & scholars— and sometimes all three. They meet on site at various significant city buildings beginning next Thursday on the 52nd floor of 7 World Trade Center. Architect Rafael Viñoly discusses "THINK New York: A Ground Zero Diary" inside of NYC's first certified "green" office tower.

Upcoming lecturers include the author of a great book about Dutch, colonial, New Amsterdam; "Island at the Center of the World" Russel Shortoat the former U.S. Custom House building designed by Cass Gilbert— now home to the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian; and Barbara Christen speaking about Cass Gilbert at 14 Vessy Street, an 18th Century Neo-Georgian building he designed.

For the complete schedule and locations, see the Alliance for Downtown New York's Web site Admission is free and each event begins at 7 pm, with the doors open at 6 pm.

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